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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2

Steve Blank

If leads from this show do not turn into orders, why are we going again next year? General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not. What didn’t?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Everything You Need To Know About Designing Valuable Customer Surveys

ConversionXL

If you want to start a VIP program for top spenders, survey customers who spend a lot of money with you. This may seem pretty straight-forward, yet, data from The Relevancy Group’s 2010 survey suggest that the majority of marketers are still primarily focused on Demographic & Geographic customer data.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. And most startup code and features end up on the floor as customers never really wanted them.

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

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2010 – Sean Ellis, who currently runs Qualaroo , coins the term “growth hacking” in his article, Find a Growth Hacker for Your Startup. Ryan Holiday , Author of The Obstacle Is The Way : “At the core, marketing is lead generation. Conducted Customer Development. Is growth hacking useless?

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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Joe Kindness, co-founder at Agency Analytics, says, “Since Blake and I were both developers (and still are), we were able to create this company without any funding or additional resources. After about a six-month development cycle, we launched a beta version in July 2010 and three months later, started earning revenue that grew each month.

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Your Business “Driving Force”

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Market By Numbers on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS Market By Numbers High-Tech Marketing and Customer Development Home What is Customer Development? Reply O modelo Freemium para Startups – parte II » Manual da Startup says: April 14, 2010 at 12:09 pm [.] Please Share! Feel free to Contact me.