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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. Product development. New channels. Acquisitions.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Celebrity Relationships.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

Social Media. Social Media. Whether your product is working or not, looking back its easy to see that you only really needed to build a small fraction of the stuff you built. In my first company, people liked our product but were embarrassed to share it because the design and presentation was so poor.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature.

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Interview I did about Forward Partners for Soldo

The Equity Kicker

Nic Brisbourne is Managing Partner at Forward Partners, the UK’s leading early-stage VC, currently supporting the UK’s next generation of AI, e-commerce and marketplace businesses. I think we differ a little from the rest of the industry, though, particularly with our focus on early stage companies.

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How to Build a Product Launch Strategy

ConversionXL

Develop a sales messaging guide to create consistency around how your team describes the product, showcases its benefits, and differentiates it from competitors. Explain how your product solves real and imminent challenges your customers face. Explain how the product delivers specific benefits or results.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Their story, market positioning, products, etc. At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. Pyramid Power. John Greathouse.

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