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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. What We Saw in 2011…. The list of applications to engage, empower and organize citizens continues to grow, and will be one of the most defining legacies of 2011.

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A Path to the Minimum Viable Product

Steve Blank

In the Roku case study we’ve chosen three execution branches: (1) delivery platforms, (2) sales channels, and (3) chip platforms. Sales channels. Sales channels are the paths through which your product lands in customers’ hands. Some sales channels may behave similarly; more often than not, they each pose unique challenges.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. sales and marketing. (10). ▼ 2011. (2). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Labels: internet , sales and marketing. sales and marketing. (10). ► 2011. (2).

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Cracking The Code: Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan

Cracking the Code

Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Compensating the sales force is a difficult task and the key is usually to keep things simple, so that each sales rep knows what he needs to optimize to make more money at the end of the quarter. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions.

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Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of SaaS companies

Cracking the Code

Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of SaaS companies. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. a new entrant trying to gain awareness in the marketplace investing in various mktg programs and sales to get the lead-gen engine flywheel started)? sales and marketing. (10). ► 2011. (2). at 8:58 PM.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Time will tell. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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