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

Steve Blank

To support sales, Marketing tries to “make up a better story,” and the web site and/or product presentation slides start changing (sometimes weekly or even daily). Isso sem mencionar que, dependendo do problema, em alguns casos fica bastante difícil “voltar atrás&#. The board raises a collective eyebrow.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Technology costs.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Technology costs.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Gust

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings.

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Be Part of the Entrepreneurial Revolution

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Technology costs.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. the most sensible SEM advice Ive read - discussed in the context of a real situation. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.