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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

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So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ▼ 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. April 14, 2009 3:09 PM Eric Santos said. Great post!

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

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Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. ► 2009. (9). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. We decided to fund Wize.com to answer this question.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral.

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Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs

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aggregate pipeline created in a given week) could be altered reflexively by their measurement -- a sort of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for high-velocity sales. VC Venture capital Viral growth Plugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes Copyright © David Skok 2009, 2010. All rights reserved.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

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In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Aggregate results carefully. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. cause disaster.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

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It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. 90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members.