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Transcript of Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

Let’s hire freelance writers. It was all about tricking the algorithm and I didn’t really break that bad habit until 2012. They warned people for years before 2012. That’s the whole business model and it works really well. Brian Dean: Yeah, it’s kind of a shot across the bow.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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

online.wsj.com

SMALL BUSINESS. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. INTERNET BUSINESSES.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. Michael Kassing.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #18: The strength of natural network effects

Austin Startup

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. 8, which was released earlier this week. although the SaaS 3.0