YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

So Westlaw created Peer Monitor, which aggregates anonymized data on firms’ financial and operational performance, collected from participating clients with their permission — and this turned into a lucrative new business. This makes them far more credible to other potential customers than agencies or internal employees.

Customer 168

Customer Social Media Retention Canada 168

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# The amount of traditional business modeling will vary.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Some products have relatively obvious monetization mechanisms, and the real risks are in customer adoption.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Hippoland

JUNE 19, 2018

Is there a way to spread this cost of say $40k-$200k across time while simultaneously improving employee retention? For us as a fund, the tricky thing about this category is that the business model is a bit rough / not straightforward. And then at kindergarten, public schools are basically free for the next 13 years.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco California Cost Software 48

Hippoland

JUNE 19, 2018

Is there a way to spread this cost of say $40k-$200k across time while simultaneously improving employee retention? For us as a fund, the tricky thing about this category is that the business model is a bit rough / not straightforward. And then at kindergarten, public schools are basically free for the next 13 years.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco California Cost Software 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. small business CRM. aggregation. broken vc model. Business Culture. Business Model Canvas. Business plan. Codeacademy.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53