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How to Hack Growth When Growth Stalls

ConversionXL

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s)

Steve Blank

The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. During the decade between 1991 and 2000, nearly 2000 venture backed companies went public. government for funding. Here’s why.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Marketing isn’t scheduling a launch and recruiting isn’t timing the start-dates of the next 50 hires in customer service and sales. We didn’t line up that press and have those sales materials and ensure code-quality high enough to scale on day one, without predictability. This means you can — and should!

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

He arrived at the project site as a young optometrist to find 2000 people waiting to have their eyes checked. By 2008, the organization was diving into the question of social enterprise – was VisionSpring about sales of glasses with a mission, or a mission organization that sold glasses? Tell us about your products and services.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

He arrived at the project site as a young optometrist to find 2000 people waiting to have their eyes checked. By 2008, the organization was diving into the question of social enterprise – was VisionSpring about sales of glasses with a mission, or a mission organization that sold glasses? Tell us about your products and services.

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. B2B / Enterprise Sales: Salesforce. Don’t accept the excuse oh but all the sales come via phone or I convert at industry events or our buyers are old school! I love governments!

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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