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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors. Outline a viable exit strategy for you and investors. Budget time and dollars for each.

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9 key things to mention when pitching your software startup

The Next Web

Ideally, you can provide this cost per marketing channel. For example, you could say, “It costs us $5 per customer through ads, but $2 per customer through affiliate networks.” Provide customer acquisition costs. Investors want to know how much it costs you to gain a customer. Find a real audience.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. I’m an investor in this company, via ff Venture Capital, HOF Capital, and/or an affiliate thereof.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Either as an exit strategy or as a profit strategy, buying and selling websites is an option for everyone in this room, especially if you want to maybe leave a marketplace and you’ve got a website that’s making money. That’s why I’m usually a top affiliate for product launches in this marketplace. Improve conversions.