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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War. Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base.

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Machine Learning Is Your Secret Weapon For Customer Acquisition

YoungUpstarts

If you’re looking for a strategy to get ahead when it comes to customer acquisition, machine learning can be your secret weapon. Machine learning is the AI focal point for your customer relationship management (CRM) tool and can be the key to boosting your customer acquisition. by Chad Ruff, Chief Technology Officer at Swiftpage.

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Mixpanel vs. Google Analytics: The 2018 Guide

ConversionXL

Google Analytics is the standard for measuring acquisition—identifying the sources of traffic to your website or app. Google Analytics switched its default metric from “sessions” to “users” in 2018, mirroring Mixpanel’s emphasis on users over pageviews. Acquisition. Anything else is merely a list of data points. Image source ).

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2018. #1- We have two key goals for 2018: To grow our user base to more than 1 million and triple our revenue. In 2018, we plan to share business successes with the community in which we are based. 1- Efficiency. 2- Two goals.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. Now in 2018, there’s been significant rounds they’ve led or participated in — Pitchbook here recaps some of the biggest. Then 2018 arrived.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

In our opening lesson , Ex-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter shared insights and experiences from his extensive and impactful career in DoD that included tours as Undersecretary for Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics, Deputy Secretary, and Defense Secretary. Finally, we discussed the challenges raised in the 2018 National Defense Strategy.

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Facebook Messenger Chatbot Marketing: The Definitive Guide (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

If you want to learn more about chatbots generally, read Drift’s The 2018 State of Chatbots Report: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Online Experiences. For example, here’s an interesting case study describing how MobileMonkey cut the cost of lead acquisition from $150 to $5 per lead using Facebook Messenger.