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Take this test to predict your success:

Berkonomics

The dominant player in any niche controls pricing for all those under it, and often sets the risk profile for new entrants into the niche if the dominant player’s products or services fill the needs of customers at reasonable prices and quality. Email readers, continue here…] Have you created high barriers to entry?

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

Both Sides of the Table

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

The mobile Internet – The latest major computing cycle [Email readers, continue here…] Over the last fifty years, the world transitioned from mainframe computing to mini-computers to PCs to the desktop Internet. And 39% compare prices across alternatives. And 39% compare prices across alternatives.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

My experiments in lean pricing - Venture Hacks , February 16, 2010 Ash Maurya, a lean entrepreneur who runs a bootstrapped startup called CloudFire, discusses pricing issues for first versions (Minimum Viable Product – MVP). It’s a weekly email we send to AngelList, with 3 high-quality startups who want intros.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Make your emails actionable. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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10 Modern Ways To Kickstart Your Business Website

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, there is a plethora of “experts” emerging out there, who are anxious to lead you down that path, for a large price. by an expert and friend in this space, Arnie Kuenn, who offers guidance and examples on new and modern approaches for the rest of us: Build a blog. Search engines and people love blogs these days.

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