Comments on: Markets http://aaronmentele.com/2007/04/11/markets/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Redefining markets at charisma:18 http://aaronmentele.com/2007/04/11/markets/comment-page-1/#comment-12849 Redefining markets at charisma:18 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:19:18 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/04/11/markets/#comment-12849 [...] week I wrote that were we starting out today as a web development firm, small, we’d chase down a different [...] [...] week I wrote that were we starting out today as a web development firm, small, we’d chase down a different [...]

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/04/11/markets/comment-page-1/#comment-12594 Aaron Mentele Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:40:15 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/04/11/markets/#comment-12594 No wonder I don't see you guys at chamber mixers. (Okay, maybe it's because I don't go.) No wonder I don’t see you guys at chamber mixers. (Okay, maybe it’s because I don’t go.)

]]> By: Greg http://aaronmentele.com/2007/04/11/markets/comment-page-1/#comment-12517 Greg Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:48:18 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/04/11/markets/#comment-12517 I too in in the same local market as Deane and Aaron, but I could care less about local clients...local means meetings rather than efficient calls and emails, face-to-face drop-ins, hard timelines based on "office hours", nagging stuff that creates inefficiency. Hey, but if you guys start to care less about local, where can I send the business? You guys still care :) Heck, you own the market for best-of-breed. My clients, I do not even have a clue where 60% are based. Different game too though. I too in in the same local market as Deane and Aaron, but I could care less about local clients…local means meetings rather than efficient calls and emails, face-to-face drop-ins, hard timelines based on “office hours”, nagging stuff that creates inefficiency.

Hey, but if you guys start to care less about local, where can I send the business? You guys still care :) Heck, you own the market for best-of-breed.

My clients, I do not even have a clue where 60% are based. Different game too though.

]]> By: Deane http://aaronmentele.com/2007/04/11/markets/comment-page-1/#comment-12442 Deane Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:29:26 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/04/11/markets/#comment-12442 Being the same market as Aaron, I'll corroborate his account. I'd estimate that less than half our business comes from the local market, and our larger relationships in particular are national and international. Covering the four directions from Sioux Falls, we've gone from Santa Monica to London, and from Toronto to Dallas. San Francisco alone will likely be 20% of our 2007 revenue. We find that we're priced very favorably to outfits on the coasts. My partner likes to call Sioux Falls "Mumbai on the Prairie." It's fitting. Being the same market as Aaron, I’ll corroborate his account. I’d estimate that less than half our business comes from the local market, and our larger relationships in particular are national and international.

Covering the four directions from Sioux Falls, we’ve gone from Santa Monica to London, and from Toronto to Dallas. San Francisco alone will likely be 20% of our 2007 revenue.

We find that we’re priced very favorably to outfits on the coasts. My partner likes to call Sioux Falls “Mumbai on the Prairie.” It’s fitting.

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