Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

This video is a very smart viral marketing initiative from Cardo Systems , a provider of bluetooth headsets and it reached more than 6m eyeballs (this number includes the different versions of the video as well as the videos of people trying the experience to show it is a scam!). S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). Also, even if the productivity is increasing, it is still far from the 0.75-1.0

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you haven’t followed this blog in the past, I’m a guy who launched several web startup/product ideas, acquired several more, had many failures and enough successes that I was able to shut down my consulting firm back in 2008. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Many of them get hung up on understanding how to select the right minimal viable product. He came up with the concept to simply the search for product/market fit by using an MVP Tree. Many startups fall into the trap of building toward a “mission” rather than a minimum viable product (MVP). Your mission is your baby.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. The Product is the Byproduct – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Fatherpreneurship: How to be a Successful Father and Entrepreneur - [link]. Show them WHY.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing productivity. However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 30, 2007

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 18, 2007

will hurt your productivity seriously! S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Devils link.it

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 7, 2006

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

But the key questions of "what to buy" or "which product does really fit my need and budget at the same time" remained unanswered. Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

The company had the chance of selling a very sticky product to large customers paying upfront, so there was no need to improve the sales bonuses based on cash collection and multi-year contracts. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. ► 2011. (2). "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product D. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INFOGRAPHIC] The Interconnected World of Tech Companies [INFOGRAPHIC] Apple Product Design: 35 Years of Consumer Electronics [INFOGRAPHIC] Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone [INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Advertising on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] How Much Data Will Humans Create & Store This Year? Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. million in venture financing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs it sold in 28 years – [link]. Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. How I Changed My Life, In Four Lines – [link].

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. Unveiling of the "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" The best rated session of the day was the presentation by Jason Putorti on product design. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index.

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