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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. CXL’s founder, Peep Laja, has a specific “reason why” his company Wynter exists. The solution: build a brand.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. I asked CrazyEgg co-founder Hiten Shah why they decided to drop their free plan back then. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. His reason for doing this?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Replay the event.