Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You get increasing growth by optimizing the viral loop , and you get revenue as a side-effect, assuming you have even the most anemic monetization scheme baked into your product. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. He is a licensed CPA in the State of Utah.

Utah 223

Utah CPA Cofounder Finance 223

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2018

Product Development. Your product might “sell itself,” but it still has to get into customers’ hands somehow.) You can save on the back end by equipping them with cloud-based accounting software and outsourcing tax prep to a reputable business CPA. Once you’re in, huddle with mentors to refine your plan.

CPA 124

CPA Bandwidth Lean Startup 124

Gust

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I can’t count the times I heard people saying that “product development defines the product, and marketing gets the customers”. Whether you need it to actually fund your operations or to hit milestones for investors and other stakeholders, acquisition and CPA are the things that keep most marketing people awake at night.

Acquisition 87

Acquisition Marketing CPA PPC 87

Up and Running

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Many of them need product development, packaging, retail fittings and signage, office equipment, websites, and sometimes months or even years of payroll before the sales start. When a plan is for internal use only, you may not need to describe company history and product features, for example. That makes your planning easier.

Startup 114

Startup Forecast Lean Balance Sheet 114

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. Let’s look at some examples: In a traditional business, customers pay money for a physical artifact (a product) or a service.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Sometimes an early negative result from an experiment is a harbinger of doom for that product, and means it should be abandoned. Imagine a general manager that has read The Innovator’s Dilemma and related books, and is therefore trying hard to help her organization make a transition to a new product category via disruptive innovation.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102