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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

After many sales calls, early prospects showed little rush to buy it! By then, I had become a venture capitalist at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and found myself talking to a lot of entrepreneurs who were proclaiming their great technology yet were struggling with little revenue, and claiming they were “crossing the chasm”.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned about revenue recognition. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Constructing Pricing Strategy For Subscription Products

ConversionXL

In this way, you can clearly visualize what percentage of people would buy at a given price (in the chart above, 3% of people would buy at $41), and you can determine which price would maximize revenue. In this way, it’s more indirect and can determine price elasticity as well as an accurate range of effective pricing for a product.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ChemChina, a state-owned company formed in 2004 from the former Ministry of Chemical Industry, had sales of $23 billion in 2010 and assets of $29 billion. Perrigo, which recorded net sales of $2.7 INTEL-ISRAEL DEVELOPS NEW CHIP “SANDY BRIDGE”. Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) had revenue of $43.6 billion in 2007.