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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule. And what of the product development team? This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Forget about traction and hockey stick growth. Sales cycles matter though. HOWEVER, the length of a sales cycle is a strong consideration for most repeat successful founders. On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Forget about traction and hockey stick growth. Sales cycles matter though. HOWEVER, the length of a sales cycle is a strong consideration for most repeat successful founders. On one hand, I know some really successful founders actually opt for a *longer sales cycle*. (I

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