Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

Some food banks saw demand 3-4x normal, just as their volunteer base shrunk due to worries about COVID-19 infection. I was in the group due to my involvement (with Brent Summers) in launching GiveLocal, a site where customers could support their favorite restaurants through COVID lockdowns by buying gift cards.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Kumo is a Japanese term for spider and was previously the name of an early Microsoft search engine that eventually evolved to become Bing.

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Up and Running

MAY 11, 2021

What happens if a prospective client finds numerous poor reviews? Online Reputation Management, or ORM, refers to strategies and techniques that influence what information about your business can be found online. There are review platforms like Angie’s List and Trustpilot that are particularly important for local businesses.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Think about it — your customers will likely showcase your products to their friends and family, and your brand name will come up in conversations and recommendations. Now, since all of this happens organically, tracking referral purchases gets pretty difficult (if not impossible) without having referral marketing software in place.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 8, 2018

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I landed on the brand name of Bizzy for my beverage company through a simple several step process. 1- Three simple steps.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Not only is it necessary due to the coronavirus, but it could potentially give you a strategic long-term advantage against current competitors and help you avoid massive overhead. And, if you combine it with a monthly plan review meeting when you’re up and running, you’ll be doubly equipped to handle whatever comes your way. .

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From Amazon basing recommendations on past browsing behavior to companies greeting people by name, you’ll see examples of personalization everywhere. A free gift makes people more loyal to your brand and they’ll certainly remember your name. How can you offer them a gift to help meet their needs at this time and alleviate their fears?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Download our free Startup Checklist and review the complete guide for starting a small business. According to a report from the Harvard Business Review , entrepreneurs who plan are 16% more likely to achieve viability. You’ll have a roadmap for success that you can actively review, revise, and share. Find the right partners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2020

He won the 2009 Affiliate Manager of the Year award there as well as leading Legacy Learning Systems to be named Most Improved Affiliate Program (with over 70% of the votes) and a second-place finish for Best Affiliate Program. What you’ll learn if you give a listen: What makes an affiliate and a strategic partner. Like this show?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Now, SEO for an ecommerce website requires a great deal of due diligence by the site owner, regardless of the platform. Image ALT tags: This tag refers to the text on an image that acts as a description for the search engine crawlers. The name of the game here is simplicity. This acts as a preview of the page.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

You wouldn’t fight with your partner or pet your dog during an on-site meeting, and you shouldn’t do it during a video conference either. Choose the proper hardware and software. Choose software with the highest degree of security. Set your profile up with the name you want participants to refer to you by.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The reason for its success is due to not holding ‘compromises’ as an option. Other companies with big names like Facebook and Google are often more quickly credited for their innovation, but IBM maintains innovating just as much without getting the same recognition. Thanks to Andre Kazimierski, Improovy ! 9- Basecamp.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This company, databox, is a business analytics software company that helps companies monitor, report, predict, and improve their entire company's performance in one's spot. I should have gotten on the partner train. So Pete, welcome to the show. So quite an experience.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Airbnb and Dropbox are textbook examples of how growth hacking can transform a business from a niche offering into a household name and market leader. For example, if you run a software company, talking to clients at a trade show might put you in touch with the right audience. Establish which incentives users need to refer friends.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. No, nobody wants to fail. In fact, I advise it.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit. We met everybody in the organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit. We met everybody in the organization.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. My guest today is Stephan Spencer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Whether you’re starting a home-based business due to financial considerations or for another reason, you can use this checklist to help you figure out firstly whether or not it’s the right option for you, and if so what you need to do to get set up officially, including creating a great working environment! Register your business name.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. We made changes and Greg was a gentleman throughout the process rather than berating us for our performance (it was our first partners’ meeting).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2017

We’ve got a few suggestions to help you not only crack the entrepreneurship code, but ace it. Just as you would in a blossoming friendship, reach out to potential business partners and be genuine with them. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has referred to Warren Buffet as his mentor and credited his success to him.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2018

Throughout this article, the term “Citrix on Azure” will be used in reference to using a Citrix VDI estate via the Microsoft Azure cloud computing service. One major reason why is that, through partnering with a cloud consultancy like the UK-based RedPixie, you can get valuable help with much of the heavy lifting.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tactics are the specific activities you’ll use to communicate with customers (for example, advertising on social media with a 20% discount code). In this case, they don’t simply use customers’ names in the email subject line, but provide product recommendations based on that buyer’s shopping history. Both are critical.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

The Stage 1 partner escalates an opportunity to Stage 2 when we’ve been able to create a hypothesis as to why this might be a good investment. That partner also generates a set of questions for the other partner to push on in their discussions and data requests. Stage 2 : Here both of us are engaged. 4) Fund Operations.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

In the medical field, this Lean Plan idea is also sometimes called a proforma, though a proforma sometimes refers specifically to the financial part of the plan. If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. Muun found a market need but failed to compete with bigger names that provided customers with authoritative content and resources. Muun’s more well-known competitors had more features and better pricing.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

My partner ( Steve Schlafman ) and I recently launched Tapestry , an exercise for founders to invest in their relationships, and it was met with an incredible reaction. No code and a global workforce make it possible. Ok enough preamble lets dive in… Naming a project. EricFriedman and I spent less than $1.5K

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Most funds are 10 years in length and the initial investment period is normally 3-5 years.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

You want to review all the different components of your business model. This description should basically be an elevator pitch for potential partners and business investors to get excited about what you’re offering and your unique location, philosophy, and approach. Up-to-code kitchen with three-compartment sink and grease trap.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do. Telesales simply don't work without reference customers. What we have taken on is hard enough.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So when it happens, it creates what I refer to as a peak in the experience that people remember kind of snaps their head around and they're like, Hmm, that's unusual. They're more likely to refer others to you. It is a way to delight people when you are super responsive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2023

Cracking the Code of Data-Driven Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Christina Inge In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Christina Inge. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Like this show? Or chain mail or whatever.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

For those unfamiliar with the word— Latinx is used as a gender-neutral term to refer to the Latin American community as a whole, and also as an alternative for people who don’t identify with the gendered labels Latino and Latina. For example, content that uses Castilian Spanish (used in Spain) isn’t well-received by Latin American audiences.

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Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2016

In this article, we’re going to review what’s worked for other businesses, and what the data has to say so that you can take advantage of strategies that you already know will work. Birthday presents, Christmas presents, thank you gifts, graduation gifts, you name it. Give client booking software a try.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I also reviewed the TechStars documents last year and they are similar in concept to the Y Combinator documents as the chart below indicates.). If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . under $500K). “ .

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