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You’ve Got Funding: 5 Things to Do With the Money Right Away

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Look closely at your cash flow forecast so that you can spend accordingly. According to 2016 statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) , only about 78 percent of small business startups survive the first year, and only half make it to the five year point. Invest in minimal staff. Create a backup plan.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea. The Recommended Sales Forecasting Method.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

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Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it).

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Animated Video: A Huge Draw For Marketers

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For example, a recent study by the Hayzlett Group forecasted that, by 2016, online video will make up 55% of consumer internet traffic. The most popular method today is the use of animated videos to anchor a marketing campaign. The data bears this out. An increasingly popular subset within online video is animation.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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Helmed by husband-and-wife team Stuart (Director of Sales and Marketing) and Emily (Managing Director, Board Chair, and Chief Ice Cream Inventor) Philips, during 2015 and 2016 Red Wagon is preparing for a big “regional-national” leap in production and distribution—in part by taking advantage of a new public investing program. Then hire them.

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Making Marketing Training Work: Closing Skills Gaps, Proving Value

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Businesses spent nearly $94 billion on corporate training in 2017—a 33% increase over 2016. Hiring top talent” was immediately below, at 22%. Companies trying to hire their way out of a skills gap face a competitive marketplace. Search volume for “account based marketing” began a dramatic rise in 2016. Do you even know?

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Advanced Testing Panel with Top Experts [Video]

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Watch the video here: Note: get on the email list to get notified when tickets for ConversionXL Live 2016 become available. I really think it would be good for doing some of the marketing campaign type of optimization, but I haven’t found it to be very robust. We would do tests when we were sending out mail campaigns and whatnot.

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