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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

One, a focus on great customer care has become, in the era of Zappos, not just a requisite checkbox, but an opportunity for differentiation, and a primary means of acquiring and retaining users (customer care as a revenue generator, not just a cost center). Get smart about how your data is used, and demand fair means by which to contribute.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

No, the first 2% is more valuable in terms of revenue. Create a revenue forecast before you even run the experiment. You need to track the right revenue goals. Abi Hough: Hypothesize This: How Do You Find $100M of Lost Revenue Without Creating a Single Experiment? Test functionality before you try to harvest fruits.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I’ve also experimented with using services which are marketplaces between LPs and GPs: CEPRES , DiligenceVault , FundVeil , Harvest Exchange , and Palico. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Deer Isle Group has built the D.I.G.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

HOF Capital has experimented with using services for targeting institutional LPs ( e.g., CEPRES , Drooms Dealflow , Harvest Exchange , Palico , Trusted Insight ). The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. 6) Negotiate deal.