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Customer Discovery isn’t Sales

June 7, 2013 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

S-E-L-L probably is the foulest word in the vocabulary of entrepreneurs and startups, especially where a technical startup is involved. It conjures up notions of cheesy and sleazy stereotypic sales types. Yuck!  Seriously, would you have gone to engineering school if you knew then that you would have to sell now? You figure customer discovery… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Professional Development Tagged With: Angel investor, customer discovery, products/services/platforms, startup, startups, stereotypic sales types, technical startup, transacting business, venture capital

Bright Shiny Objects and Whiskers on Kittens

February 7, 2013 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Having trouble staying focused on the task at hand due to all the opportunities your core competencies appear to entitle you to pursue? You are not alone. Even if your mature business or startup has generated a business plan, you feel the world is your potential oyster. Everyone can benefit from your product, platform or… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: Angel investor, business development, mature business, sales person, sales type, selling, start-up, startup, VP of Sales

Are the Wheels Coming Off Your StartUp?

November 6, 2012 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

For any entrepreneur who thinks forming a startup company and launching a new idea will be a piece of cake, with you becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg, please rethink your strategy. With so many university and business based incubators and business accelerators promoting entrepreneurship programs, it’s hard not to  jump on the bandwagon to get… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Professional Development Tagged With: Angel investor, business accelerators, business incubator, business incubators, business plan competitions, entrepeneurship programs, entrepreneur, funder, mentor, startup, TechTransfer, venture capital investor

Entrepreneurial Square Pegs and Round Holes

July 13, 2012 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Are you in a job where you feel like you are on the outside-looking in? The big kids are not letting you play in their game because they don’t understand your value. So they haven’t provided you with the secret handshake or password and you can’t get in the door. You are that odd person… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Professional Development Tagged With: Angel investor, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurs, startup mentality, VC

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