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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

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Our discussion today was around prioritization of the next few critical steps around customer acquisition and validation. We discussed guerilla p.r., 1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. As for business model, Jigar wants to sell services like refilling cards. Report Bee.

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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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6 Growth Barriers Most Startups Don’t See Coming

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. I’m not talking here about a small pivot.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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John has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions, which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. DoubleClick’s Guerilla Marketing Legacy. |. from the Wharton School.

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