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Every Founder that Hates "Personal Branding" Should Write a Book

This is going to be BIG.

So how can founders differentiate? Well, at 125 words per minute, 48 minutes of podcasting will net you a chapter. So, if you were actually trying to turn your podcast content into a book, it would probably take you between 2-3 podcasts to net a chapter. They’re not buying your past history.

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Lean vs Fat Startups: The Disrupt Debate

Venture Chronicles

I’d be willing to bet that more investors lose a great amount of aggregate capital here than at any other stage. The case for being lean is also rooted in the belief that it causes the company to have more focus on the variables that position them for a next round of funding.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. How do you plan on differentiating from the competition? Net Profit. If you have any of these income or expense streams, you will list them below your Net Profit. Retail Distribution. Use of Funds.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. To maximize value and sale price, wider net is better There is a lot of un-invested capital sitting in funds and outside-in it is hard to tell the internal dynamics, so casting a wide net increases chances of a good outcome. Intermediaries.

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Conversion: The Most Important Internet Metric of All (Revisited)

abovethecrowd.com

No other metric so holistically captures as many critical aspects of a web site – user design, usability, performance, convenience, ad effectiveness, net promoter score, customer satisfaction – all in a single measurement. Unfortunately, conversion improvements typically are the aggregate gain of 100 tiny improvements, not one silver bullet.

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Not All Traffic Is Created Equal

www.pakman.com

However look for Twitter to use Twittercards and link management (affiliate programs, “products in your stream”) to differentiate. ” Users tend to aggregate around platforms and content they identify with (organized around demographics, topics like movies or restaurants, shopping, etc.) net neutrality.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

Specifically, the “narrow network” typically aggregates those providers that are willing to accept lower prices for their services (theoretically you could have a “premium” narrow network, but they are typically used to create more affordable plans). As a result of their commitment to service quality, they have a 90 net promoter score.