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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Thats why eBay advertises on search engines, and Facebook doesnt. For Neopets, its simply a side-effect of their game-like product design.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? Coming soon to Dallas, Boston and Philadelphia.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. The Grand-daddy.

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Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Startup Lessons Learned

More often This logic can be extrapolated to the web world to mean: more users, visiting your site more often, for longer amounts of time to maximize advertising exposure. Buy a higher quantity 2. of higher priced items 3. September 15, 2008 9:12 PM Hitchens said. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

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Why Reporters Ignore Your Seed-Stage Startup Pitches, And How to Fix That

View from Seed

And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. A publication whose readers are in Boston will want to know you’re based here in Cambridge. Reporters aren’t here to advertise for you. You have a new hire (if they’re not the CEO or CTO, reporters probably won’t care). Pitch late. You did it!

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Twitter Link Roundup #167 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Hire slow, fire fast” is not only overused–it’s also complete b t.” Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The Boston Globe – [link].

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Pivot, don't jump to a new vision

Startup Lessons Learned

As the CTO/VP Engineering, I was the worst offender. Because you are pushing your damn conference all the time. I am so sick of your tweets it's advertising 24/7. Thats why its so essential to have a co-equal problem team. The more work youve sunk into a product or vision, the harder it is to let it go. Amazon PostRank