Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

To understand the idea of traffic half-life, look at this Google Analytics screen shot from 6 weeks ago for traffic coming from Hacker News : Notice the spike and the decay. Given the above we can gather some interesting realizations: Realization #1: If you’re bootstrapping, don’t plan to advertise. Very rapid.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2017

Practically speaking, the burning need was to begin hiring employees so that I could spend more of my day on product development, partnerships and driving sales. The viral nature of it has been incredibly fruitful in building awareness and oftentimes conversion as well. Where have you invested energy for a brand presence and why?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link]. Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link].

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. spent $20k on their MVP.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. spent $20k on their MVP.

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Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. 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. A few resources you may want to check out include: How to Forecast Your Sales.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Set monetary/sales goals: After you've modeled out your potential revenue growth, setting sales goals will give you a better understanding of when you can raise money on good terms or quit your day job and bootstrap. Set up a sales pipeline: Chances are that you know people who want to use your product.

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