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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. can introduce a ‘fighter brand,’ a lower-priced version of the premium offering sold under a different name and backed by minimal advertising.” Image source ).

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Hardware as a SaaS business (HaaS?)

Eric Friedman

non-required component to get a 7 day history of content the camera collects. that is definitely now “in the green” because of my 2+ years subscription. Can a locked in monthly SaaS fee cover the business model needs of a new startup to compete with a large hardware co? The simple math is that $9.99 x 24 = $239.76

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! I desired to use the non-analytical side of my brain to create, inspire, lead, and find a new type of success. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20

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How I Found a Great CTO

www.huffingtonpost.com

To sum up, heres what I would do again as a non-technical founder looking for a technical co-founder or CTO. She, like Yishan, balances very high intelligence with emotional strength, and her drive and love for the idea of a design community changing the design world make her a great fit with our culture. ­om migrated off Drupal.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Four years from that time, SALESmanago established itself as Europe’s largest and – according to Datanyze, one of the world’s top 6 – marketing automation platforms, competing with such world players as Hubspot, Marketo, Act-on and Oracle Eloqua. They’re serving their advertisers. 19) Advertising is flawed.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Serifs are used to guide the horizontal “flow” of the eyes; The lack of serifs is said to contribute to a vertical stress in sans serifs, which is supposed to compete with the horizontal flow of reading ( De Lange et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Arguments in favour of serif typefaces. 1998 , Bernard et al., Bernard, M.,

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Non of this academic stuff. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. I think advertising and intent have to be aligned. And, what would you suggest?