Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2015

When you find your creative team to design and develop it, part of their market research entails researching your competition and your customers. Below we elaborate on these advantages of an experiential website.Advantage: Attract your visitors. Advantage: Attract your visitors. There are many ways to create an experiential website.

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Web Technical Review Sales Cycle Cofounder 28

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Sales cycles matter though. HOWEVER, the length of a sales cycle is a strong consideration for most repeat successful founders. On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I Sales cycle, as a consideration, also works the opposite way.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Sales cycles matter though. HOWEVER, the length of a sales cycle is a strong consideration for most repeat successful founders. On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I Sales cycle, as a consideration, also works the opposite way.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

So you might think about how to best poise yourself to bootstrap and get to profitability for the next couple of years. Long sales cycles or signed contracts that won’t pay you for months is tough as a small investor (ala elephant hunting). Because my $25k check isn’t going to last long.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

So you might think about how to best poise yourself to bootstrap and get to profitability for the next couple of years. Long sales cycles or signed contracts that won’t pay you for months is tough as a small investor (ala elephant hunting). Because my $25k check isn’t going to last long.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48