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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales. Worry about the sales results. I´m reading (and enjoying a lot) your book “the 4 steps…&#.

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Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail

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Or massively distributed data persistence systems and algorithms. OpenWorld 2010. December 2010 (3). November 2010 (3). October 2010 (5). September 2010 (17). August 2010 (2). July 2010 (1). June 2010 (2). May 2010 (7). April 2010 (3). March 2010 (1). housekeeping.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. Extensive use of software to automate all processes such as SEO, SEM, social networking, lead scoring, lead nurturing, CRM, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

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Outsourcing social media. Many small business owners are devoting a significant chunk of their capacity to social media marketing, albeit sometimes with limited results. Having said that, these may inform how you approach your business in the next 12 months; here ya go: 1.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Free resources for small businesses from Google

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If you want to learn more about search engine marketing, I suggest you read 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM marketing tips. What it is: Industry sources are reporting that Google will soon distribute millions of mobile devices to small businesses allowing customers to “check-in&# to those businesses and to rate the businesses.