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Vertical Markets 2: Customer/Market Risk versus Invention Risk.

Steve Blank

Steve,&# he said, “you’re missing the most interesting part of vertical markets. Personally, I think that customer acquisition, brand, reputation, etc., Customer/Market Risk Versus Invention Risk One day I was having lunch with a VC sharing what I learned from my students. are much more differentiating than technology.

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Selling to the enterprise: “Sell to few” vs. “sell to many”?

Version One Ventures

And often, enhanced business services – such as custom product development or professional installation and consulting – are involved to complete the sale. Enterprise products that present a high-value daily utility for the people involved can have a high virality potential. CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Organize events in your vertical.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers. Just as Durant had multiple interests, Musk is not only Tesla’s CEO and Product Architect, overseeing all product development, engineering, and design. The next year, 1910, trouble hit.

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

Up and Running

1x hacker in charge of product/development. 1x hipster working with both product and growth. Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Product marketers own a variety of marketing responsibilities, which can be roughly divided into two broad categories: pre-launch and post-launch. During product development and before launch, product marketing responsibilities revolve around the GTM strategy, positioning, and developing messaging. Image Source.

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