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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served.

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Why Content Personalization Is Not Web Personalization (and What to Do About It)

ConversionXL

The onboarding process brought more people to the core value, thus increasing revenue and improving retention. For instance, my IP address would show that I’m from a high-tech company in Boston, so they could offer me relevant case studies from other respected high-tech firms in Boston. Show reviews of those products.

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The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. who forms technology biases based on old Visual Basic stereotypes or shallow interpretations of. ability based on one of many technologies. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm.

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Digital Elite Camp 2019 Recap: Takeaways from Every Speaker

ConversionXL

Don’t use cost per acquisition— use the cost to acquire a customer and the retention cost to keep that customer coming back to buy again. Here’s an auto industry example using DataLayer variables and stock variables: Variables can feed variables. We took a look at dataLayer variables and used stock values.

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