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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

Redefine your product to reach a new category. This strategy, often called breakaway positioning, has the intent of expanding your product opportunity into a previously unreachable category. It also has the advantage over competitors of retaining existing customers, while at the same time attracting new customers from another category.

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Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why …

Both Sides of the Table

“it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive a higher acquisition valuation” I would like to amend her statement slightly to read, “it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive an higher acquisition.” to justify a “strategic” price. Let me explain.

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Interview with Nick Higgins, Joost

socalTECH

We thought it would be interesting to talk to the firm, so we connected with Nick Higgins who is the EVP heading up Joost and running its Santa Monica operations, to hear more about the spinout and Adconion's aggressive hiring plans in the area. Your firm started in UK, but has big expansion plans in Los Angeles.

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7 Good Entrepreneurial Habits That Turn Bad

Startup Professionals Musings

When the plan is all in your head, and elements are undefined, it’s important to monitor every step of the progress, in order to make quick corrections. Investors and alliances are looking for partners who have a strategic focus, and can find the right consultants to solve their tactical issues.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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