Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. Because commodities lack appealing secrets, a farcical backstory—masquerading as a differentiator—fills the void. Weak secrets may act as short-term differentiators, but the benefits don’t last.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Again, our value can really be differentiated in its scale and depth. Can you give a brief overview: when you were founded, investors, current status?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. Because commodities lack appealing secrets, a farcical backstory—masquerading as a differentiator—fills the void. Weak secrets may act as short-term differentiators, but the benefits don’t last.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

Rich Horwath is founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his most recent work, STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. [01:52] My guest today is Rich Howarth.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

If you can get to the bottom of Page 1, a page title and meta description written for humans (rather than search engines) could help differentiate your site, earn more clicks, and ( probably ) send positive signals back to search engines. Design pages to satisfy active intent first.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

Tech Stars is a documentary tv programme about start up tech companies who spend three months in a New York City business incubator. It will also help you to differentiate between a good pitch and a bad pitch which will be when you reach the stage of seeking investment for your business. Tech Stars. The Apprentice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. They literally can’t respond to our core differentiator. Know your planned sources of differentiation and adjust as you learn. Conclusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one. how to evolve our management team.

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View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

And additionally, my partners and I use other, more differentiated, lenses like asking if a startup has an “ unfair distribution advantage.” All early stage venture firms essentially look at some weighting of team, market, product, and traction. In the past, we’ve created and published a flowchart on how we think through these factors.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2020

You are not sufficiently differentiated from your competition. This would indicate it’s a good time to revisit your brand messaging and ensure your unique selling proposition is clearly differentiated from other options on the market. Maybe you are not gaining market share, or have no brand loyalty.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 4, 2020

Combined, Don’s books have spent more than a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list. How to differentiate yourself in the market. Combined, Don’s books have spent more than a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list. How to differentiate yourself in the market.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

A terrific piece of evidence for this fact is observing how the technology and business section of the WSJ and New York Times now have a massive overlap. Now the only differentiator is size preference and UX. . Social media just is: It’s becoming a bit like general chit chat between any group of friends. Phablet anyone?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Speed and global distribution sometimes make for product ubiquity, so it is all the more critical that you differentiate yourself by putting your customers first and really owning a certain style of old-fashioned service. He is author of “ Driven to Delight ” and “ The New Gold Standard “.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 27, 2020

With so many world-class options available for every product and service, the only way to differentiate in the marketplace now is how you treat your customers. A great example of someone who understood that is Audrey Gelman , who once addressed 400 of her clients at her New York office while being six months pregnant.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

Previously, Rob was the founder and publisher of The New York Enterprise Report, a media company that served small and midsize businesses. Back when you were with a, as I mentioned, had the New York Enterprise report, but I did not know you were a cpa. Rob Levin (01:35): Thanks for having me, John.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were. You really have to be able to differentiate yourself when you’re sitting across the table selling someone an insurance policy. Nayeem Hussain. Nayeem Hussain , co-founder and CEO of Keen Home , creator of smart vents that create a more comfortable home. Will : Absolutely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

That requires deep value creation that is difficult to do when everyone is using the same tools, even in different ways -- value requires differentiality which requires protection as soon as someone spots the value creation, for it will be copied soon thereafter. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

At one company I work with it’s clear that our target user today is youth-oriented and middle America as opposed to 20-something and Silicon Valley or New York. You have tons of differentiation. But whom you’re marketing to is not always an easy topic. We’ve been very successful at the former. Life goes on.

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Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2016

New York startup Vive has tapped into this market. When you subscribe to one of their three service packages, you’ll get access to last-minute blowout appointments at top tier hair salons in New York and Chicago. If you didn’t already know it, “blowout bars” and hair touch ups are a New Yorker obsession.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2020

And don’t just take it from us—read this article on “When a White Coat Isn’t Just a White Coat,” published in The New York Times. This will ultimately help you be more productive and help you keep a healthy differentiation between work and home. . Take video calls. Set remote events with your team.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

These examples range from media companies (NPR, The New York Times, The Guardian) to financial institutions (PayPal, E-Trade) to social media sites (Twitter, LinkedIn). There are countless examples of companies who have made similar pivots to refocus their API attention towards supporting the company’s primary business objectives.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 18, 2013

One such mobile marketing solution to recently enter the Singapore market is New York-based Elephanti , a mobile app that aims to help reconnect consumers with offline stores. ” But with the case of mobile retail apps, each offer differentiating features that appeal to different merchants. ”

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2023 alone, around 3,000 startups in the US ended up failing as reported by The New York Times. In an ecosystem inundated with competing alternatives, loyalty emerges as a potent differentiator. Stability Amidst Volatility Startups navigate turbulent waters characterized by uncertainty and volatility.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2019

His work in the finance industry showed him how difficult it can be for business owners to secure the funds they need to grow their business, so he left his job to in order to launch a brand-new business venture: Platinum Rapid Funding Group (PRFG). Connect With Ali Mayar and Platinum Rapid Funding Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2022

He's a co-founder of Kumospace, the virtual HQ for remote teams and Char, and he's also head of Charge Ventures AE VC based in Brooklyn, New York, and serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches data analytics. So Brett, welcome to this show. Brett Martin (01:18): And pleasure to be here.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Jennefer Witter is the CEO and founder of The Boreland Group, which is a certified, woman-owned public relations agency in New York City. In October, Jennefer published her new book, “The Little Book of Big PR; 100-plus Quick Tips to get your Small Business Noticed.” Also, what differentiates that is critical.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

As ghostwriter and as developmental editor, she has worked with newbies to New York Times bestselling authors with millions of books sold. She has worked with newbies to New York times bestselling authors with millions of books sold. I think that's the differentiator. Mike MCOW ITZ together. Right, right, right.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2016

Clients responded to our fresh approach and it continues to be one of our differentiators today. Once upon a time, WorkStride attracted over 20 private investors with a well-placed New York Times ad! Like George Costanza, we proceeded to “do the opposite,” and it worked in our favor. Don’t Limit Yourself to Your First Vision.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

But because paid traffic is fundamentally a bidding war, its important that you have a differentiated ability to monetize customers better than other people who are bidding for the same traffic. Otherwise, your CPA will get driven up close to or exceeding your LTV, and you cant grow profitably anymore.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2020

Up-to-date content can be a differentiator. Length is an increasingly unhelpful differentiator. one link from The New York Times beats 20 from scraper sites). Anything, in the early days of the Internet, was good enough. Then, the goal was “long form” content. What’s the URL rating? Not all links are created equal.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 29, 2016

Emily : I think the Humans of New York is a fantastic example of how to use digital media to tell a story. Through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Brandon Stanton created a brand that started with telling stories of people living in New York and then expanded that brand to cover people all over the world and causes.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2016

Have talking points ready illustrating your strengths and differentiators. Lindsay McCutchen is a young entrepreneur and CEO of Career Start , a growing and thriving staffing and workforce management agency in Rochester, New York. Make them clear and concise and pick a few strong examples to accompany them.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 9, 2015

Then when they realized that high quality listing photos were key to attracting customers (and differentiating the experience from Craigslist), they rented a $5,000 camera and went door to door, taking professional pictures of as many New York listings as possible. “When New York took off, we flew back every weekend.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Startups are using quantified self data to solve infertility ( Glow ), running big data analysis on differential diagnoses for cancer treatments (HC Pathways) and applying ad tech techniques to find correlations in disease treatment (Flatiron Health). Michael Mayernick , Spinnakr. . Seth Talbott , AtomOrbit. .

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2015

Differentiated Approach. When authors learn this and hear of our company’s dozens of New York Times bestsellers, they ask me for the secret behind successful launches. I’ve been on the frontlines of the publishing business for over a decade and in the broader media business for almost twice that.

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