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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. The biggest mistake for most of these startups was not understanding that optimizing their business model for the 24 million people in the Australian market would not prepare them for the size and scale they needed to get to big.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

If you feel like looking for offshore developer talent, you can try Softensity. Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. How do you know who will be willing and able to work on your project? PM OK, agree.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

was OK a few months ago, the hurdle is now higher and should be close to CAC>1 – Keep only reps making quota and cut marketing activities with lower ROI Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) >0 – Adjust operations, RD and GA to make your business model profitable 3. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare?