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7 Ways To Preclude The Most Common Investor Rejection

Startup Professionals Musings

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. A graph that shows a hockey-stick “up and to the right” curve with at least three data points per key indicator is a great visual assist.

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How Much Traction is Enough for Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. A graph that shows a hockey-stick “up and to the right” curve with at least three data points per key indicator is a great visual assist.

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Is Your Startup Tracking the Right Metrics?

Up and Running

In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. In terms of pre-purchase, traffic and content metrics. You should never have a landing page from any sort of paid advertising that doesn’t have great calls-to-action.

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Most startups following the Product Development Model never achieve their revenue plan and burn through a ton of cash not knowing what hit them. After twelve months Handspring’s revenue was $170 million. Prodigy spent $50 million on advertising and in-store displays. They never understood Market Type. End result?

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

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We actually advertise on Facebook, and it works really well. Are you doing advertising? If you wanted to advertise that you’re selling something, or you’re looking for a job, you want to put a job posting up there. Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Then there’s businesses.