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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. and the U.K.

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How we built our investor presentation and raised $2 million

The Next Web

Customer Acquisition?—?How During our conversation, we ended up talking about how our team was working on our investor presentation. I started to sense the same emotional disconnect in this conversation with Julien that we experienced sharing our investor deck with our current investors. How does your product work?

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. Eric Friedman: This is a great segue to something I was thinking about in preparation for this conversation. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.”

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 14 – Planning– Major General Mike Fenzel

Steve Blank

They’re in Africa, they’re in South America, they are globally represented. Should the Joint Staff have a structure for the acquisition of capabilities, making sure it matches the modernization of our operational concepts? We have to build into the systems for acquisition a method by which we can be far more agile.

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Should You Build a Mobile App or a Website for Your Startup?

Up and Running

Specifically, in a web app, you can attribute sales more precisely to a certain marketing channel and measure the ROI (return on investment) or CAC (customer acquisition cost) based on the data. According to the latest data as of March 2017 , the lowest internet penetration is in Africa (27.7 percent) and Asia (45.2

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Africa Travel was established over 25 years ago, so there was no such thing as search engine optimisation back then. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- When the decision was made to rebrand during the acquisition, I called on my team to determine what our new identity was going to be going forward.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

ReadWriteStart

Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. The majority of the discussion around this venture was around additional customer acquisition methods. Brainscape. He asked questions about what investors are looking for: more free users or fewer paying users?

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