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Top 4 Networking Tips From Startup Founders

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There are a great number of options – be sure to broaden outside of your own industry groups to reach your customer base. They may involve attending industry events, acting as a key speaker in a conference, a member in a professional association. Naturally, I’m an introvert.

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8 Pieces of Advice For CEOs That Need To Scale Their Startups

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While certain processes and strategies may have worked for a business early on, a rapidly increasing customer base and the increased bandwidth needed in response will often bring those very same process to their natural breaking point. Prioritize Customer Satisfaction. Externally – Focus on keeping customers happy.

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5 Tips For Creating An Engaging Blog

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By initiating a dialogue through your blog, you begin to understand your customers better. This way our customers are better educated, and they come to us as a source of information.”. The goal here is to attract the attention of potential customers, and also media attention. A great blog incites a conversation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. rfan622 How Listening to Customers Helped Us Raise $700K in Seed Funding Mariya Genzel. One caveat: if you come by, you are automatically volunteering to be subjected to some intense customer development. Also: booze. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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First we looked at our flagship offerings and what they were trying to achieve for our customers. I launched my company, Coffee Shift, after visiting Colombia, being blown away by the quality of coffee I tasted in the country's Coffee Axis region, and then learning that coffee farmers there often operate at a loss when they sell their beans.

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Advice For Bootstrapping Your Business From Startup Founders Who’ve Been There

YoungUpstarts

The real work actually comes when you want to turn that idea into something that not only benefits customers, but also brings in revenue. Philip Acuña is a journalist and PR strategist based in Medellin, Colombia. He has previously worked for organizations including the California Immigrant Policy Center and Colombia Reports.