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How to Build a Successful Subscription Business Model

Up and Running

Gartner predicted that “By 2020, all new entrants and 80% of historical vendors will offer subscription-based business models.” For the information and technology industry, subscription models are now a core business model. Conduct market research. Then, find ways to differentiate yourself.

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Rapid Iteration for Mobile App Development

Startup Lessons Learned

This means that you can''t easily get users through the door despite solid marketing efforts, they aren''t proactively inviting their friends and colleagues, or no one is paying for your product. There are two questions that I recommend startups use to differentiate between being liked versus being loved.

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Organic Growth Startups Won’t Scale Competitively

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Entrepreneurs Need New Growth Models To Scale Up

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Explore Non-Standard Ways to Grow Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Startups Should Fuel Growth By Acquisitions

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. It’s a different market and you need to connect with the people who already have a burning need.

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