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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Finalizing Your Technology Development Plan? Better Talk to Marketing First!
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/26/2014Most startups get a great new idea, and their immediate instinct to start coding away on building that product with their very limited budge...
[EVENT] Hear George Deeb Present Ensemble's Startup Excubator Model at @TechweekCHI on 6/27 at 1pm
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/26/2014As many of you know, Techweek Chicago is in full swing this week. Red Rocket's George Deeb will be speaking about Ensemble's "...
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Lesson #180: How Retailers Can Combat Showrooming
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/22/2014Let’s face it, we have all done it. We walk into a retail store to find a product we want. We browse their huge selection of inventory...
Lesson #179: Reduce Customer Churn to Accelerate Revenues
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/22/2014Customer churn is one of the most important metrics a startup can measure and reduce over time. Churn is basically the percentage of ...
The Elements of Defensible Barriers to Entry
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/22/2014Anybody can start a business. But, very few businesses started have long term, defensible barriers to entry to protect against potential fut...
Friday, June 20, 2014
[NEWS] 2014 @MoxieAwards Winners: Best of Chicago's Startup & Tech Scene
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/20/2014Congrats to all of the winners of last night's annual Moxie Awards event, produced by BuiltIn Chicago , who did a great job, as usual. ...
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught, Or Are You Born That Way?
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/19/2014Are good entrepreneurs born that way, or can entrepreneurial skillsets can be learned over time. Let’s study which skillsets make for a good...
Thursday, June 12, 2014
[VIDEO] George Deeb Shares Startup Lessons With Jeremy Weisz at Inspired Insider
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/12/2014I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeremy Weisz at Inspired Insider and sharing some of the startup lessons I have learned ov...
6 Tips for Keeping Your Store Relevant to Online Shoppers
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/12/2014Likely, we have all done it. We walk into a retail store, browse their huge selection of inventory, talk with their highly-trained salespeop...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Want Venture Investors? Build a Recurring Revenue Model.
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/11/2014One of the first things that a venture capitalist looks for in assessing an investment opportunity is the revenue model of the business. Mo...
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Launch Fast! Fail Fast!
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/05/2014A few key words of wisdom I give entrepreneurs is: (i) launch fast; and (ii) fail fast. Launch fast simply means figure out a minimal viab...
[NEWS] Great Turnout at @EnsembleHQ "Open Mike" Q&A Office Hours Event Last Night
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/05/2014Thanks to everyone who joined us at Ensemble's "Open Mike" Q&A Office Hours Event last night. It was a great night of net...
Monday, June 2, 2014
Budget for Proof-of-Concept Marketing from Day One
Posted By: George Deeb - 6/02/2014It is a sad, but familiar, story in startup land. An entrepreneur raises a limited amount of funds, plows it entirely into building out thei...
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