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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit). IPOs dried up.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Each of these GM divisions focused on its own day-to-day operations with each division general manager responsible for the division’s profit and loss.

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Minimum Viable Team

This is going to be BIG.

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. If you think about it, these things are all of the goals of another function on the list--PR.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

You're likely going to be experiencing revenues in waves, owing to the pandemic booms and dips, and the varying regulations. Thanks to Kevin Burke, Extension PR ! #7- Companies will also be able to simplify product. development and educate customers about their services in the best way possible. 7- 6G will rule.

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Seven Reasons Why Customer Reference Programs Fail

YoungUpstarts

What could make more sense than to leverage the enthusiasm of happy customers to convince buyers that they need your products and services? And in an increasingly social and networked world — not to mention an economy where every dollar of revenue is critical — this type of third party validation is more important than ever.

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Why Every Company Needs a Growth Manager

Seeing Both Sides

Growing revenue and profits is a core objective of most companies, and it is the responsibility of every function to contribute to the pursuit of this goal. The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell.

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Why Every Company Needs a Growth Manager

Seeing Both Sides

Growing revenue and profits is a core objective of most companies, and it is the responsibility of every function to contribute to the pursuit of this goal. The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell.