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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Of course that’s not disputable. He built & IPOd Demand Media. To some extent – of course they are. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong.

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Myspace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon crashed.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! And now, of course, UberSocial, Bill’s latest project. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Of course I have. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo! And of course you need a mature venture capital industry. This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’m in Seattle this week. Can’t list them all.