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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

Fortunately, there are concrete things you can do to avoid “customer churn” — so long as you’re willing to face your unwillingness to invite them within arm’s length and accept the risk of getting closer to your customers. Here are five specific risks you must take with your customers: 1. Risk getting personal.

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

Here in Tampa, our biggest challenge is convincing the regions technology "leadership" that grassroots economic development is a good thing. That fostering and encourage entrepreneurs to bring companies and products to market is a great source of innovation, job creation, etc. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. One caveat: if you come by, you are automatically volunteering to be subjected to some intense customer development.