Business
Businesses are always trying to find the upsell … They, we, me realize that when a customer makes a purchase … a first purchase, or any purchase, that’s a HUGE event in the life of any business. One customer. We believe this because to, first, find a customer … to get them to “know, like,…
Seth’s post on Building an Albatross is so true, although I really hate to admit it. This quote hits it perfectly: “It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.” Business success does just take time. I came into it thinking it’d be a lot faster than it has gone, although we’ve done…
So today, I saw an ad on ESPN for Fathead, a wall-sized vinyl graphics of your favorite sports team (plus a whole lot more), and decided to check it out. Here’s something fascinating to me … they took a boring manufactured product — vinyl graphics — and brought it into millions of fans living rooms…
I’m convinced of that … Here’s why I think most great business ideas never get launched: Money – This is probably the most obvious. But I was fortunate enough to have startup financing and then used it frugally and wisely to grow my business, without getting over my head in debt. I’ve heard estimates about…
I read an interview recently with Craig Newmark, founder of CraigsList, and he mentioned that on a day-to-day basis he still does customer service, in fact, I think it’s his primary responsibility now, despite all the success the site has had and the ability to hire people. It seemed interesting to me, and maybe for…