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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As a result, second time founders very often shy away from ad-based consumer ideas, but when they do, they think about what viral mechanisms you can implement *first* and engineer the product around that mechanism. Product second. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. Marketing first.

Founder 48
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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As a result, second time founders very often shy away from ad-based consumer ideas, but when they do, they think about what viral mechanisms you can implement *first* and engineer the product around that mechanism. Product second. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. Marketing first.

Founder 48
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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Is that a lot?

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The SMB Guide To CRM In 2019

YoungUpstarts

Easy does it: The right CRM can work magic, serving as a single platform that can span across the entire breadth of an organization — sharing information and providing value for customer service, sales, product development, management, operations and more. Time to Act With Analytics.

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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

ConversionXL

Market share: You may already be a category leader, and growth requires you to expand into new verticals. When buying, evaluate the development languages your acquisition is built on to understand how complex the integration process will be. Software requirements and consumer demands shift fast.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.