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“AirB&E” and Disaster Response for Consumer Startups

Gust

The company was savaged by critics for its initial mishandling of the incident; reportedly, she got little response or assistance until she published a blog post on the subject, which spread virally and became a serious embarrassment to the company. (I Large companies focus on protecting and expanding upon their existing successful business.

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I’ve Built Multiple Growth Teams. Here’s Why I Won’t Do It Again.

ConversionXL

The headline , the URL box, the call-to-action (CTA) button copy , the secondary CTA toward the bottom, even the random stock-photo dude. Contrast this with a marketing team going after any particular channel—events, paid, SEO, community, PR, whatever. Their growth came from users, and they had true virality.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Rather they understood that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Finally, new forms of liquidity are emerging such as private-market stock exchanges for buying and selling illiquid assets (i.e. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it.

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

He should have invested in Lawson obviously… I could not track back their stock price in 1998 when NetSuite was launched, but since Jan. 2002, the stock price went from $17.5 It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when). Do your own PR.