by danieldalonzo | Feb 5, 2019 | Business, Competitive Analysis, Creativity, Customer, Design, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneur, Feedback, Innovation, Learning, Research, Startups, Vision
A list of people, theories, and ideas that can be used as building blocks for the future. Disruptive Innovation by Clayton Christensen “First, a quick recap of the idea: “Disruption” describes a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to...
by danieldalonzo | Feb 5, 2019 | Business, Innovation, Startups
This is an excerpt from Steve Blank’s book titled, The Four Steps to Epiphany. Rather than focusing on the products a company may or may not possess, pioneers now focus on developing their customers, validating needs, mitigating risk, failing fast and failing often,...
by danieldalonzo | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Journal
On June 16th, 2016, I took an Uber from Jersey City, NJ to Washington, D.C. I had my two dogs in the backseat. I should probably tell you that I am in the business of helping people. My thought was, what better place to help people than Washington, D.C, right? There...
by danieldalonzo | Jul 20, 2017 | Business, Culture, Customer, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneur, Featured, Marketing, UX Design
In this post, I explore the following questions: who is my customer? what is my customer’s problem? how does she currently solve the problem? Who is my customer? My customer runs her own business because she’s a natural born leader. She is open-minded to change...
by danieldalonzo | Dec 30, 2015 | Business, Design, Websites
Websites should: provide customers with answers to their questions, and value to meet unmet needs reduce overhead streamline internal processes via automation increase profit margins Work ON your business not IN your business. Your website is the hub of your business....
by danieldalonzo | Apr 2, 2015 | Business, Social Enterprise, Startups
It can be difficult for social entrepreneurs to build profitable business models. I outlined a framework below that a social entrepreneur can utilize in order to start thinking through a business model. Business Model for Social Entrepreneurs Your answers to the...