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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

One, a focus on great customer care has become, in the era of Zappos, not just a requisite checkbox, but an opportunity for differentiation, and a primary means of acquiring and retaining users (customer care as a revenue generator, not just a cost center). Get smart about how your data is used, and demand fair means by which to contribute.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. Ended in Week 10 as autonomous button mushroom harvesting. Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. — in a class so high in demand that I had to wait several quarters to take it? I couldn’t sew or draw so becoming a fashion designer was out.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

Our design team is comprised of top talent who have been laid off or have grown disenchanted with the big corporate models of major fashion brands (though by requirement they all have at least 5 years of major corporation experience). Thanks to Stefanie Tacata, Stateless Fashion Design and Consulting. #2 crew, Aeropostale, etc.