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Monday 12 December

Today on StartupSmart, we look at how taking on established players in your market requires a very specific focus on your target customer. Uri Maimon, founder of Nominal Accounting Software, thought it would be easy to rival the likes of MYOB and QuickBooks by offering a quality product at a better price point. But, as […]
Oliver Milman

Oliver MilmanToday on StartupSmart, we look at how taking on established players in your market requires a very specific focus on your target customer.

Uri Maimon, founder of Nominal Accounting Software, thought it would be easy to rival the likes of MYOB and QuickBooks by offering a quality product at a better price point.

But, as he found out, unless you actually think like your customer and offer them a service they urgently need, you will find that your start-up is bypassed. Today, he explains how he found his niche market.

Elsewhere, mentor Craig Hodges outlines how to turn Facebook โ€œLikesโ€ into sales and web strategist Adam Franklin tackles the thorny issue of whether businesses should ban social media in the workplace.