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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Your mission is to grow, and for B2C companies it means more users. This meant that we were on three-month deadline, hoping to show some traction by demo day. A tip from our dev team: don’t hard-code strings in your app. If your update is buggy, users will be intolerant and trash you in reviews and ratings.

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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

ConversionXL

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. But such a simple funnel works only if you have a lot of inbound interest and a sales team focused on fielding inquiries. Since we had a sales development team of our own, we needed to factor in their efforts, too. Image source ). A new email is created in HubSpot.

Demand 101
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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare. This human touch can be as light as email follow ups, or as much as inside sales people doing multiple sales calls and demos. For example: Create demo videos that answer every likely sales question.