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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of. Success begets success.

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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Danielle Sabrina, Society22 PR ! #3- As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok. Next, technology is your ally.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

mashable.com

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. Erica Swallow is a technology and lifestyle writer. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. Once you churn a user due to stability or performance problems it can be hard to get them back. Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Broadly speaking, this action plan is going to be broken up into three sections: the testing plan, the execution plan, and the review section. And, the very last section— the review section — is really just a list of milestones you create that prompt you to review and revise your plan. Your forecast would have been for nothing.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

Cracking the Code

David Cowan , the Bessemer Managing Partner who pioneered early stage investments in automated subscription services ( Verisign , Postini , Netli.), developed a white paper on performance metrics for Technology service Vendors (TSV) and this post present the key elements of his reflexion adapted for SaaS companies. Blog Archive.