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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

At the same time we were educating the press , we began to educate our own marketing department about what exactly we were supposed to be doing inside the company. During the first few weeks I asked each of my department heads what they did for marketing and the company. Titles are not the same as what your job is. This is a big idea.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. And they’ve absorbed and analyzed incredible amounts of information about their topic of concern. A giant fork in the road.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. And they’ve absorbed and analyzed incredible amounts of information about their topic of concern. A giant fork in the road.

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3 Steps To “Activate” Visitors and Convert Them To Subscribers, Leads & Customers

ConversionXL

I’m planning on going to Greece with my family this summer, so obviously the first stop is to Google “Greek travel”. This page tells me nothing about what a vacation to Greece might be like, and if my family hadn’t already made up their minds about going to Greece, we might give up on Greece all-together (think about that for a second) .

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The 3 Step Approach To Successful Customer Activation

ConversionXL

I’m planning on going to Greece with my family this summer, so obviously the first stop is to Google “Greek travel”. This page tells me nothing about what a vacation to Greece might be like, and if my family hadn’t already made up their minds about going to Greece, we might give up on Greece all-together (think about that for a second) .

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The 3 Step Approach To Successful Customer Activation

ConversionXL

I’m planning on going to Greece with my family this summer, so obviously the first stop is to Google “Greek travel”. This page tells me nothing about what a vacation to Greece might be like, and if my family hadn’t already made up their minds about going to Greece, we might give up on Greece all-together (think about that for a second) .

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