Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

In addition to goodwill justified by a great leader and an outstanding team, investors will use their due diligence process to assess the organizational structure and effectiveness as well. Organizations are assigned value by how well they take advantage of the best technology, and turn information into action.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I could have listened to her for hours as many of her lessons were ones I hadn’t heard before such as how she used online gaming when she was younger as a way of both teaching herself tech as well as learning to lead remote teams. Nanea Reeves has a storied career in senior leadership roles at technology companies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Social CRM is a philosophy and a business strategy that uses technology, work flow, business rules, and social information to talk with (not at) the customer in a transparent way, to make value for both parties. 5) Embracing social advertising and retail , as well as the exciting opportunities offered by mobile and geo-location technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The things that always differentiated Accenture? Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. You start out with vision, you must adapt and have intellectual honesty once you stare at your data and know where your true sources of differentiation and value are.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. How will you differentiate from these? Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? How do you measure success?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

But when you create a product for a large segment of users who previously couldn’t afford products due to price or complexity and if that product can work at “Internet scale” you have the chance to do something truly amazing. I have written this up before if you’re interested – I call it Deflationary Economics.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Copywriting the website content for a tech startup can be a critical part of spreading your brand image and awareness. These are some copywriting tips that can help your tech startup to grow through your website and its content. As a tech startup founder, you might need to turn your attention to several things at once.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2013

More importantly though, Raynor and Ahmed uncovered three very simple rules that differentiated the best from the rest: 1. “Use your differentiated position to charge higher prices or appeal to more customers. Change whatever you must about your business – your markets, your technologies, your people… anything. Everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one. We realized we needed help.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

This forward-thinking approach can differentiate your moving business in a crowded marketplace. Positive word-of-mouth referrals and online reviews are powerful tools in attracting new customers. Leveraging Technology Embracing technology is crucial in keeping your moving business competitive and forward-thinking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

A classic article in the Harvard Business Review “ The Truth About Customer Experience ” defines it as your customer’s end-to-end journey with you, not just the key touchpoints or critical moments when customers interact with your organization. Now all we hear about is providing the best “customer experience.” Shoot for the customers’ hearts.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Social CRM is a philosophy and a business strategy that uses technology, work flow, business rules, and social information to talk with (not at) the customer in a transparent way, to make value for both parties.” . Adopt a strategy canvas approach (ala Blue Ocean Strategy ) to differentiate your business from the “red oceans” of competitors.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Through differentiated sourcing, companies can better hedge their risks in the event that the Chinese economy implodes. The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market. Asian Companies Going Global.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved. Master-mind alliance. Applied faith.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2024

The Power of Verified Reviews: Why Agencies Thrive with Clutch written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Katie Hollar, the marketing lead at Clutch , a leading global marketplace for business service providers.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

Even if this costs more than 2 years of in-house assembly, it’s still worth it, due to accelerating revenue growth due to up-sales and market-differentiation. So this acquisition is worth more than $20m in revenue, which at the average revenue-multiple for public tech companies , yields $100m in market value.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple. But it wasn’t to be.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With the continuous advances in technology, it’s easier than ever for businesses to get work done remotely. Since so many organizations have spent time working in a remote environment due to Covid-19, we’ve quickly learned what works for this unique situation and which areas need improvement.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

For starters Uber itself has had to lay off 27% of its workforce due to the pandemic and has been severely impacted financially from the crisis with no immediate respite in sight. Even more likely is eventual technology disruption where drones deliver foods and make it hard for existing car delivery services to compete.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved. Master-mind alliance. Applied faith.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Differentiation Business Model 297

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I conclude that the genesis of this trend seems to come from several forces, including the following: Less investment capital available due to the recession. Due to the economy as well, traditional individual angel investors haven’t been able to fill the gap. Technology costs are plummeting, meaning you can do more with less.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Due to the struggling economy as well, traditional individual Angel investors haven’t been able to fill the gap. Technology costs are plummeting, meaning you can do more with less. Twenty years ago, it cost $5 million to really launch a high-tech startup, when the same thing can be done today for $500 thousand.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. I saved my main point for last.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing. Products requiring changes to government regulations. Niche or low growth-rate businesses opportunities.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Your USP should highlight specific benefits like this to differentiate your services from competitors. Recruiting qualified staff involves conducting thorough interviews, checking references, and assessing technical skills. A memorable logo and a professional website are fundamental components of a strong brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). You need to do weekly calls, regular customer calls with your team, review their pipelines with them, find out when they’re BS’ing you, produce weekly forecasts, etc.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. Barriers to entry are no longer created by patents or by tech differentiation alone, but by superior traction in the marketplace.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2020

OKRs can be beneficial for managers as well since they enable you to conduct each team member’s performance review based on their overall quarterly objectives and key results. One of the major benefits of using a SOM approach is that product development costs are drastically decreased and technical risk is also reduced.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Differentiation 147

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

But I believe it’s a very comprehensive solution and our due diligence with large app developers confirmed as much. Optimization technology is not new. What does it do? it provides complete transparency in how much advertisers are paying, how much Burstly takes and what your revenue is.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. Right now, the only thing they’re monetizing is the technical sites.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

On the other hand, if during the interview she asks how often you do performance reviews, that means she doesn’t understand the startup culture. That is, when you have a candidate on the phone, you can use the resume to ask about previous experience, test their knowledge of technologies they claim to have, etc. Or therapy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2024

Technical Skills: Besides strategy, a fractional CMO must possess strong technical skills to advise on and implement marketing technologies that optimize operations and enhance efficiency. 03:38): Technical skills are going to be important. And that's a big part of the leadership role. (03:38): No shocker there.

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