Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2013

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Marketing Technical Review Dilution 252

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2017

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. If your product is highly innovative, and speed to market is critical, you won’t get it right the first time anyway, no matter how cautiously you plan.

Marketing 136

Marketing Technical Review Cost Entrepreneur 136

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2017

However, when it comes to MLM product development, marketing ideas and compensation plan strategy, being a creative copycat could be a legal and ethical shortcut to achieving your business goals for your new MLM, party plan or direct selling company. The real definition of copycat marketing is in the name.

Marketing 113

Marketing Seattle Operations California 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Marketing 238

Marketing Entrepreneur Technical Review Dilution 238

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2019

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Technical Review 255

Technical Review Dilution Early Stage Product Development 255

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

So you’ve just had a lightbulb moment and stumbled across the perfect business idea, one that is going to revolutionise the world and disrupt the market. Before rushing to build your concept to push out to consumers, it’s important to first undertake product discovery. by Nick Frandsen, co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail.

Product 264

Product Cofounder Audience Product Development 264

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Disruption today is more than just changes in technology, or channel, or competitors – it’s all of them, all at once. If they were a commercial company, they figured out product/market fit; or if a government organization, it focused on solution/mission fit. In government agencies process versus product has gone further.

Government 319

Government Technical Review Acquisition Metrics 319

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Intellectual Property 341

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

If you’re new to marketing and amid a startup, all of it can seem overwhelming. A lot of work goes into starting a business, developing and launching products, and running the day-to-day operations, so marketing often gets put on the back burner. Choose your Market Audience.

Developer 78

Developer Marketing Social Media Startup 78

Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

Often, a business plan introduces a new technology that requires some explaining. On one hand, as a reader of business plans for investors, I see way too many business plans that ask a reader to wade neck-deep through technology to get to the business. Establish technology as a differentiator, when it is.

Technical Review 72

Technical Review Software Review Business Plan Development Team Review 72

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

Intellectual Property 404

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Consider for a moment the annoying, interruptive, often obnoxious nature of traditional marketing. A number of studies are showing that people no longer pay much attention to traditional marketing as they progress through the ‘buyer’s decision journey. Of course, not everyone in the marketing world clings to worn-out methods.

Marketing 234

Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 118

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Many of you have read or at least know the primary thesis of “ Crossing the Chasm &# the seminal book on marketing your products to mainstream consumers by Geoffrey Moore. It influenced a generation of tech marketers. We all intuitively know this curve now but we don’t all market effectively to it.

Customer 294

Customer Marketing Technical Review Iowa 294

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

As a startup, you probably don’t have much money to spend on marketing or product development. For example, you might use guerilla marketing techniques to promote your product without spending much money on traditional advertising channels. However, the impact of this frugal technology has been immense.

Startup 198

Startup Technical Review Ghana Guerilla 198

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In order to truly find success this must be matched by a development team that consistently strives to deliver truly life-bettering products and services that customers keep coming back for. Implementing technological upgrades that get your thoughtfully designed products to market is a must in today’s competitive corporate world.

Development Team Review 205

Development Team Review Security Advertising Technical Review 205

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

I’m convinced that you can learn more from failure than success, so it pays to take these as lessons to improve your success odds before you start: Creating a new technology doesn’t make a business. Despite the technology, the fears of pedestrians and government regulations strangled the business.

Angel Investor 249

Angel Investor Cofounder Finance Operations 249

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

We've also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. As a result, businesses in this field should leverage technology to provide interactive, easy-to-understand educational content that can help customers make health-related decisions and maintain healthy habits. Thanks to Erik Pham, Health Canal ! #2-

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2017

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Customer 191

Customer Entrepreneur Technical Review Dilution 191

Reid Hoffman

MAY 10, 2022

Make Market Realities Work for You. There’s too much focus on passion and values and not enough on the market-based realities in which you must operate. Entrepreneurs and investors are always on the lookout for industries, sectors, and product categories that seem poised for unstoppable growth. Good entrepreneurs are realists.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Marketing India China 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Technology pilots.

Product Development 120

Product Development Developer Product Angel Investor 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products.

Technology 140

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 140

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To help you get started, read on to learn about how to launch a profitable custom software development startup. Conduct Market Research. The first thing you should do when launching a custom software business is conduct market research. Certainly, conducting market research is a critical first step to launch your new business.

Software Developers 158

Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 158

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

In addition, there are many factors that go into the release of a new product that includes fixing bugs, soliciting customer feedback, responding to competition, and adding new features that will maintain a company’s technological lead in the market. The post Facebook and product development appeared first on BeyondVC.

Product Development 60

Product Development Developer Product Development Team Review 60

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

Customer Development 242

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 242

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

Finance 320

Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

I am so excited and honored to announce I will be speaking on a panel at SXSW entitled Sustainability and Ethics in Fashion Technology alongside 3 other incredible women. If you will be attending please stop by the panel, reach out, and say hello! If you don’t know what SXSW is, take a minute to google it.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Technology Philippines Silicon Valley 48

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Technology pilots.

Angel Investor 256

Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In addition to the complexities of business operations, companies face extreme competition in the market. There is excessive competition as there are lesser barriers to entry in the market. However, in the last decade, a phenomenon has emerged due to the fathom growth in the technological sector, i.e., data.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Forecast Analytics Social Media 158

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

An estimated 75 to 95 percent of new products fail in the marketplace. These cycles are particularly pronounced in the technology industry, where rapid innovation leads to rapid product releases, and often to rapid failures. Chromebook represents a mismatch of market segmentation and product vision.

Product 222

Product Technical Review Software Review Green 222

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2013

Technological Costs. Almost all new business owners will have to make an initial investment in the technological aspect of production and everyday business activities. Technological costs include computers and the software necessary to do business. Product Development and Marketing. Human Resources.

Cost 183

Cost Startup Web Development Finance 183

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Virtual reality is predicted to grow steadily, with a compound annual growth rate of 15% over the next ten years, with market size of more than USD 21 billion in 2021. What Is Virtual Reality Marketing? As described, virtual reality marketing is a marketing approach that uses virtual reality technology in marketing initiatives.

Marketing 158

Marketing Retention New York Campaign 158

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2019

Image via Flickr by Shawn Wolfe I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. If your product is highly innovative, and speed to market is critical, you won’t get it right the first time anyway, no matter how cautiously you plan.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Startup Cost Product Development 233

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2017

Consider the marketing and product development required to walk through each step. Invest Heavily in Marketing. Business growth requires you to branch out into new markets and to take a greater share of the pie in your established market. Both will not happen without a heavy investment into marketing.

Small Business 157

Small Business Developer Social Media United States 157

OnlyOnce

JULY 30, 2010

Agile Marketing, Part II. I wrote about this years ago when I was temporarily running Marketing and was noting a lot of the similarities between running contemporary Product Development and Marketing efforts.

Agile 54

Agile Marketing Product Development Software Developers 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Missions and products that are too broad confuse your team, your customers, and potential investors. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Startup 254

Startup Technical Review Dilution Early Stage 254