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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. All good news. Why Do You Work Here? Titles Are Not Your Job.

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The 6 Most Common Mistakes That Inexperienced Amazon Sellers Make

Women Entrepreneurs Can

While listing on Amazon can open up access to a whole new market for you, simple errors can jeopardize any effort you make to capture these buyers. The key to increasing sales is not the number of accounts you have, but rather the quality of your service as well as positive feedback from your customers. MISTAKE #2. MISTAKE #3.

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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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E-commerce Startup Checklist

The Startup Magazine

Know your brand and customer. Once you have selected your niche, avoid rushing into product ideas. Think about the design of your brand and the prospective market. Who are the prospective customers? Do you understand your market? What is the prevailing demand of the product you want to offer? It is simple.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Please consult a patent attorney for more information about filing for a patent, and getting your idea to market. . But, when it comes to inventing things, the real trick is sticking the journey through or going from idea to invention to market. Step 3: Do basic market research (before investing money). Resources for inventors.

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High and Low Tech Ways to Promote Your Business

The Startup Magazine

Only half of all small businesses stay open for their first five years of operation; just over one-third survive for ten years. Issues facing new businesses include a lack of financial resources and lack of exposure to potential customers. Stationary Products. Name recognition is commonly referred to now as brand recognition.

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[Interview] Robert Morton, Toronto Business Leader and Former Home Capital Executive On New Product Development

YoungUpstarts

Prior to establishing his firm, Rob spent more than two decades holding a variety of leadership positions in the financial services industry, working in securities, asset management, equities, capital markets, and mutual funds. New products will often help a company grow its bottom line. Sometimes a new process leads to a new products.