Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Start using some of those customers as guinea pigs for a self-serve version of the product.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2016

As a passionate business student, my wheels started turning and I saw the potential of creating a business model out of what I was already doing: sharing spices, recipes & food with my friends. Everyone seemed to be telling me exactly what I wanted to hear when I emailed them and asked about volunteering. I was tired.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

As a SaaS company, we have had pretty good success in acquiring new customers for our business using various techniques: organic traffic, paid ads, email marketing, etc. To solve this problem, we are working on new email marketing campaigns, Facebook retargeting, paid ads and other methods. Thanks to Will Hatton, Hotel Jules !

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