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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

The fundamentals (unit economics/ margins, CAC>LTV, the importance of retention) are more important now. Single users can test enterprise software using a credit card. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression. In conclusion, I believe most of the Lean Startup isn’t fully dead.

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The 5 Sales Tools Every Company Will Use in 2019

ReadWriteStart

Its sophisticated mobile solution increased user retention by 60 percent and significantly improved awareness and understanding of DKMS’s service with the simplicity of a cleaner presentation. In B2B sales, the process is longer, but the premise is the same: Online research has replaced the old-school necessity of verbal description in sales.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

B2Bcloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. How can you shift focus to customer retention versus acquisition? Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed? What about parts of your manufacturing lines? Your CFO now becomes the head of cash management.

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Innotech 2010 Beta Summit Presenters Announced

Austin Startup

Not only does Vector 100 enable big business infrastructure at a small business price, but it single handedly provides a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solution by replicating to the cloud. RecycleMatch is an Online B2B Marketplace for Commercial Waste and Recyclables. Hurricane Party. RecycleMatch. SocialSmack.

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Cornerstone OnDemand CEO Adam Miller shares how he built a $2 billion cloud startup from LA

The Next Web

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Improbably, founder and CEO Adam Miller and his partners soldiered on to eventually build a $2 billion+ cloud company. The company has managed 95 percent retention of clients.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

ConversionXL

Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. If you’ve used Slack or Dropbox, you’ve witnessed this first-hand—you didn’t read a lengthy whitepaper on the benefits of strong internal communication or cloud-based file sharing. Tidal Waves.

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