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Benefits Of Documentation Management In Remote Working

YoungUpstarts

Documentation management provides a robust repository where remote teams can save the documents and archive them for future use. Documentation of project ideation, planning, execution, control, closure helps you a map and create a document for risks as well. Document Information Security. Efficient Cost Management.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

Most sales and marketing executives hired into a startup look at the “first customer ship date,&# look at the calendar on the wall, and then work backwards figuring out how to do their job in time so that the fireworks start the day the product is launched. No one asks, “Why are we executing like we know what we are doing?

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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

The VP of Sales comes to a board meeting, still optimistic, and provides a set of reasonable explanations – “our pipeline looks great, but orders will close next quarter” or “we’ve got lots of traffic to our site, we just need to work on conversion.” Unfortunately, more often than not, this is just the beginning of an executive death spiral.

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Let's Fire Our Customers

Steve Blank

The Founder’s New Insight Smart founders are never satisfied with simply executing their current business model, they are constantly observing, orienting and deciding whether their current business model can be made better. For me this was one of the joys of entrepreneurship – constant learning and new insights.

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The Growth Marketing Process: How to Shake Your Growth Hack Addiction

ConversionXL

Ideation x Execution = ROI. The ROI of a growth process is ideation multiplied by execution. If you have a great idea, but it’s executed poorly, it isn’t working to its full potential. If you have a bad idea that’s executed flawlessly, it won’t work. Execute the highest priority idea.

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“Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups « Steve.

Steve Blank

Speed = Execution Now General George Patton said, “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.” Others feel it’s necessary to know ALL the variables before making a decision and executing. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S. The same is true in your company. Now In Print!

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

Customer Development Model Repeatable: Startups may get orders that come from board members’ customer relationships or heroic, single-shot efforts of the CEO. Customer Development (and Lean) is about continuous customer contact/iteration to find the right time for execution. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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