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5 (More) Battle-Tested Business Tips From Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos

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Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren''t indicative of the long term.”. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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How Startups Can Figure Out Sales: Amos Schwartzfarb, TechStars

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Our interview today is with Amos Schwartzfarb , the author of Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups , which comes out tomorrow, Wednesday. We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team.

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

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Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”. Analysts predict that AWS revenues will eventually exceed Amazon’s retail sales. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

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10 Questions To Lead You To Timely Successful Change

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Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. That means you have to start with assessing the current state against the same metrics, before you can assess progress or change. Make sure metric results are available to the team, to keep them motivated.

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7 Ways To Keep All Players Centered On What Matters

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The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. If you have had to pivot from the consumer market to enterprise customers, that requires new pricing models and new sales channels.

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Interview with David Loo, CEO and Founder of Perspectium

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The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. How did you get into this? What specific problem were you seeing?

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Answer These Ten Key Questions To Beat Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. That means you have to start with assessing the current state against the same metrics, before you can assess progress or change. Make sure metric results are available to the team, to keep them motivated.

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