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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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How to Get Early Customers to Respond to Your Cold Emails

www.ashmaurya.com

You can use this pitch to get more followers, or you can build your value proposition around a productized consulting offer (SEO analysis, customer acquisition, etc.). The next value offer is a play on marketing and lead generation. I run a software startup and I want to partner with you to improve your business.”

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

Because we wanted to document every aspect of the process before partnering with new freelance writers. For example, you may design beautiful looking websites, but your clients want something that looks great and performs as a lead generator. Interviewing your customers can reveal the priorities they’re aware of.

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next. In a nutshell: Acquisition - Get people to hear about your product from press, blogs and social channels. First Steps in Growth Hacking for Startups.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. What went wrong?

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Microcopy: Tiny Words That Make A Huge Impact On Conversions

ConversionXL

Or when Veeam noticed through their on page survey , that many visitors were asking for a price – which they couldn’t display due to partner agreements – so they tested changing the phrase from “request a quote” to “request pricing” and saw a massive 161.66% increase in clicks to their lead gen form. That being said….

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Microcopy: The Tiny Phrases With An Explosive Impact On Conversions

ConversionXL

Or when Veeam noticed through their on page survey , that many visitors were asking for a price – which they couldn’t display due to partner agreements – so they tested changing the phrase from “request a quote” to “request pricing” and saw a massive 161.66% increase in clicks to their lead gen form. That being said….