How good or bad will our economy be going forward? No one knows for sure, of course. But as I write this article US unemployment is approaching numbers not seen since the great depression, and the world economy as a whole isn’t much better off. Yet the US stock market (with the benefit of massive […]
The Importance of Social Proof Examples in Tech Sales & Marketing
Marketing and selling any kind of product is hard; anyone that thinks otherwise almost certainly hasn’t ever tried to sell or market anything. To a certain extent, selling is selling. There are some common threads that are important no matter what you’re selling: listening more than talking, focus on solving the prospect’s problems rather than […]
The Series A Funding Squeeze
More and more startups are getting seed funding these days and have for a number of years. That’s a good thing. Below we’ll discuss some of the reasons for this phenomenon. But at least partially as a result of this good fortune for software, SaaS and other startups, a second phenomenon has occurred along with […]
Venture Capital for Software Companies: Does It Fit Your Startup?
Getting funded by a Venture Capital firm is one of the most discussed topics for startup CEOs in SaaS, mobile software and hardware companies. Venture Capital for software companies is the “Holy Grail” of the early stage set. To many, it implicitly means to people that you’ve “got something”. It’s considered an endorsement of future […]
Software Product/Market Fit
Finding the right Product/Market fit is maybe the most important differentiator between success and failure of a new software company or product. Yet even though this software product/market fit should be obvious, it is often glossed over in the excitement of a new enterprise. Why is this? In some cases, people don’t really want to […]
