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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal.
Hippoland
AUGUST 8, 2018
One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. Sales cycles matter though.
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Hippoland
AUGUST 8, 2018
One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. Sales cycles matter though.
ConversionXL
MAY 27, 2022
Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales.
ConversionXL
JUNE 14, 2021
They developed features with their specific audience in mind. million in monthly recurring revenue (at time of writing). For some, this process will be a product development exercise, finding the best way to differentiate a new product or feature release. Your USP isn’t just a clever copywriting tool.
ConversionXL
APRIL 3, 2018
mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. Flip your funnel – only 5% of revenue comes from optimisation but 92% of revenue from retention. Optimize for retention, not just acquisition. To understand acquisition you must understand lifetime value. Offline sale – typically.
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