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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

There’s non-profit organizations, and incubators, and accelerators, of like-minded people, and startup weekends are now global, and that’s a great place because everybody that goes there is interested in starting a business, and there’s usually a great mix of talent. Then referral rates and opt-out rates.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? If you’re getting 2% upgrade to paid, but 15% monthly churn, then you need to spend more time on the Pro features to insure the cost benefit is there.