Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Anonymity is the new black: You may remember in the early commercial web era – post 1993, we all had alias names and emails before we felt comfortable enough to convert to our actual human self on line. As privacy gets eroded through government activity we can expect a lot more anonymous forums to emerge as powerful web platforms.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2022

Advocacy is essential for your nonprofit to advance its mission, but how do you differentiate between advocacy and lobbying? The federal government recognizes the good work nonprofits do to support their communities. Communicating with government agencies or members of judicial or executive branches.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2022

The information is generally easy to find, searching either online or by calling local government agencies for guidance. Get free ink from the government! For example, to avoid getting into difficulty with the IRS or other government agencies, it is critical to maintaining your books up to date. Start a Business Account.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Or are you happy to run just the local restaurant that is differentiator. Steve Hoffman (06:08): If you don't get the right people on board, you know, hire them really hard to succeed, marketing, getting your name out. How do you differentiate yourself? Do you have big plans? How are you gonna grow this chain? powered by.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 11, 2024

This knowledge can help you differentiate your nonprofit and avoid common pitfalls. Look for members who are passionate about your cause and can contribute to governance, fundraising, and strategic planning. Assess the existing services and identify gaps that your nonprofit can fill.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

In the torrent of real and fake news, what’s his competitive edge other than name recognition? Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

Cheryl Julcher of Yellow Brick Properties differentiated her brand from competitors by developing a brand of homes called Zoetic Homes™. I have branded myself as a local expert and have differentiated myself through the use of social media, and more specifically, video,” says Morgan. How to Name Your Company.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2018

Name Selection. You have to pick a name that is not used by any other business operating within the United States to avoid trademark violations. In addition, your name must end with LLC to differentiate it from a corporation. This registration number allows the federal government to tax your LLC.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

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). Two trends since that incident have made the issue even more important today.

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Board Effect

MAY 1, 2019

HIPAA is organized into separate titles to differentiate the various provisions within the Act. PHI refers to such information as name, address, Social Security number, photo, ZIP code, treatment date, employer, family information, health conditions or other notable characteristics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Competitive analysis. Sales and marketing plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

But there are certain ways in which the digital age is having maybe differential impacts than what we've seen in the past. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. That's just marketing assessment.co.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2012

So one of the nation’s largest hospitality companies, LUX* Resorts (at the time named Naiade Resorts), decided to take on a gargantuan task — to contribute to the national culture with a powerful dose of uplifting service. Competing against the world’s major airlines, the one place they could differentiate was service.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Competitive analysis. Sales and marketing plan.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2010

It got the name “pay to play&# , but was just another form of bribery. The Supreme Court ruled on this in January stating that the government has no business regulating political speech. It’s even more upsetting when you consider that there is no cap on political contributions that corporations can make.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2017

Anyone from an aggressive marketing companies and curious people, to government officials can easily find your name and your location and address with very little difficulty and you may not know you’ve left that information. Reality is, privacy is a serious challenge and you can be identified easily when you are online.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Messages must also be differentiated between Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) customers: B2C messages are driven by offers that communicate a sense of well-being, convenience, security, productivity/increased significance, exclusivity, continuity, positive social sharing or possibility.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

What if you’re a government or a military organization or part of the intelligence community? So to differentiate “customers” from the standard business model canvas we’ll call all the different customer segments and the layers in the defense and intelligence value chain beneficiaries.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

In other words, marketing company representatives with an aggressive approach, government officials and curious people can all find your name and location with relative ease. In particular, users who have an ISP that differentiates between local and international will see improved connectivity.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The tactic is to place information with intended value (and a bit of brand name-dropping) in the stream. An ad by any other name. Steps are being taken to help differentiate between the good, bad, and ugly native ads. It fits if what we’re doing for you, the advertiser, is something we would be doing already.”.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

But if your intellectual property is original and differentiates you from your competition, it will be one of the most valuable parts of your business. In many jurisdictions there is a degree of protection in brand names, logos, and other trademarks, regardless of whether the owner of the mark has applied for a trademark registration.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The other is about financing; people often search about loans or government incentives associated with remodeling. Is there a way for you to differentiate your site and content from theirs—a unique approach that you can take to sharing what you do? When you type in home remodel, you get some auto-suggestions that indicate a few trends.

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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. It's something we have to invest in, but it's not, uh, competitively differentiating. It's just right.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

Or the fact that you are locally owned and know your customers by name. You must find a way to differentiate yourself and give people a reason to spend with you. So if you can’t beat the big guys on price, you’re going to have to beat them on service. Or experience. Go niche and go “deep”. Go fair trade, sustainable, ethical.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Branding is a process designed to develop, among other things, a unique business name and custom logo design for a company, product, or service. But branding isn’t solely about tangible concepts like a company’s name and logo. What is branding? We cover this in detail in Chapter 3 (Brand Identity Research). The basics.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

To differentiate it from typical “Series A&# preferred stock, which comes with certain expectations with regard to rights. In a typical venture financing, there is a voting agreement that governs how specific board seats will be filled. Name of security. Why is it called Series Seed? Voting agreement. Series Seed.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2018

Nearly two years ago I foresaw an emerging need for greater corporate governance, accountability and responsibility. How did you come up with your business name? . The origin of my company name, 11Eleven, is both synonymous with the numerological meaning of this digit and symbolic of the work we do.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 24, 2018

How did you come up with your business name? Naming a company can be extremely challenging, but it should be memorable, original and should not sabotage future expansion plans or limit customer reach. It should also reflect the brand’s story, values and key differentiators. Tell us about your products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It’s amazing how many proposals I see that are “me too” with only slight or abstract differentiation from other social media sites, ride sharing, or collaboration tools. Prove exclusivity with whatever methods and relationships you can use, including patents, distribution channels, government support, or name-brand customer contracts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

How do I name my real estate business? How do your natural strengths differentiate you from the other real estate businesses in the area? How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? How much do real estate business owners make? How do realtors get clients?

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

At the top of the page, right under your business name, include a one-sentence overview of your business that sums up the essence of what you are doing. 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?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This makes it very confusing to differentiate between filtered and unfiltered content. Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T are a few names that provide us internet services. The government itself can play a major role here and support emerging players to create market competition that in turn gives the general public more power.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Do you want to tie your name to an oil industry, or offer a service that you may not be brilliant at, but that will attract a lot of customers? Gather information from government sites like the U.S. Who will you serve?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Others of lesser value include trademarks, trade secrets, unique domain names, long-term contracts, and copyrights. Strong focus and differentiation. Combining functions is not a good differentiator. A dynamic product line, rather than a single product. Proven team with inside relationships.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

And I don't know if this is related to his work as a science fiction author or not, Hannu has the ability to see the big picture and so he has put together this proposal for a vaccine Manhattan Project, taking inspiration for it's name from the legendary science project that led to the creation of the Atomic Bomb. I grew up in Finland.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Others of lesser value include trademarks, trade secrets, unique domain names, long-term contracts, and copyrights. Strong focus and differentiation. Combining functions is not a good differentiator. A dynamic product line, rather than a single product. Proven team with inside relationships.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2017

More specifically, this is one of the money makers or the ‘special sauce’ of what differentiates our software. A supporting subdomain is something that is still critical to the product and possibly a bit unique to our problem space, but not really what differentiates it. This is fine and in fact, encouraged.

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