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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work

Steve Blank

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. These hypotheses span the gamut from who’s the customer(s), to what’s the value proposition (product/service features), pricing, distribution channel, and demand creation (customer acquisition, activation, retention, etc.).

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Transcript of Focus on Existing Assets to Generate Better Marketing Results

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the president and founder of Revenue & Associates and the creator of The bullseye marketing framework and we’re going to talk about a book built on that called Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. In fact, keep listening, I’m gonna tell you how to get 50 percent off. Louis Gudema: Yeah.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. Your original business plan will probably go out the window when you land your first customer. I am very surprised when that cool thing actually meets a customer need or drives revenue. They also observe who is pulling his or her weight and who is not.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. I don’t have any formal business training and I actually think it’s served me well.