Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. I like it in many cases, since it is action-oriented, helps streamline and decrease product development time and costs, and focuses the product and the firm on customer needs rather than technology.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.) are all expensive and potentially fatal distractions if done before you have found product/market fit and a repeatable sales model. This is the most important sentence in this post and worth deconstructing.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Yet he still personally travels in his customers’ neighborhoods in search of deeper customer insights. Getting Customers Involved in Product Priorities – Around the time that Salesforce.com acquired my company we also acquired a company called CrispyNews. Who in the family sends cash, how much, how frequently, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Throughout recruitment, look to hire knowledgeable software developers with adequate experience and technical skills. Then, you can prepare job descriptions that define the role you are hiring for, and begin searching for candidates. Install Productive Development Tools. work eligibility. Build Your First Project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. I like it in most cases, since it is action-oriented, helps streamline and decrease product development time and costs, and focuses the product and the firm on customer needs rather than technology.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Is there a profitable business model? Can it scale?” Great post!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2013

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. I like it in most cases, since it is action-oriented, helps streamline and decrease product development time and costs, and focuses the product and the firm on customer needs rather than technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2019

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. I like it in many cases, since it is action-oriented, helps streamline and decrease product development time and costs, and focuses the product and the firm on customer needs rather than technology.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2012

But to lose the sale to another startup with an inferior product would have been psychologically devastating to our little startup. E.piphany’s product development team had spent weeks inside the account, and they believed the deal was all but won. It was one thing for a startup to lose to a large company like Oracle or IBM.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

From marketing to product development, to new software tools and communications, the list is almost endless as to the digital transformations taking place. Everypixel: Stock image search engine. Everypixel is an image search engine for quality stock images.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

There is a list of the most searched for jobs in Vancouver. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. or Indeed are used by HR professionals searching to hire within the British Columbia tech industry. target Vancouver for marketing/tech industry job searches.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 7, 2025

After paying R&D costs, product development, packaging, staff costs, and more, start-ups often look for ways to market and scale on a relatively tight budget. They serve as the first place for your target audience to interact with your brand, learn more about your products and services, and spend their money!

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Waterfall Development. While it sounds simple , the Build Measure Learn approach to product development is a radical improvement over the traditional Waterfall model used throughout the 20 th century to build and ship products. customer segments, such as users and payers or moms or teens. Testing Hypotheses.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2021

Everything from completing a comprehensive trademark search to selecting the correct international classes and responding to Office Actions. You will also need to familiarize yourself with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website to learn how to conduct your search and select the correct application.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 3, 2019

Success in marketing and product development comes from a deep understanding of your target customer. In marketing and product development, we can solve this problem by doing the right user research ( market research ) to create fictional characters that are highly detailed representations of your target customer base.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

My goal is to show up as the #1 search result when people search for a word counter so we can capture the vast majority of those clicks. My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries. Photo credit: Kevin Miller.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2020

That’s because a development agency will have a large number of people in their company, and so your project will benefit from this vast skill set. You can find a local development agency by searching the phrase ‘software development agency’ alongside the name of your state.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Searching for a business model in a new industry, and with the prescient vision that a car company should offer multiple brands, that year he bought three other small car companies — Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac — and merged them with Buick, renaming the combined company General Motors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It slows product development. To find allies, ask : Which departments indirectly use your product and have connections to people in the user roles you’re targeting? Include notes from your internal team that explain how insights are influencing product development. It slows product development.

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Many second-time founders take a more deliberate, academic approach to searching for a problem. The last time they were starting a company at the raw, pre-product/market fit stage may have been quite a few years ago. The second time around, it’s much harder to recapture this authenticity. 2: Fleeing from the familiar.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Studying an online business analytics masters is one way you can up your numbers game; whether this is the finance, marketing, or product development aspects of your company, the course can supply you with the tools, means, and knowledge to streamline your company operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2010

The undoing of the company began when a potential investor, after months of search, was ready to put up $1M, but made it clear that his firm would likely need to replace the CEO with someone with credentials and experience in this industry. Just the traits one would expect for getting a new organization off the ground.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2017

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. I like it in many cases, since it is action-oriented, helps streamline and decrease product development time and costs, and focuses the product and the firm on customer needs rather than technology.

Marketing 136

Marketing Technical Review Cost Entrepreneur 136

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures. Wildfire Interactive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These are the four stages of a product we’ll be focusing on. . However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. This stage is used to determine the viability of your product and confirm when it should go to market.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already starting to have a significant impact on search engine optimization (SEO) for agencies. And vertical videos can result in higher SEO (Search Engine Optimization) content, making the videos stand out more in the search results. Thanks to Austin Armstrong, Socialty Pro ! #15-

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. Product development. Product development allows you to expand your existing market share by developing a new product for that audience. New channels.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. Great entrepreneurs are on a search for the truth, no matter how wrong their initial conception is. All declare their startup a “go” or “no go” at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Almost out of a joke, Convrrt was born after a quick search for a domain name and Facebook profiles. Thanks to Marilyn Gaskell, True People Search ! #9- Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2014

I knew that there were issues with my potential partner, but I also knew that the company would grow at a slower pace if I had to start the co-founder search from back at square one. As the month drew to a close, I found myself increasingly uneasy.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

By establishing a company dedicated to inventive and speedy product development, I am able to use cutting-edge technologies and consistently innovate faster than competitors. All of a sudden, I felt the need to reach out to her but Facebook yielded no results and Google had a billion search results. Photo Credit: Omer Reiner.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

A startup called Corpora made headlines for all the wrong reasons after tech bloggers ran an image search to find the company logo. You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell. There are three main factors to consider: Fit. The name needs to match the business.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Ever try searching for someone with a common name in Facebook? I can already do that search in Gmail, so why then should I have the last 5 years of my friendship with someone, and all the various different conversations I’ve had with them, all in one long thread. Am I going to get stuck in the “other” folder? Do you even check that?

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