Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope.

Seed Stage 191

Seed Stage Belgium Differentiation LP 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

New York City 246

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 246

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Even adding money won’t do it – you need to create a committed and engaged team and partners for marketing and sales, as well as production and distribution. You need a business model that provides a good return for you and your team, long-term growth, value to your customer, and differentiates you from competitors.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Government Agile Differentiation 201

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. might have been a lot less differentiated. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

That requires deep value creation that is difficult to do when everyone is using the same tools, even in different ways -- value requires differentiality which requires protection as soon as someone spots the value creation, for it will be copied soon thereafter. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

LPs have been feeling great about venture capital due to holding valuable paper positions in companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Dropbox, all of which they feel confident will drive large cash distributions in the future. Without some cash distributions, eventually LPs will become stretched.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A great product is always the foundation but a clear distribution strategy becomes essential to cut through the noise. With tens of thousands of new start-ups being created every year, the potential of a company to truly scale and become a large, stand-alone business is more crucial than ever before.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. How do you plan on differentiating from the competition? Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan. Retail Distribution.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

They want to see that you have some unique advantage that differentiates your company from others in your industry, and they’d prefer that you have some experience in that industry, which gives you legitimate insight into the problem you’re attempting to solve. Ultimately, these advantages helped us secure the funding we needed.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It costs less than $100 per year to run a website, and—unlike the print publishing era—no reputable editor or printing costs stand in the way of immediate, uncensored, worldwide distribution. 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

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Too many competitors or a product with minimal differentiation makes a startup risky. Product distribution or service delivery. Physical products often require access to existing distribution channels. Solution production and support. If your product is hardware, you need manufacturing, quality control and inventory.

Exit Strategy 120

Exit Strategy Technical Review Distribution Viral 120

Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

A recent essay covered the ‘AI gold rush’ and as it related to startups operating in this area, very much ‘caution ahead’ in terms of building a sustainable, differentiated business. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020. HW: nerd processor, your weekly newsletter , is great!

Cofounder 132

Cofounder Founder Technical Review Seattle 132

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Perform a competitive analysis to determine how you’ll differentiate. To stand out, learn what competitors are doing so you can effectively differentiate. Choose value propositions based on differentiation. the product pages a given customer has been browsing) to segment and distribute content accordingly.

eCommerce 129

eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

In order to differentiate yourself from the industry giants, start asking yourself how your company could harness trends to alleviate current pain points. . Differentiating yourself in the tech industry can seem like a daunting task, especially if you compare yourself to a company like Apple. How to Stand Out. percent in 2020, to $5.2

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Green Silicon Valley Non-Compete 97

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2019

For example, the Required Minimum Distribution at age 70½ is something many people are not prepared for in terms of tax impact. Procrastination is an obstacle for many when it comes to estate planning, and it’s important to differentiate between a will, which goes through probate, and a trust. Create an estate plan.

Indianapolis 113

Indianapolis LLC Portfolio Technical Review 113

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Wibbitz’s original distribution strategy was to focus on “long tail” publishers; not the relatively few blogs getting tens of millions of hits but potentially, as Zohar puts it, “every blogger in the world”. Indeed this tool is one of the key differentiators between Wibbitz and its competitors (e.g.

Web 87

Web Video Cofounder Early Stage 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

The Startup Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

Offline marketing tactics can include advertising in local newspapers or directories, distributing flyers or brochures, and participating in community events. Overall, creating a positive and customer-centric storage experience can differentiate your self storage business and attract and retain satisfied customers.

Security 130

Security Operations Finance Advertising 130

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] And I think you're right, you touched on the advent of technology surrounding publishing, as well as all the different things you can do now as a self-published author, as it relates to, you know, distribution channels.

Audience 98

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 98

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Companionship Differentiated value prop vs. generalist chat products – AI companion products hat specialise in content that mainstream models aren’t good at (or don’t allow), like fictional role plays or erotica. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Customer Lifetime Value is first and foremost, influenced by factors that are your KPIs: RFM distribution; Margin; Customer Experience (Product reviews, Net Promoter Score, Customer Effort Score, etc.); RFM distribution. Once you have RFM groups, you’ll better understand the distribution of your customers. Image source ).

Customer 132

Customer SMS Retention Acquisition 132

Up and Running

JULY 19, 2014

Specifically, much of the plot revolved around their competing ventures in smuggling and distributing illegal contraband to other prison inmates. As you consider your new business idea and the market that it can reach, you will need to figure out how to differentiate yourself from the competition. Lock down a distribution strategy.

Distribution 77

Distribution Differentiation Reputation Audience 77

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

Most successful business plans entail launching a new product, service, or distribution outlet that attacks existing market competitors on what military planners would term an exposed flank. Look closely for other highly differentiated technology that may be hidden in the work you or your team have already completed.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Development Team Review Differentiation Leadership 80

Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

We’ll differentiate with a funny safety video and by not being a**holes. Tesla – instead of just building batteries and selling them to Detroit, we are going to build our own cars from scratch plus own the distribution network. They’ll do it for the convenience, even though they have to wait a week for the book.

Social Network 108

Social Network Networking Detroit SMS 108

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

Make sure to update and re-distribute them as needed. This means defining your differentiation strategy. It would water down their unique value proposition and hurt their differentiation play. . Everybody on your team should have access to this key information, and refer back often. It’s also the most important.

Audience 127

Audience Framework Differentiation Software Review 127

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. For example, you could deploy CSAT surveys at various parts of the buyer’s journey (distributed across leads so as not to bombard a single customer with multiple questions).

Metrics 157

Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Most recently, the Netflix API team, which used to provide traditional REST APIs to the Netflix UI teams, is now providing content distribution platforms that enable data to be pushed from our AWS backend systems to the devices in people’s homes and pockets. More changes have since been made with the API.

API 135

API Audience Dividend Programming 135

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

It wins through better distribution, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, customer support, merchandising, cross-selling and ultimately on price & scale. It would hardly get a frothy reception for the first few years until it showed drones delivering the goods some 15 years later.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Diego Dallas Startup 150

Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

It means it’s easy enough to develop that eight hours or so is all it takes to build something that can then be distributed/accessed for free by lots of people. This are good milestones which support experimentation. This is the way the Internet is supposed to work, no? Yelp Competition.

Product 103

Product SBA SMS API 103

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2011

You must understand and create content for the most important keyword phrases for your industry, the essential themes of education in your business, and your company’s core points of differentiation. Filtering and aggregating content produced by others is not only a great service, it’s a great differentiator.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Alaska RSS Audio 78

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It makes the product more user-friendly and can also help build trust with customers and differentiate the product from competitors in the SaaS market. A visually appealing and consistent design can help create a strong brand image and differentiate the product from competitors.

Design 105

Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When it comes to content marketing, all the branding and differentiation (and money) is in the latter. That type of content ticks all the boxes that search engines—most companies’ dominant distribution channel—reward. But being right doesn’t create value; empowering others to succeed does. But most content resembles the former.

Analytics 161

Analytics Acquisition Channel B2C 161

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. Evaluation , where differentiation between competitors must occur. Purchase , in which the decision to buy is made.

Differentiation 129

Differentiation Sales Email Metrics 129

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With the rise of new cannabis companies, it is important to differentiate your cannabis company from the competition, whether you are opening a farm, extraction operation, or dispensary. What differentiates your cannabis company from the one down the street? Distribution. As mentioned, the industry is exploding right now.

Business Plan 154

Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2013

For example, whether the data shows consumption of soft drinks, vs. amount of soft drinks entering distribution channels, will affect the interpretation of the numbers. Always differentiate clearly hard numbers from estimate, either in a footnote or with an ‘est.’ Indicate for what time periods the chart is appropriate.

Technical Review 114

Technical Review .Net Audience Naming 114

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Speed and global distribution sometimes make for product ubiquity, so it is all the more critical that you differentiate yourself by putting your customers first and really owning a certain style of old-fashioned service. You can bring things to market very quickly today.

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