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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. Sales cycles matter though.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business. You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. Sales cycles matter though.

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CXL Live 2018 Recap: Top 5 Lessons from Each Speaker

ConversionXL

CXLLive #conversion pic.twitter.com/qVYFcGhnD4. previous conversations, facebook, intercom…). intimate communication is how we actually have our conversations, not email, or ads. Tara Robertson – How to 10x Growth by Optimizing Customer Marketing & Retention. Start with retention. And we’re off!

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Whats the right set of materials, conversations, etc. that completes a sale for these customers? How is that picture changed before and after your product.

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Why Linear Funnels Are a Simplified Reality (and What to Do About It)

ConversionXL

The biggest shortcoming being that it considers the sales cycle to be a linear process where a customer passes sequentially through sales steps and where he/she is the only one involved in the decision making process. One of my favorite examples of this is the design of viral loops. And I think this is really the point.