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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Yet while we had plenty of language and tools for execution, we had none for search.

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Beyond the Full-Time CMO: How Companies are Opting for a Fractional Future

Duct Tape Marketing

05:20] Could you shed some light on your business model? 06:14] One challenge of the Fractional CMO model is essentially selling your time. So tell me a little bit about your particular business model, organization wise. [03:42] Can you define the specific responsibilities and boundaries of a Fractional CMO? [04:40]

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Loyalty experts will swear this is not true, and will use complex models to demonstrate ROI of their systems. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. Social media is high on the radar for CRM and loyalty specialists. Very few of us had friends on social media.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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Damon Becnel Discusses How The Startup Scene Has Changed Over The Past Decade

The Startup Magazine

Traditional business models have changed as globalization takes hold on a global scale, and technology changes our lives day by day. A startup company is any new business that has been in existence for less than five years, typically meaning it’s emerging from its infancy and hasn’t yet reached maturity.

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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

View from Seed

All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO.

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Mike’s Likes, Black Magic Design, Books by Kerry Patterson and Taki Moore

Mike Michalowicz

However, many of us faced some changes after the pandemic both in business and personally. When we communicate through text, voice memos, and social media, it can miss the mark. For this reason, here are a couple more business books I love. We have to be able to communicate effectively.

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