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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

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eCommerce for example grew 39% just last year - so there’s simply more demand. This is accomplished through aggregated, anonymized competitive benchmarking, market-level performance data across the major social and ad platforms, and curated news and conversation from industry leaders.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. ” Here are some examples: 1.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. For example, look at the following graph. The example chart is not actually atypical. If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely.

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Accurate assumptions lead to defendable plans

Berkonomics

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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The TMP is an example of lean academia. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. A great example of this initiative is Salty Girl Seafood, which is the brainchild to two startup-minded women.

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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace

TechCrunch LA

Interestingly, that demand has grown a lot during the pandemic, with demand for new homes as much as four times higher than demand for buying “existing” homes. ” That subsequently has put more of an emphasis on the sale of older homes to meet demand.

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Interview with Wes Brodsky, SaveFans

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For example, at an event, say at the Staples Center, of the 20,000 seats they might have four or five price groups. For example, at a concert, they sell the front row -- which is clearly worth more -- the same as the cost of the 50th row. There is no real room for negotiation, or to let demand drive the pricing on the buyer side.