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Brand Strategy Decisions: 4 Moves That Make People Actually Remember Your Brand
10 min read
10 August 2025

Brand Strategy Decisions: 4 Moves That Make People Actually Remember Your Brand

Master Your Brand: Essential Branding Decisions for Success Take control of your brand's future. This guide covers crucial branding decisions, including brand positioning, name selection, target market definition, and strategies for building brand awareness and equity.

A Guide to Individual Product Decisions: What to Build and Why
12 min read
13 May 2015

A Guide to Individual Product Decisions: What to Build and Why

Perfecting Your Product: Key Decisions for Success You have an idea, now how do you turn it into a market hit? Explore the critical choices you'll make about branding, features, packaging, and more. Discover how these decisions shape the customer experience.

The Buyer Black Box: Creating Buyer Personas
16 min read
14 February 2025

The Buyer Black Box: Creating Buyer Personas

Unlock the secrets of your ideal customer with this guide to creating powerful buyer personas. Learn how to understand their motivations, pain points, and desires to craft targeted marketing strategies that resonate.

5 Price Adjustment Strategies Every New Founder Should Know Before Setting Their First Price
12 min read
12 September 2015

5 Price Adjustment Strategies Every New Founder Should Know Before Setting Their First Price

Understand Pricing Psychology Learn how pricing influences customer behavior. Use targeted strategies to create a sense of value and urgency.

Differentiation – Set apart the Company, Brand and Product
12 min read
13 April 2015

Differentiation – Set apart the Company, Brand and Product

In order to achieve a strong position in the segment the company has chosen, it has to find ways to set itself apart. A competitive advantage is a value difference between the offers of one company as opposed to competing offers on the market.

How To Find the Best Types of Business Structures for YOU
13 min read
13 January 2025

How To Find the Best Types of Business Structures for YOU

Choosing the right legal structure for your startup is crucial for growth and attracting investment. This article explores different business entities like sole proprietorships, LLCs, partnerships, C-corporations, and S-corporations, explaining their advantages and disadvantages. Learn about SPACs and SPVs, and understand how to minimize risk for investors.

How Much Can I Sell My Startup For? – Business Valuation
21 min read
21 May 2025

How Much Can I Sell My Startup For? – Business Valuation

Learn how to value your startup and understand the different methods used by investors. Discover the importance of tangible and intangible assets, explore key valuation approaches like EBITDA and discounted cash flow, and gain insights into the reality of early-stage valuations. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of business valuation for entrepreneurs.

Should You Start A Business With Your Friend Or Relative?
11 min read
19 June 2025

Should You Start A Business With Your Friend Or Relative?

Starting a business with friends can be a great way to leverage trust and shared passion. However, it's crucial to set clear expectations, define roles, and address potential conflicts. This article explores the pros and cons of working with friends, provides tips for navigating disagreements, and emphasizes the importance of open communication to ensure a successful partnership.

Unit Economics Explained: A Startup’s Guide to Driving Profits and Growth
14 min read
22 December 2024

Unit Economics Explained: A Startup’s Guide to Driving Profits and Growth

Unlock the secrets of startup success with a deep dive into unit economics. Learn how to track key metrics like customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, and churn rate to make data-driven decisions and optimize your business for profitability.

How to Scale (or Grow) Your Business – and what’s the difference?
10 min read
13 June 2025

How to Scale (or Grow) Your Business – and what’s the difference?

Scaling your business can feel overwhelming. Learn the difference between scaling vs growth, validate your value, and implement smart business scaling strategies for sustainable success. Avoid common pitfalls and unlock economies of scale.

Recent Posts

Tesla’s Competitive Advantage: The Do’s and Don’ts of Elon Musk
12 min read
4 August 2024

Tesla’s Competitive Advantage: The Do’s and Don’ts of Elon Musk

Discover the secrets behind Tesla's rapid success and learn from Elon Musk's strategies. This case study explores Tesla's competitive advantage, customer-centric approach, and marketing tactics, highlighting both the do's and don'ts for your own business. Uncover how Tesla differentiates itself in the EV market, builds brand loyalty, and leverages its attractive character to drive growth.

How to Build a Powerful Unique Selling Proposition
14 min read
4 August 2024

How to Build a Powerful Unique Selling Proposition

Discover how to craft a powerful Unique Selling Proposition (USP) that sets your business apart. Learn to analyze your brand, competitors, and target audience to identify key differentiators. This guide provides practical steps to develop a compelling USP that drives customer engagement and business growth.

Personalized Advertising: The Marketing Magic Behind Unlocking Customer Intent and Identity
9 min read
21 July 2024

Personalized Advertising: The Marketing Magic Behind Unlocking Customer Intent and Identity

Unlock the power of intent-based marketing to boost conversions and personalize your brand. Learn how to leverage customer data and AI to create targeted ads that resonate with your audience. Discover strategies for small businesses to implement intent marketing and see real results.

Want a Business That Doesn’t Suck? Analyze Your Value Chain
14 min read
21 July 2024

Want a Business That Doesn’t Suck? Analyze Your Value Chain

Think of every little thing you do to create your product or offer your service as part of your value chain. Don’t worry, it’s not some fancy jargon – it’s just a way of looking at all the steps that go into making your product or service awesome. Each step? Absolutely crucial. Why? Because that’s […]

From Burgers to Blueprints: Leveraging McDonald’s Value Chain for Small Business Growth
10 min read
21 July 2024

From Burgers to Blueprints: Leveraging McDonald’s Value Chain for Small Business Growth

Discover how McDonald's value chain strategy drives success and learn how to apply these principles to your small business. From supplier relationships to technology integration, unlock the secrets to boosting profitability and customer satisfaction.

Lululemon Strategic Sales Masterclass
10 min read
21 July 2024

Lululemon Strategic Sales Masterclass

Discover how Lululemon leverages strategic sales programs to boost revenue through partnerships. Learn about their campus, corporate, team, and wholesale programs, and how they benefit partners. Get insights into application processes, perks, and the Lululemon way of building win-win relationships.

Costco Competitive Advantages and Marketing Strategy
12 min read
8 July 2024

Costco Competitive Advantages and Marketing Strategy

Do you want your customers to walk into your store and feel like they hit the jackpot? That’s the magic of Costco, a retail powerhouse whose strategy is to be the cheapest and the simplest store you can find.  I’m usually not a huge advocate for having the lowest prices on the market, but there’s […]

Target’s Competitive Advantage and Strategy
15 min read
8 July 2024

Target’s Competitive Advantage and Strategy

It’s Sunday morning and you have one mission, and one mission only: Going to the store and buying three food items and some kitchen supplies. You got this. 10 minutes pass, you blink and – “$257,33 please, cash or card, sir?” If you think all those other purchases you made were logical, think again… If […]

Nike’s Competitive Advantage and Strategy
11 min read
8 July 2024

Nike’s Competitive Advantage and Strategy

You know your brand should send a message. You know your brand should communicate a vision and a philosophy. But let’s face it – “brand voice” just sounds like an influencer buzzword now. How do you actually create a brand voice that will help you sell your products? Enter Nike, a brand that chose one […]

Subway Positioning and Marketing Strategies
13 min read
8 July 2024

Subway Positioning and Marketing Strategies

Did you know Subway was started by a 17-year-old? Fred DeLuca borrowed just $1,000 to open his first shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Fast forward to today and there are 44,000 Subway stores in 110 countries. It’s even listed as the 87th most valuable brand in the world by Forbes.  The man just wanted to pay […]

The Starbucks Revolution: Transforming Coffee Culture Worldwide
10 min read
8 July 2024

The Starbucks Revolution: Transforming Coffee Culture Worldwide

Do you feel like you offer the same products as everyone else in your industry? While what you offer might be similar, HOW you offer it is much more important if you want to stand out from your competition. Successful companies today don’t just talk to their customers about money. They give them experiences. Enter […]

Lululemon Marketing Strategies and Marketing Mix
16 min read
7 July 2024

Lululemon Marketing Strategies and Marketing Mix

Picture this: you are a business owner, lying awake at night, racking your brain for the best ways to get people talking about your brand. You want them to choose you over the competition, but how do you make that happen? Remember when yoga pants were just…yoga pants? Then lululemon strutted in, slapped on a […]

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