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The Best Software to Grow and Support Your Vacation Rental Business

Up and Running

The more software you can introduce to streamline processes and cut back on people costs, the better. Let’s check out the software! Lodgify is one of the few pieces of software that’s built specifically for vacation rental managers like you. Admittedly, this one’s not necessarily a piece of software.

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. Towards An Integrated Approach to UX Design You should definitely look at Steve Blank's book and review his blog.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea. Wireframes.

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Tony provides specific models and suggestions for how startups can leverage social networks for viral growth yet maintain their independence so as not to limit themselves long-term. What is our viral spread coefficient? Then, he explores how several startups have leveraged those services and data in interesting ways.

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Be Honest About Whether Your Product Really Makes a Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash. And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth. So you need to really know what to measure as a definition of success.

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The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business

Version One Ventures

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.