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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

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As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. Net Promoter Scores (NPS) are the darling of many Big Dumb Company (BDC) product marketing and customer support executives. A Net Promoter Score of 10 and a bank account of 0 equal a failed venture.

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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

InfoChachkie

As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. Net Promoter Scores (NPS) are the darling of many Big Dumb Company (BDC) product marketing and customer support executives. A Net Promoter Score of 10 and a bank account of 0 equal a failed venture.

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Obtain Impactful Recommendations And References Leverage: Social Norming To Get Into Graduate School Or Score A Job

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The reference was in the form of a gold tablet that stated, “By the strength of the eternal Heaven, holy be the Khan’s name. This golden reference effectively communicated the Emperor’s sentiments in absentia. Modern-day references are effective because they rely upon a powerful principle of influence, Social Norming.

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AutoGenomics Files For IPO

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The maker of molecular diagnostics systems--used by reference laboratories, hospitals and specialty clinics--said it is looking to list as AGMX. AutoGenomics said it had net income of $459,000 on net revenues of $8.69M for the first six months of 2012. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Leerink Swann, Stephens Inc.,

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

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It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.” Obsolescence – By Guy’s own admission, his references to current technologies, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn build in an implicit shelf-life.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. I’m also reluctant to hand over reference calling. But I doubt they’ll dig in as deep as you will in the reference checks.

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Why Unicorns Are No Longer Enough. The Battle for Hendecorns

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We offered a service that has a net promoter score of 87 placing us higher than such great brands as USAA, Costco, Apple and Amazon. We initially launched this test as MeerSpace but people didn’t seem to get the reference. How did we achieve these initial results? If you stored things that might grow you could see their status?

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