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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Interview with Skyler Lucci, HeyTutor

socalTECH

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. In terms of where we offer to our customers, we have 250 different areas, from early childhood to studying for an MCAT or the bar.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

They know her personally and know she cares about her constituencies even if she has to make tough trade-offs from time-to-time. It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. This happens at acquisition time, too. Shame on you.

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

InfoChachkie

This will result in personal and specific descriptions of your involvement. However, be sure that any statistics you quote are primarily attributable to your personal efforts. Imagine a resume that only describes the person’s personality traits, likeability and strong character. As noted in Cialdini et al.’s

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

Let me assure you that a business plan and product plan are two different things (I have personally written several of both). Be sure to include this in your “elevator pitch,” which you must always deliver as a prelude to your technology features. You need both to survive. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Scratching Your Personal Projects Itch. The gifted product person has emerged as the true rockstar of the internet world over the last few y. The Personal MBA: Mastering Productivity, Happiness, and Wealth. Josh Kaufman, The Personal MBA. Five Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought.

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