ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses. Most startups fail. Facts about your customers don’t come from your friends and families.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. Low overheads make this a highly successful business model: the company only employs around 15 full-time staff [15].

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

I discovered this firsthand when I contracted a software developer to build a system for the English teaching company that allowed classes to be purchased and scheduled via web application. After several meetings with the developer, I was ready to get moving on it. Resolving these questions before work began was easy.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Michael’s forward-thinking approach to technology recently earned his company a spot on CRN’s Next-Gen 250 list of solution providers that are on the cutting edge of technology and business model shifts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II) - crowdspring.co/1atXci8. Amazon and the “profitless business model” fallacy – crowdspring.co/1aQZQ04. Entrepreneur PSA – Advertising Businesses are Hard | Seth’s Blog - crowdspring.co/1aHHgHS. 90 Free Beautiful Flat Icons - crowdspring.co/1aBbFLl.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

For more than a decade Harold van Es, Cornell Professor and Chair of CALS Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, has lead a team of researchers and analytical software developers to create a modelling tool which would help address these issues.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

The Growing Power of Women in Business | by Daniel Burrus – [link]. 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform | by Andrew Chen – [link]. “sometimes you have the right product but the wrong business model.”

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

   He's also requiring that you source your software development through his consulting company at a price "to be negotiated."  "  Finally, if you fail to agree on a price for the development within 6 months, he gets his money back with 18% interest.  April 2013.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses. 6 Comments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

Running a SaaS business? The Right Way to Hire Your Customers | Bill Lee – Harvard Business Review – [link]. “A solid business model and a great story will at best have 10% chance of succeeding” – [link]. 45+ Absolutely Fresh Adobe Illustrator Tutorials of 2013 | Dzineblog360 – [link].

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