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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

He just hired Meg Whitman. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. The result?

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback. The post How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy appeared first on ConversionXL. communication.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback. The post The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy appeared first on ConversionXL.

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

Software Development. 2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Hire After the Need, Not Before.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback. The post The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy appeared first on ConversionXL.

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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. million in 2004 to $6.5 Listen to their feedback & continue to develop the program based on their feedback. The post The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy appeared first on ConversionXL.