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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. 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. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. million in 2004 to $6.5

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. million in 2004 to $6.5

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. million in 2004 to $6.5

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

Improving each of these areas might boost your customer retention – BUT it’s only by scrutinizing your customer facing metrics & direct customer feedback that will provide you with your top priorities. Retention, along with many of our usage metrics, have improved as a result of some of these changes. million in 2004 to $6.5

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

YoungUpstarts

These metrics show the progress you’re making to determine if you are on or off track. Reach $125 billion in sales by 2000.” My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. But not all goal setting is equal. . Democratize the automobile.” In 2018, Walmart had $500.3 billion in the fourth quarter alone.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.