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by soundlab 13y ago
"The biggest challenge is distribution. Our data shows SaaS companies rely heavily on direct sales — at nearly twice the rates of every other channel, but can afford only modest sales teams of 1 or 2." Is the primary issue here th
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by soundlab 13y ago
Couldn't agree more. Step 1 toward this is to completely eradicate any VC/startup investor blogs or threads from your browser and substitute them with real daily communications with potential customers. I look at the entire VC mo
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by soundlab 13y ago
+1 I've found that the major bottleneck in all this for SMB's is Intuit's Quickbooks- whose terribly unstable sync/integration capability requires 5 different 3rd party systems just to receive an online order via your e-
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by soundlab 13y ago
So how does this affect various email template applications such as Tout or Hubspot's Signals? IIRC Tout drops a pixel in each email and uses that as a primary tracking source for opens/CTRs etc...
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by soundlab 13y ago
Cold calling via phone is a not an effective use of a smaller team's time in my experience-- you will rarely reach the right person within an organization, there are lots of 'gatekeepers' for high level executives, and voicem
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How Wireless Interference Helped Sink the Titanic(blog.rfvenue.com)
2 points by soundlab 13y ago|0 comments
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by soundlab 13y ago
Shoot for a bank loan! <-- what you'll never hear from startup advisors but is exactly the type of mental framework you should adopt if you're bootstrapping or working on limited seed round funds. But banks don't lend to s
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by soundlab 13y ago
Great article and advice at the end- the author correctly identifies that perseverance in the face of uncertain market conditions and lots of "no's" from investors or other so-called experts is a key quality for entrepreneurs
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by soundlab 14y ago
If you have a high margin, recurring revenue SaaS business doing $1-2MM and are looking for growth capital, you do not need to dilute your equity with VCs expecting an exit on their terms (not always yours)- you need bank debt. One of the
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by soundlab 14y ago
Same here. Profitable two year old hardware startup in niche distributed antenna systems and M2M www.RFvenue.com
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by soundlab 14y ago
I have such a hard time with these studies that view everything through the lens of venture capital. What a horrible metric for sustainable business creation. How many accelerator companies are breakeven, steadily growing businesses? Isn'
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by soundlab 15y ago
Phonak has done a good job of balancing hearing aid business with Assisted Listening platforms, including an iCom system for TV. http://www.phonak.com/com/b2c/en/products/accessories/commun...
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by soundlab 15y ago
No way- selling should be a primary focus? If this comes as some kind of revelation to you, you need to take time off of whatever you do and learn about selling. Go talk to a seasoned quota-carrying sales manager and show him your vanity me
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by soundlab 15y ago
Note the dual axis solar trackers in the field adjacent the facility. They are from Bend, OR solar startup PV Trackers http://www.pvtrackers.com/
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by soundlab 16y ago
Go find access to ReferenceUSA, Biz Miner, Capital IQ, D&B, Hoovers, InfoTrac, EBSCOhost, Factiva, ProQuest and do searches by NAICS code. Ideally you ought to do this before launching your venture as part of due diligence on the oppor
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by soundlab 16y ago
I recommend reading Buying a Small Business http://amzn.to/bmRz0T . It is really outdated in terms of the search methods (You can use a computer to do searches for information!) but the fundamentals about evaluating financials and underst
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by soundlab 16y ago
Anyone who thinks "lifestyle businesses" are a waste of time should look through some of the very small (in employees) companies for sale on bizbuysell.com. Yes, the sandwich shops and laundromats are poor earners, but I have run across 2-
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by soundlab 16y ago
I got the impression that Reich's article was more about the reporting of labor statistics than people working as temps going around claiming to be entrepreneurs. Economist semantics really without much actionable insight IMO
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by soundlab 16y ago
This is great, except for that some element of Google (address bar search?) is running in the background of my firefox browser and the siren audio is on a continuous loop even after leaving Google. No add-on or plug-in I remove helps.