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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

When planning your next product, the less you leave to chance, the better. And while you can never guarantee a successful product launch, you can vastly improve your odds if you prepare properly. You need to know what a successful product looks like if you want to chart a course to get there. iPhone (2007).

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

Occam's Razor

It is a repository of global data that has as its primary purpose to quantify the role of digital in the consumer journey from research to purchase. How do consumers research and purchase products (online and offline)? #4. You can do this analysis for a whole variety of products. The Barometer answers four basic questions: #1.

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First Mover Fallacy

Agile VC

Microsoft (OS – both text & GUI based, office productivity, game consoles). Don’t Have to Evangelize - Perhaps the key downside of being first mover with a consumer product is having to evangelize a market and build it from a niche to broad adoption. First Movers. Atari (home video game consoles). Amazon (e-commerce).

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” By contrast, Staples closed down some underperforming facilities but increased its workforce by 10% during the recession, mainly to support the high-end product categories and services it introduced. Tim Stewart, trsdigital.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. ► 2007. (10). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Global Warning! SaaS 13 Index*.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

R/GA is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, one of four global ad holding companies, and is the most award-winning agency in the digital world today. If you’re a founder or startup focused on an innovative idea for a product and/or service in the connected devices space, please consider applying.