Re: [SiliconBeach] 4P's and other marketing principles for startups and entrepreneurs

2010-02-25 Thread Ben Sand
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Bec Coleman wrote: > Hi guys! > > Just out of curiosity, what role has the 4P’s (or the marketing mix > principle) played in your startup businesses? What are your perceptions of > the 4P’s? > I took marketing as an elective last year. 4Ps seems like a good chec

Re: [SiliconBeach] 4P's and other marketing principles for startups and entrepreneurs

2010-02-25 Thread Rob Manson
Hi Bec, 4 P's are definitely relevant...but very high level. We also use the business model canvas developed by Alex Osterwalder. It's a modern extension of Porter's 5 forces...but with a whole community around it... http://businessmodelgeneration.com/ This also works well with the Blue Ocean St

Re: [SiliconBeach] 4P's and other marketing principles for startups and entrepreneurs

2010-02-24 Thread Matt Moore
Bec, I have found the 4Ps quite handy (ever since I was introduced to it during a marketing course at library school). An issue for technologists turned entrepreneurs is that they see the world in pure "product" terms. It's all about this cool thing I've built. So models that move people beyond th

[SiliconBeach] 4P's and other marketing principles for startups and entrepreneurs

2010-02-24 Thread Bec Coleman
Hi guys! Just out of curiosity, what role has the 4P¹s (or the marketing mix principle) played in your startup businesses? What are your perceptions of the 4P¹s? I¹ve just started studying a Marketing course and it has got me thinking about what perception entrepreneurs have of the 4P¹s. It is s