Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Consult with Ease: Personalize Your Customer Stragtegy Using AI written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with David Edelman In this episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Edelman , a seasoned digital transformation and marketing expert.

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Customer Generative AI ChatGPT Cloud 76

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2025

Whether you are trying to increase your revenue or improve your customer satisfaction, taking your business to the next level means looking at all of your strategic opportunities. It could also be improving customer retention. Waste Management Waste management is also something that can help to elevate your business as well.

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Software Review Technical Review Retention Campaign 147

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By avoiding common mistakes, startups can build a great foundation for growth and customer engagement. Having inconsistent logos, mismatched color schemes, and vague messaging is confusing to potential customers and can erode trust. When they do this this they are potentially missing out on organic traffic.

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Social Media Reputation Startup SEO 155

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? Looking for DoD customers How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? Program Managers (PMs) work with the PEO and manage subsets of the larger program. How do you get their attention? phone book.

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Programming Customer Portfolio Government 249

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 385

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Manage customer service. They probably have arbitrated differences many times before in their lives, and know how important it is to remain calm and soft-spoken in the face of emotional customers and processes that are not working. Personnel Manager. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

The distributed model draws on a diverse pool, helps manage costs, and captures regional insights and focus necessary to win local customers. Manage risk – don’t just “move fast and break things.” Managing risk is about determining upfront which risks are acceptable and which are non-negotiable.

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Global Silicon Valley Marketing Indonesia 345

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain. Good performance management is more about rewarding desirable behavior than penalizing bad performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Performance management software is at the forefront of this evolution, offering solutions that streamline the review process while providing customized options tailored to an organization’s needs. This can be effectively addressed through structured training programs that help managers deliver balanced and impactful feedback.

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Software Review Technical Review Employee Agile 104

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Advancements in technology can streamline processes and enhance customer experience, setting businesses apart from their competitors. Investing in technology can create a more efficient and user-friendly service, ultimately contributing to positive customer feedback.

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Technical Review Government Operations Demand 143

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator Business Model 359

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We don’t want to compete for the largest AUM (assets under management) with the biggest firms in a race to build the “Goldman Sachs of VC” but it’s clear that this strategy has had success for some. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. super size or super focus.

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Technical Review Pre-Money Valuation San Francisco Valuation 416

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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Developer Technical Review Fractional CTO CTO Hire 520

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Bankruptcy 296

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. Emotional stability. It is the key to coping with stress and adapting to change.

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Technical Review Cofounder Employee Global 353

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

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Developer Startup Social Media Internet 387

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today’s customers are much more proactive in going online for the latest information, rather than simply reacting to the “push” messages that businesses traditionally use to drive commerce. Discipline is required to continually track results, return on investment, and customer satisfaction. A strategy of speedy execution is required.

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Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 379

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

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Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 304

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Is there a real customer willing to give a testimonial? Don’t be sidetracked by potential customers in the middle of a free trial, or friends of the founder.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2021

In reality, the best business process innovations usually come from regular employees on the front line of your business, just trying to do a better job and better serve customers. Current research indicates that innovation is a discipline, it can be maximized, measured, and managed through formal processes.

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Technical Review Leadership Operations Networking 431

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Contact key vendors and existing customers. This will cover the technology, the current state of development, and customer satisfaction. Size of the market.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Angel Investor 380

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

These haven’t changed much over the years, but still seem to be often overlooked by business professionals and leaders in their haste to keep up with peers, competitors, and customers in today’s volatile environment. It’s amazing how quickly these activities lead to leadership or management opportunities. Loners need not apply.

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Flash Angel Investor Technical Review Social Media 303

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Many struggle to establish their online presence effectively while managing day-to-day operations. based digital marketing agency serving over 70,000 customers, offers relief through its integrated approach to online marketing. Our call volume has increased, and the number of leads leading to new customers has increased as well.”

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Rhode Island Ohio Web Development Social Media 83

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. I am enjoying more discussions with startups about the ROI benefits for customers who use our products rather than the coolness of our products. Steve Jobs still walked from his house on Waverly to the Apple Store on University Ave.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Choosing the right structure not only impacts your personal liability but also your ability to protect intellectual property, secure investment, and manage taxes. Trade Secrets: Implement measures to safeguard confidential business information, such as customer lists, marketing strategies, or manufacturing processes.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Entrepreneur Limited Liability Company 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2022

Then, hopefully, come customers, distribution channels, and going public or merging with an attractive buy-out candidate. Communication is not just talking, but also listening, writing, body language, and “actions speak louder than words.”

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Semantic Technical Review Retention Distribution 342

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. How would customer interviews work via video? We Changed The Class Format.

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Lean Security Asia SBIR 417

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

It’s what every customer looks for in every transaction. This is really an issue of the quality of the people you hire rather than the management or compensation system. In today’s marketplace, junior staffers are often the most intimately connected to the market, technology, and the customer network.

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Startup Technical Review Employee Hiring 337

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

It’s not just about moving goods but also about optimizing routes and providing exceptional customer service. Freight management software helps brokers track shipments in real-time, optimize routes, and easily analyze performance metrics.

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Developer Technical Review Software Review Reputation 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset. It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Common sense and emotionally driven decisions are sub- optimal in assessing team members.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Managing Costs and Pricing for Profitability Financial management is a cornerstone of any successful business, and mobile IV therapy ventures are no exception. Automated scheduling systems and efficient inventory management can significantly cut costs while enhancing service efficiency.

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Mobile United States Technical Review Business Model 88

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Furniture stores encounter obstacles such as inventory management and ensuring top-notch customer service. Improving Inventory Management System Effective inventory management is crucial for the success of operations. This automation lessens workloads so that sales teams can focus on nurturing customer relationships.

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Operations Software Forecast Software Improvement 167