http://genystartup.com Resource for new Entrepreneurs building startups Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:52:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nothing is more rewarding for any business than taking an account away from a competitor. Successfully persuading a competitive user to leave their existing vendor for you takes an enormous amount of patience, skill, and strategy. Unfortunately, most business people don't approach the strategic issue of competitive loyalty properly, and ... http://genystartup.com/startup/selling-to-the-competitive-user/ Yesterday afternoon I took a break from being so busy to catch up on news making rounds in the tech world and one that particularly caught my eye was Adam Ostrow's Mashable piece: Social Networking dominates our time spent online. I wasn't really surprised by the stats, I mean everyone ... http://genystartup.com/startup/entrepreneurs-must-learn-to-spark-conversations-about-their-startups/ In my most recent blog post, I stressed the need for Startups to focus on gaining early adopters before looking for any sort of funding whatsoever. These days, the cost of building a tech start-up is considerably less than it used to be, Dave McClure knows all about that and ... http://genystartup.com/startup/how-to-find-early-adopters-for-your-start-up/ First of all, I think it's necessary to say sorry to the readers who e-mailed me about my lack of blogging for the past few weeks bar the Causerific intro blog. I had spent a lot of my time trying to finish up work on the project that my blogging ... http://genystartup.com/startup/start-up-success-depends-on-your-early-adopters/ After 4 weeks of work and planning, I finally released my latest project today, 15th August to the public. As expected, it is only a partial beta release. I say 'partial beta release' because there's a lot of growth space for the project and many things I plan to add. ... http://genystartup.com/startup/causerific-launches-in-public-beta/ This is a guest article by Rick Mathieson, Author of The On-Demand Brand: 10 Rules for Digital Marketing Success in an Anytime, Everywhere World. #1: Don't Ask How, Ask Why Just because social networking is hot, that doesn't mean its right for every new business. Don't just ask yourself what your social networking strategy should ... http://genystartup.com/startup/5-top-tips-for-using-social-media-to-help-launch-your-new-business/ Image by theps.net via Flickr "If people don't talk about me (whether it's the truth or falsehood), then I worry. Because it means I ain't nobody. So either way people better be talking about me." - 2face Public Relations is never an easy game, it's tough, makes you anxious and sometimes very ... http://genystartup.com/startup/pr-musings-for-lean-startups-learn-and-apply/ Image by eschipul via Flickr Of dreams, not nightmares " you might as well dream big, since it's a dream. It doesn't cost you any more to own a Lamborghini in the dream than it costs to own a Bicycle" - Unknown. There once lived two boys in a small township. Boy A, ... http://genystartup.com/startup/successful-entrepreneurs-are-dreamers-innovators-and-risk-takers/ Leaguescape, a recently launched poker-modeled Fantasy Sports site is trying to provide the one-stop shop for all things betting on Fantasy Sports. Following the online poker business model, Leaguescape is trying to revolutionize the Fantasy Sports industry as PartyPoker did poker. In 2003, an accountant from Tennessee turned a $39 investment ... http://genystartup.com/startup/gen-y-startup-in-focus-leaguescape/ Image by Qfamily via Flickr Outsourcing is something I do quite abit. I have been an advocate for well over 3 years now and have enjoyed it for the most part. It's cheap, easy and time efficient. My favorite thing about Outsourcing is the fact that I could ... http://genystartup.com/startup/the-problem-with-outsourcing/