Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Company 2 might represent an “ad mediation company” where the company gets paid by ad networks for running ads on publisher websites and the company in turn must pay the publisher 85% of the revenue it collects.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. If you have NO network of promotion for your story?

SEM 379

SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

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 315

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 315

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How will you differentiate from these? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? How do you measure success?

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Developer Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 520

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

– Establish, communicate, and enforce security policies governing passwords, policies, procedures, especially around physical access, network access, email policies, data security. – Keep all systems and equipment patched and up to date on security upgrades, and discard equipment or systems that are no longer supported.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Small Business Software Review Security 246

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Because of increased competition, changing customer expectations and innovative technology breakthroughs, the introduction of new equipment/merchandise, or updated versions of existing merchandise, can help drive sales and differentiate your business. Be active in online forums and takesteps to maximize your online network.

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Customer PPC Software Review Finance 168

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Fortunately, options like EDR are proving novel cyber threat protection approaches for keeping devices and networks safer. Most security tools can’t differentiate between normal flow and a potential threat. EDR solves this by allowing enterprises to run programs in a secure network overlay that’s separate from the backend.

Security 141

Security Software Review Software Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

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 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

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

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. T = Tools, the myriad platforms and software needed. m = Measurement, a necessary evil.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

Build a healthy support network. Any entrepreneur who has faced failure or encountered challenges along the way knows how important it is to have a good support network. A good support network can give entrepreneurs the encouragement they need to continue with their business.

Startup 173

Startup Early Stage Naming Public Relations 173

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. You have tons of differentiation. Where Stealth is Bad – I do meet entrepreneurs who clearly fall on the other side of spectrum and are totally closed. But life doesn’t end. Life goes on.

Early Stage 380

Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

From building a strong brand and network to leveraging digital marketing and providing exceptional customer service, these tips will provide you with actionable strategies to take your real estate business to new heights. Network effectively Networking plays a crucial role in growing your real estate business.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Social Media Networking Differentiation 158

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

As with sales, these core reasons need to be compelling to candidates, while being as unique to you (competitive differentiation) as possible. Tools such as LinkedIn are obviously useful, but it can also pay dividends to use your network to find potential hires. It doesn’t take long to ask your employees and network, so do it.

Cofounder 164

Cofounder Elevator Pitch Hiring Dividend 164

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Consumers are gravitating away from traditional social networks, forcing marketers to establish meaningful presences in these smaller, values-driven communities. Differentiation through trust-building and value alignment is becoming the ultimate competitive edge as traditional lead-generation methods wane.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Marketing Campaign Differentiation 78

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

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. Odeo began as a network where people could find podcasts, but iTunes began taking over the podcast niche. Choose a business model that will win in the market.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Government Agile Differentiation 201

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

4:51] How are you trying with lead for an ode to differentiate what you’re offering from chatbots? [6:06] More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Follow Leadferno on Twitter: @leadferno.

SMS 101

SMS Marketing Cofounder Software Review 101

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

In the interconnected digital landscape, a single recommendation from a loyal client can ripple across social networks, reaching a vast audience. According to Prolifiq, relationship mapping is crucial for startups to understand their clients’ networks and connections, enabling targeted outreach and relationship building.

Retention 148

Retention Reputation Startup Social Network 148

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A positive reputation also contributes to business goals (such as growth, leveraging social proof , and network development). Focus on finding a network of diehard fans, and cater your content to their needs. Focus on finding a network of diehard fans, and cater your content to their needs. Find your audience of superfans.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

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. Draw upon connections to help get an audience. Tailor your pitch deck.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Through differentiated sourcing, companies can better hedge their risks in the event that the Chinese economy implodes. With consumer demand booming in inland Asian cities, however, road, rail and air transport networks will take on greater prominence over sea transport. Asian Companies Going Global.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China 171

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). To differentiate themselves in the marketplace, Quigo made the pivotal move of going to publishers and saying explicitly “you’re working with Adsense. Quigo was competing heavily and heatedly with Google. We can do better.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2012

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. To compete, startups must find ways to provide customers an easier, faster, more pervasive connection to digital networks, via mobile as well as the Internet.

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Networking Customer Entrepreneur Social Network 234

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

The community they had developed was extremely valuable and is what differentiated StackOverflow from the free, open source alternatives that were created in response to StackExchange. How do you keep an audience as a blogger and on the network of StackExchange? Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While platforms like Instagram offer a great starting point, the key to differentiation lies in the age-old strategy of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). 7- Differente from the competition Photo Credit: Chris Gerbig The key to success for a new e-commerce business owner would be to find something that differentiates from the competition.

eCommerce 143

eCommerce Omaha Entrepreneur SEO 143

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The solution has to balance four variables: Revenue for publishers that sell ad space; Targeting capability for ad networks; Return on ad spend for ad buyers; Privacy for users who see ads. But without third-party cookies, what’s a display network to do? It also gives an ad network, AdMatica, permission to view that interest.

Caching 140

Caching Algorithm Advertising Metadata 140

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And I would highlight a distinction between the essential startup idea and a trade secret or other proprietary information which provides unique competitive differentiation. Sure, network effects provide clear competitive advantages in many markets, but it hardly guarantees success without other differentiation.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Stealth 120

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

When capital is commoditised, and every VC fund might look the same to a founder, market forces encourage players to differentiate. Knowing that you’re dealing with a partner that has integrity, is capable professionally and is not focused on ego, is a good way to build trust. How can founders test Founder-investor fit?

Founder 187

Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2017

Over sushi last night with two of them, who are also long-time friends, one of them asked me “Brad, how do you think we are differentiated?” I don’t even know what differentiation means anymore as it all blurs together. The angels say look at the deals we’ve done and the networks we have.

Differentiation 148

Differentiation Later Stage Equity Founder 148

The Startup Magazine

JULY 11, 2024

This knowledge can help you differentiate your nonprofit and avoid common pitfalls. Build a Strong Network: Cultivate relationships with partners, supporters, and other nonprofits. Assess the existing services and identify gaps that your nonprofit can fill. Collaboration can lead to new opportunities and resources.

Social Media 148

Social Media Public Relations Programming Business Plan 148

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2019

By leveraging Drummer networks to populate the platform with vetted, high-quality businesses, we can solve the authenticity gap for consumers, and by offering true “pay as you go” model that provides a conversion guarantee for businesses.

Curation 147

Curation Marketing Technical Review CPA 147

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

While there are many ways to start a successful real estate business , it’s important to remember that there are a variety of key differentiators that contribute to successful real estate businesses. The post The 6 Key Differentiators of Successful Real Estate Businesses appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

Differentiation 147

Differentiation Artificial Inteligence Campaign SEO 147

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Advancements in device technologies and mobile networks are sparking the use of mobile devices by shoppers at every point on the path to purchase. More than 2 billion people use social networks(8), such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Mobile Commerce (m-commerce). Social Commerce. Top Tips for SMEs.

Small Business 100

Small Business Asia Channel Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. There are many companies with phenomenal IP that is truly differentiated but where the original executive team squandered their opportunity due to inability to sell, market or service customers. We looked at the IP and realized it was highly differentiated / hard to replicate.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Liquidation Preference Silicon Valley IP 150

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the MarTech podcast, hosted by Benjamin Shapiro, brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Tim Brown (02:02): Yeah, I'd say differentiation. Like this show?

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Minneapolis SEO Widget Technical Review 95

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