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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. Two-thirds of an organization’s business comes from existing customers, so pay attention to them. Use this information to optimize for retention with: Transactional messaging. Address churn by engaging users. Gamification.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. In it we explicitly state: “The real value creation comes when innovative technology enables innovative products and services with innovative business models….What

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In these examples I was selling enterprise software where the vocab matched perfectly.

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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Team, Product, Traction, Business Model and Market. Business Model.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. They give you a time slot, then you meet for coffee.

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Why Linear Funnels Are a Simplified Reality (and What to Do About It)

ConversionXL

Yet a failure to change the focus of marketing to match that evolution has undermined the core goal of reaching customers at the moments that most influence their purchases. One of my favorite examples of this is the design of viral loops. Loops create interactions that lead to subsequent loops and so on. Identify User Behavior.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

“I pre-stage my investments by developing my own ideas of great business models & frameworks — when I meet a founder doing something similar I can make a quick decision,&# says Craig. Identifying and matching themes are key if you’re looking for a way in at Foundry Group. Seedups Hi Jeremy.