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Netflix Redux: Is It Ever OK to Fire Your Customers?

Both Sides of the Table

Netflix as a service has always prided itself on movie recommendations that are tailored specifically to you plus user ratings on the quality of films. Netflix needs to segment their customers and charge each what is appropriate. Perhaps they should have just created business units called: Netflix DVD & Netflix Streaming.

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6 Strategies To Anticipate And Survive New Entrants

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, we all remember when Blockbuster realized too late that Netflix was stealing customers by offering videos online rather than via DVDs, but even then they were unable to adapt their processes and their thinking. You may be continually improving, yet falling behind due to higher rates of growth by new competitors.

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How to Measure & Track Marketing

Jason Nazar

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

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How to Measure & Track Marketing

Jason Nazar

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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