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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 11, 2014
There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 12, 2014
If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. My argument is pretty simple. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. Our portfolio company did so well that Google copied this approach and out executed Overture. When Brad Feld lists a book on his blog with an affiliate link that he monetizes is that wrong?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. My experience has proven that even some well known companies are under-whelming in this department.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 13, 2009
The American Seed Company, as shown in the accompany ad, encouraged young people to sign a simple “contract” that read: “Please send me your Big Prize book and one order of 45 packs of American Seeds. Search Engine Management (SEM) – Search marketing can be performed by anyone with a rudimentary understanding of Google AdWords.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
When I publicly Tweeted that all companies should be gross margin positive many people pointed out that Amazon wasn’t profitable for many years. profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). Gross margin positive !=
InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 2, 2009
However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. I was dead wrong.
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