Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. A compelling story can make or break your ability to differentiate your solution from dozens of others. The leading edge was too often the bleeding edge.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

This might only cover the cost of system restoration – not the loss of intellectual property or the loss of customer records. These kinds of services are gaps in the market that, once filled, should allow any company to use security as a differentiator when competing to supply services or goods as part of a larger supply chain. .

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Differentiation Security Intellectual Property Non-Compete 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2013

Leadership principles 101. More importantly though, Raynor and Ahmed uncovered three very simple rules that differentiated the best from the rest: 1. Revenue before cost. You know the trend of cutting costs to boost profitability? The advantages of higher revenue tend to be more valuable than the advantages of lower cost.

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Technical Review Non-Compete Differentiation Revenue 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

Every one of you business owners I know has worked hard to build your brand, and recognizes the critical value of instant brand recognition and leadership. We all strive to reduce costs and improve efficiency, but the ultimate test is the potential to erode values, culture, and brand image.

Leadership 426

Leadership Management Brazil Differentiation 426

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Companies develop their leadership structure based on several things, including the company’s size, type of industry, geographical location, regulations and other criteria. The leadership hierarchy should be arranged so that the company has strong direction and accountability. Managing Director vs. Director: Key Differentiators.

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Differentiation Management Government Salary 61

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2013

Adding permeable asphalt was only one of the changes that contributed to the company becoming certified by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Now, if you only consider what it costs to pave the parking lot with water permeable asphalt, in the short term it’s more expensive to pave with this material.

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Green Retention Chicago Illinois 149

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.

Technical Cofounder 168

Technical Cofounder Founder Cofounder Mobile 168

Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

I’ve heard investors ask about sustainable technical differentiation for companies that you put on the customer/market risk end of the scale. are much more differentiating than technology. What is your perspective on ‘sustainable technical differentiation’ for customer/market risk companies?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

I love the way you differentiate. Reply Lots of low cost experiments « Open Ambition , on April 22, 2009 at 8:58 am Said: [.] Would you be interested in guest posting? Jacob Webb Everyday Entrepreneurship [link] Reply Keenan , on April 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm Said: Steve, Your Hueristics are at the core.

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Silicon Valley RSS Startup Agile 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Mike believed that any valuable page was going to be monetizable on a cost-per-click basis in relation to every page on the Internet. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Thorndike first demonstrated the Halo Effect in the military by showing the high correlation among soldiers’ ratings for physique, intelligence, leadership, and character. The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses.

Technical Review 188

Technical Review Montana Differentiation Hiring 188

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

If you find yourself in the situation where the technology vital to creating differentiation becomes an illusion, there are better alternatives than attempting to “gut it out” with a direct attack on the target market. The plan hinged on developing an effective, low-cost replacement of the low-air-loss technology.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2018

A key goal should be a culture where staff trusts leadership enough to speak up. Analyze leadership roles. This is why many culture change projects fail: Leadership charts a new path, but then fails to get management on board. Promote open and honest communication. Align management with culture change.

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Employee Technical Review Leadership Demand 145

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Startup Death Spiral: The Cost of Getting Product Launch Wrong By the time of first customer ship, if a startup does not understand its market and customers, failure unfolds in a stylized ritual, almost like a Japanese Noh play. Isso sem mencionar que, dependendo do problema, em alguns casos fica bastante difícil “voltar atrás&#.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The only way to undercut their efforts is to exercise strategies of cost leadership or differentiation, which translates to slashing the prices or offering something more innovative. So, the costs will have to be paid while the business is not bringing in any income, thus, creating a major cash flow management problem.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Revenue Software Review Campaign 87

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Look instead at measuring KPIs like close rate, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, conversion rates, average contract value, and lifetime customer value. Become a trusted brand with thought leadership. Thought leadership demonstrates your knowledge to help buyers overcome their problems at every stage of their journey.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Was the company attempting to be a low cost provider by introducing cheaper products to an existing market? Therefore, no, we weren’t really equipped to be the low cost provider. Was SuperMac attempting to introduce radically new products and create a new market ? No, not really. And we lost money when we did so.

Silicon Valley 161

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.

Technical Cofounder 120

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Mobile Differentiation 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

You’re not allocating enough costs to gross margin or the cost to acquire a customer. You can start by selling to small customers and evolve to larger ones, because you’re starting with a low cost-basis and then maturing your product and service. The customer should derive 10x more value than it costs them. Karma works.

Restful 202

Restful Founder Revenue Acquisition 202

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2014

If you’re going after a promotion, it can help differentiate you from your coworkers. Early in my career, a client bullied me into saying ‘yes’ to a request I didn’t understand — and it cost my employer $25,000. Instead, get a head start developing the leadership qualities you’ll need in the future. are all at stake.

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Reputation Leadership Employee Finance 215

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

Complementary domains” simply means differentiating the url through the top-level domain (TLD), while keeping the domain name itself static. The test found that the domain using the.com extension cost twice as much on a CPM basis and was a third less effective in producing conversions than the new domain extension.

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SEM Los Angeles Software Review Naming 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2014

If she’s going after a promotion, it can help differentiate her from her coworkers. Early in my career, a client bullied me into saying ‘yes’ to a request I didn’t understand — and it cost my employer $25,000. Instead, advise him to get a head start developing the leadership qualities he’ll need in the future.

Reputation 204

Reputation Leadership Employee Email 204

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One day your leadership realizes you stink at digital (all of it or just Facebook or search and display or mobile or whatever). Invest in the site experience now to differentiate yourself from the competition, and create irrational loyalty. Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA). In other words: Evolution.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

might have been a lot less differentiated. This is an awesome trend and will further lower the cost of startup development. AOL seems to be doing great things to reinvent itself under the leadership of Tim Armstrong, but monopoly? But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2014

If you’re going after a promotion, it can help differentiate you from your coworkers. Early in my career, a client bullied me into saying ‘yes’ to a request I didn’t understand — and it cost my employer $25,000. Instead, get a head start developing the leadership qualities you’ll need in the future. Be creative and bold.

Leadership 154

Leadership Restful Hiring Finance 154

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

My perspective as an angel investor is that once you get past early adopters, most people won’t switch to a new approach unless they perceive a cost or time savings or speed advantage of at least 20 percent. Non-specific terms, like better usability and low cost don’t incite customers to action these days.

Intellectual Property 417

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Dilution Differentiation 417

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. That’s not really true, but in this episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast I do speak with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose, authors of Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Costs into Profit.

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Cost Marketing Audience Media 54

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Some ideas are: Headshots of your restaurant’s leadership team. This analysis should include how you plan to differentiate yourself from other restaurants, whether it be through menu items, concept, price, location, atmosphere, or management tactics. Mistake #6: Guesstimating sales and costs. Your restaurant’s logo.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Social Media Forecast Database 120

ConversionXL

JUNE 15, 2021

It also demonstrates how important storytelling is to their brand identity and differentiation strategy. thought leadership, conversion, increased traffic, lead generation, etc.). If nobody knew who they were, this vague messaging above the fold wouldn’t work. . If you’re going to craft a story, root it in truth and not fairy tales.

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Audience Retention Campaign Video 153

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Rodney highlights the significance of selecting the right areas for transformation that can deliver a differentiating value, plus the importance of upskilling and reskilling existing talent within digital changes. 17:50] Is there a correlation between leadership inside of an industry by how digital it is? [19:02] And into the app.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Generative AI Arizona 86

Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2021

The company can lessen the waste of resources due to poor management and you get to avoid mistakes that cost you a lot. A business can differentiate itself from competitors with product quality. Provide the right leadership. You might have great business acumen but cannot provide leadership. Strategic thinking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The right positive strategy is integral to claiming leadership as well as making it happen. The old mission statements declaring your intent to be the “low-cost provider” is no longer a motivating vision for employees or customers. Clearly focusing on the right market and customer profile sets your competitor differentiation.

Sales 276

Sales Leadership Differentiation Global 276

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Which comes to the second major principle: halt work that leads to more waste, even if it means abandoning sunk costs. Just because something looks pretty, or feels like a good idea, or has a lot of sunk cost in it, does not mean it should be pursued. This is a version of the andon cord technique from lean manufacturing.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

You need to tell your personal story, and highlight previous work or experiences that show your integrity in the face of difficult challenges, and evidence that your team and constituents have trust in your leadership. Have the support of an expert team and advisors. Some people like to talk incessantly about their idea and possibilities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” Dramatic cost improvement for cause. What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Strong focus and differentiation.

Intellectual Property 256

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 256

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most new businesses need three to five advisors or board members to regularly evaluate progress and resource needs, as well as your own leadership. Client cost differentials of less than twenty percent are usually not enough to incent change. Also take the time to get feedback on your own leadership and work on the culture.

Marketing 290

Marketing Leadership Differentiation Equity 290

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

” I look for a lot of things, actually: Persistence (above all else), resiliency, leadership, humility, attention-to-detail, street smarts, transparency and both obsession with one’s company and a burning desire to win. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. So I did, in fact, invest in myself.

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