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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

In a capital scarce environment following the Dot Com crash, startups needed to do more with less and survive long enough to generate revenue. Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs.

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Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

Unlike businesses, government organizations don’t sell products, and they don’t earn revenue. is expected to climb to over a million by 2020. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad. So how do you figure out whose needs to satisfy? Here’s Pete’s view of how you do it. Not so fast….

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Combining All Your Funnel Data into One Sheet

ConversionXL

The stage where your customers are actively researching for more information; during this stage social proof , and testimonials play an important role. The stage in which a customer makes a purchase. The stage in which your customers develop brand loyalty. Building your custom marketing and sales funnel.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Indian Company Plugs Gap In Google's Enterprise Solution

ReadWriteStart

Well, it turns out that to port long tail productivity apps to Google's App Engine is a somewhat cumbersome job, and requires a lot of custom development. The long tail apps can easily be ported to or developed on Google App Engine in a third of the time and cost using OrangeScape as an application platform. Enter OrangeScape.

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How Customer Insight Can Boost Referral Marketing Effectiveness

Duct Tape Marketing

In this article, we’re going to outline the importance of customer insight to inform your referral strategy. By 2020, more than 50 billion smart connected devices will exist in the world ( Cisco ). Samsung has developed a smart fridge that lets you order stocked groceries from its touch screen. The Data/Insight Gap.