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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Customer Segment : Owners/administrators of large green spaces (golf courses, universities, etc.) Dollar size of deals is sufficient to be profitable with direct sales strategy. This post is part two. Part one is here.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! In the original version of his post, Andy writes.

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Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

The one side, I think it’s a really interesting point you bring up, which is does it immediately lean toward to creating new products and services? In 2007, we didn’t have two nickels to rub together but then created the largest audience around the discipline of content marketing and monetize it 10 different ways today.

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

maplebutter.com

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. Once you’ve done that – then.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I also think about regulation.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I also think about regulation.