Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. It’s never too early to start marketing, since it usually takes as long to build marketing momentum as it does to build a product. Marketing should start before product development. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Without strong PMs you build crappy products that nobody needs or that real people can’t use. Equally – a great VP Finance can be leveraged well to take on finance, legal, HR and much of the operational tasks. Engineering is critical but it is not everything. Be careful about board construction. Limit the number of VCs.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

This is especially true for startups, which operate on the basis of customer traction to solidify expectations with investors or lending institutions. sales to product development), the problems will continue to exist. A dissatisfied customer is generally the result of a communication breakdown.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From Europe to Asia-Pacific and the Americas, sustainability reporting is the new denominator for businesses and project operations. The process starts with a comprehensive review of a company’s processes and operations to identify key opportunities and risks.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

He has led teams in strategy, planning, business and corporate development, finance and operations. Thinking Aloud dealing with failure failure Malcolm Stewart product development product management'

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2013

There would be numerous taxes and document-related expenditures that will have to be dealt with for the business to start operating legally. Website hosting, internet access and other IT products will be a part of the technological costs of starting a new business. Product Development and Marketing. Be Realistic about It.

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Cost Startup Web Development Finance 183

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Based on my experience, creating a new business is at least as difficult as creating an innovative solution, and it takes a knowledge of finance, operations, customers and the marketplace. If you don’t have all these interests and skills, even your most “disruptive” products will likely fail.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

We did a quick overview of the product. That earned us the right to ask questions of fact about their department’s mission, goals, operations, volumes, tools, methods, and success metrics. We followed that with an hour-long design review, including disclosure of product limitations. Twelve of 17 competitors were gone.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Part of the reason this value is taking longer than expected to emerge is due to operating costs. Rising costs threaten AI projects From intelligent product development to data-driven decision-making, it’s no wonder entrepreneurs have turned to AI to drive business growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. It’s never too early to start marketing, since it usually takes as long to build marketing momentum as it does to build a product. Marketing should start before product development. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

Intellectual Property 312

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 312

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Rather, it is the companies willing to redefine who they are, what they sell, and how they operate that will win in the new digital economy. Even better are those companies open-minded enough to reevaluate every aspect of operations with an eye toward new, customer-centric innovations. Departmental lines are increasingly blurred.

Cofounder 174

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Getting Customers Involved in Product Priorities – Around the time that Salesforce.com acquired my company we also acquired a company called CrispyNews. They had decided to take a Digg style approach to product development. What changed for us was Tim Barker arrived. cared about the feature set.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the last decade, SaaS (Software as a Service) has become a very popular model for new software product development. The largest cost component of establishing a SaaS company is product development costs. This includes the design, development, launch, and enhancement of the SaaS application. .

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The promotion signals the importance of product development for the company’s growth roadmap. DataRails allows companies to manage their data in Excel, operating as a front end to a cloud database , which makes it far more agile and easier to create accurate models. CEO Perspective.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Funding – Knowing the right people (and how to pitch them) so your business gains additional capital for the things that matter like product development, hiring, service, and expansion. Here are but a few you and the business could stumble upon: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. There is a lot of long-term value in loyalty.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Through rapid experimentation, short product development cycles, and rigorous measurements of the right metrics, they can ascertain what customers really want. Customer development (the understanding of customer needs) must be married to agile development (a process which drives waste out of product development).

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 22, 2019

The Benefits of Innovation Training for Operational Employees. Why is it that organizations don’t invest in training operational employees? Nearly all that training is for dedicated innovation teams , or employees who are focused on new product development. And management of operations is all about control.

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Operations Employee Technical Review Agile 54

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Complicating the development of a useful product is the stringent safety and compliance approval testing that varies based on country and industry. Businesses have a lot to think about when they have a new product idea and one missed step in the product development lifecycle can significantly impact business success.

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Design Development Team Review Product Technical Review 166

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And often, enhanced business services – such as custom product development or professional installation and consulting – are involved to complete the sale. CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. These are long sales cycles, often with multiple departments and stakeholders involved. Sell to many”: the scalable SaaS approach.

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Fractional CTO Software Review Viral Sales Cycle 154

Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2012

For the next several weeks, the entire E.piphany engineering department worked with Autodesk’s sales operation team to build a prototype using real Autodesk data. But to lose the sale to another startup with an inferior product would have been psychologically devastating to our little startup. A Match Made in Heaven.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto. I was one of four leaders of an enormous failed development project at Wells Fargo around 2007.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Operating a business in the twenty-first century is quite difficult. In addition to the complexities of business operations, companies face extreme competition in the market. Businesses that haven’t adopted the data side of their operations have struggled to compete with the former.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

Early-stage startups often operate with tight budgets, making it impractical to hire a full-time CMO. This approach allows startups to allocate their budget more efficiently, investing in other critical areas such as product development, sales, and customer support.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

The second thing that’s changed is that we’re now Compressing the Product Development Cycle. In the 20 th century startups I was part of, the time to build a first product release was measured in years as we turned out the founder’s vision of what customers wanted. When the speed of how businesses operated changed forever.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 5, 2010

Boogers are drawn on the screen once, and don't change unless the window is resized — an infrequent operation. Now sure, there are many of aspects of business and product development where it's best to stop obsessing and just cut corners. Boogers take less effort to draw.

Software Review 226

Software Review Metrics Lean Agile 226

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

As your company grows, this person should reside at corporate headquarters and report solid line to the head of international operations. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering. For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has don it before.

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View from Seed

JULY 5, 2022

One hour I’m deep into product development, the next I’m thinking about our hiring needs and recruiting, to the next on a sales call. As a first-time founder, the comfort in knowing that I can bounce ideas off of experienced operators and investors is huge. CC: Being a founder is a rollercoaster ride. .

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DC Software Review Government Boston 156

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

You take that money and invest a good portion of it in traditional sales and marketing efforts — including product developers, creative people, and salespeople, all of whom are paid to figure out what buyers want and to say good things about your company — in a quest to get even more customers. Believably promote your product.

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Customer Social Media Retention Canada 168

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2016

Taryn Naidu joined Rightside in 2006 as an executive advisor to the eNom management team before taking a full-time position to drive business and product development strategy and corporate growth.

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Naming Startup Social Media Operations 124

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

“If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers. But it’s a very challenging question to answer because what it would cost to build is a small number while operational costs are enormous.”. Others would say one million or a much bigger number.

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Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

Cash Flow Management: Monitor your cash flow to ensure you have enough liquidity to meet operational needs. Investment in Growth: Allocate funds strategically to areas that promote growth, such as marketing, product development, and talent acquisition. Positive cash flow is essential for business expansion.

Technical Review 146

Technical Review Agile Audience Employee 146

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Leverage product development with open source and third parties.

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Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

Businesses that want to enhance their customer service operations are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence bots as a means to do so. Several Indian companies are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) product development, which has raised concerns about job losses.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Big data is a prominent subject for many businesses around the world, and for those of you who operate entirely online enterprises, studying statistics and numbers is perhaps even more important, and, can be convenient using online business education.

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Analytics Technical Review Social Media Software Review 179