Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2021

Thanks to Aidan Sowa, Sowa Marketing Agency ! #5- As a Boston resident who works in restaurant marketing, I’ve found that there are many entrepreneurs like myself who are in the same business. I managed to keep The Village Rock shop alive through what I believe is a little thing called positive reinforcement.

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A Profit-Driven Business Model Fearless Fund, as well as other venture capital funds and accelerator programs, are private enterprises doing what private enterprises (including nonprofits) do: they are serving a fast-growing market for the purpose of making money. America still remains by far the largest venture capital market in the world.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

   We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach.     We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach. 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

« Calculating Market Share | Main. | When mapping a market, its important to study pricing strategy. The price for the current product in the market is about $750. We can be in the market at $750 and be great -- and have lots of room to move if there is any need. Managing Company Growth. September 2011.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2019

When you find yourself struggling to manage a massive workload, it’s time to at least consider forming a partnership. Is good in sales and marketing. In my case, my partner and I were separated geographically: My office was in Wisconsin, and his office was in Virginia. Admittedly this is a good problem to have.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The biggest difference between being a great functional manager and being a great general manager—and particularly a great CEO—is that as a general manager, you must hire and manage people who are far more competent at their jobs than you would be at their jobs. Does she know how to hire sales managers?

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Technology versus market risk in angel investments.  One of his points is that angels tend to lose money because they take on companies with high market risk and low technical risk. the really hard technical risk of failsafe computing in the 70s had been retired), the market took off. Think "Porter's Five Forces." 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Forward to the past: The (re) rise of direct marketing » October 08, 2008. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Being The Best You Can Be. September 2011. March 2011. October 2010.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing.   (Google: Bottom up market sizing).    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc.   A bottom up market model goes something like this. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Bottom Up Market Sizing : Comments.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2015

To make sure some of that newly flowing cash comes into your restaurant, you’ll want to up your marketing game. To help you attract new customers, we’ve put together a list of 18 affordable marketing ideas that you can use to fill your bar and booths. To start, let’s talk about the marketing options that are in your backyard.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

It’s axiomatic that in a perfectly priced market, a specific level of investor risk in any business should price identically across all companies.  Example one: Sustainable net operating income with some growth in a stable market.  Example three: High growth in a stable market. This is also now an equity situation. 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Market Math. If you only sell to half of the customers in your physical market, how many non-buyers have you called on?  If you are using a sales force making customer visits, how much behavior is driven by territory size and quotas as opposed to market coverage?  Market math is one important ingredient. 

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The Next Web

JANUARY 13, 2014

Wisconsin, 1984. For entrepreneurs, there are two kinds of uncertainties that need to be dealt with – uncertainty on making strategic decisions for the company and uncertainty on how to manage the team. Part 1: Managing Uncertainty in Strategic Decisions. You can find a better product/market fit. Edward Weber, Uni.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

They don’t necessarily exclude each other, but you’ll often find many marketers pleading their allegiance to one of the two camps. You do this through a series of techniques that range from content marketing (attracting leads) to chatbots and surveys (providing value). Here is how you do that: Set up your Tag Manager.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I'm just reading a post  from Wisbusiness.com  by Joe Kremer of the Wisconsin Angel Network. Second, start-ups aren't immune from contextual issues, such as being tied to under-performing sectors of the economy, like housing, or participating in capital intensive high change markets like solar panels or wind turbines.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

The Myth of Private Markets: Symmetry and Expectations » January 11, 2013.   I digress here, but one of the real challenges is managing sales goals both agressively and realistically.   I digress here, but one of the real challenges is managing sales goals both agressively and realistically. September 2011.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We are a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in regulated markets, like cannabis and psychedelics. We use bridge images in our marketing , and it is prominently featured in our logo. Thanks to Loran Marmes, Wisconsin Medicare Supplement Plans ! #26- Thanks to Kara Davidson, Wolf & Heron ! #2-

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

« Technology versus market risk in angel investments | Main. |  Excellent marketing. If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time.  Excellent marketing. Managing Company Growth.   Good idea.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. times at 5 years and 11.39

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with David Barnett In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Barnett. 18:54] What’s marketing look like for selling a business? [20:48] This is John Jantsch.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Market Math » September 30, 2010. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. The Qualities of a Leader. September 2011. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. Markets are inherently unstable.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

« How does your marketing react to the economic crisis? Marquette University today approved the creation of a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship , which will be offered through the Graduate School of Management starting in fall 2009.  Managing Company Growth. Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 8, 2010

« Bottom Up Market Sizing | Main. | Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Do we really need this help? September 2011. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

« Market Math | Main. | Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. How should I finance my new venture? » March 04, 2011. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Now, as their revenue grows substantially, its time to make the shift toward a more quantitative management environment. To me, this means moving in the direction of managing more to factual data to help managers make key decisions. Can we produce a market map to track what our customers want, and from whom they are getting it?

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Tim Keane

JULY 6, 2007

Heres a great comment from Ryan that I just posted: "My fellow angel network managers say that they usually wont talk to inventors because the company anticipated is usually not ready for angel investment." The idea must be focused on the market. The idea must be focused on the market. Managing Company Growth.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

  You may need medical knowledge, engineering skill, marketing people. Learn the market.  If you intend to improve literacy around the world with a web application, do the markets most in need have broadband access?  Or are you targeting markets with access first? Learn the market.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2015

The Most Excellent Qualities of Shareable Content written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s post is by Duct Tape Marketing’s Kala Linck – Enjoy! Kala Linck is the Community and Content Manager at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

. | A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited » July 16, 2007. Through managing expenses and getting paid for added value, the business has some positive cash flow. Through managing expenses and getting paid for added value, the business has some positive cash flow. Managing Company Growth. September 2011.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Its business began to shift toward the more upscale mobile food emporiums in 2007, says Arthur Djahani, general manager of Armenco Cater Truck Manufacturing Co. I can still remember my visits to the University of Wisconsin and the opportunity to eat from a variety of food trucks in the early hours of the morning.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum. And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum. Managing Company Growth. March 2011.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. Here, digital audience marketers chime in on the ones they’re using now, and why. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

presence of new competitors emerging over time, size of the served market, ability to expand, etc. presence of new competitors emerging over time, size of the served market, ability to expand, etc. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

After the idea/product/service is built, and the market mapped, the company begins to grow. And in businesses that are not on a "harvest path," this system, (combined with a constantly updated market map) should work well for a long time, potentially providing a lot of positive cash flow for the company and its owners.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

« We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! These are robust, growing markets. In another company, the finance manger decided to cancel the software maintenance fee for the company management system since the company never called the help desk. These are robust, growing markets. Managing Company Growth.

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Tim Keane

MAY 2, 2006

The company cannot get the pulse of the market into the product cycle and make the rapid, instinctive changes and improvements that come from customer contact if the customer contact is relegated to a “function” on the team. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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