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Lies that Losers Tell

Ben's Blog

CEOs and employees work tirelessly to develop creative narratives that help them avoid dealing with the obvious facts. We have a very high churn rate, but as soon as we turn on email marketing to our user base, people will come back” – Yes, of course. ’Cause right now you’re just a liar. a straight mentirosa.

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

maplebutter.com

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

andrewchenblog.com

If you have a super high churn rate, then at best you’ll be stuck at a revenue treadmill (doing lots of work but flat revenue and no profitability). After all, given that typical conversion rates are Cost per acquisition + Cost of service (paying & free) MatthewWarneford Hey Andrew!

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