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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Steve Blank says "get outside the building," Eric Ries says "seek validated learning," Sean Ellis says "seek product/market fit," Drew Houston says "the only way to learn on a $0 budget is to talk to people.". Repeat after me: You are not your customer." — Eric Ries , Lean Startup leader (repeating a conversation with a startup founder).

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How Successful Landlords Approach Rent Collection

ReadWriteStart

The benefit of collecting rent checks via mail is that it’s free (you don’t have to pay for any sort of software or service). Rent Collection Software. Finally, there are numerous rent collection software and services available online. They don’t just offer Houston property management services – they provide guarantees.

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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. They will manage the steps necessary to identify, select, and integrate your software and IT vendors, including third party product dependencies, email, network, wiki, intranet, project management, and telecommunications.

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2017 Diversity Data for Capital Factory

Austin Startup

Capital Factory - 2017 Year In Review I can already see some room for improvement on how we measure this and appreciate your feedback about how else we can improve the 2018 annual report. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are all more diverse cities than Austin and as a result we’ve added more Black and LatinX founders to the Accelerator.

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Learn from People, Not Classes

Reid Hoffman

But it’s worth the effort, given the potential of learning via one-on-one conversation. And because learning via conversation is driven by your questions, the lessons are delivered at your level. Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast.

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

I’m not talking about exploring a new city and feeling like you get to re-invent yourself simply by changing zip codes; everyone loves that. I’m living in my seventh zip code here already and I’ve lived in Austin while working at Domino’s Pizza making $7/hour and while working for a tech startup making nearly $200K a year.

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10 Ways to Add Value to Your “Thank You” Page

ConversionXL

While a thank you message may be easier to implement (it’s one less page to design), it has drawbacks: Users are left on a conversion page that’s stripped of navigation and calls to action. On one of CXL’s thank you pages for a guide download, notice the order of operations: Successful conversion confirmed. Visitor thanked.