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We think teaching teams a formal methodology around the Lean Framework (Business Model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) is a natural evolution of how successful incubators/accelerators will build startups. Here’s the story of one such team; Jonathan Wylie, Lakshmi Shivalingaiah and the Evoke team.
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Time to revenue is low due to short transactional volume and the short salecycle. This opportunity has a short salecycle with quick payments. The salecycle with Govt. Step 3: Agile Focus Dartboard. The detailed agile focused analysis is shown in worksheet 3 Below: Conclusion/Learnings.
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Bootstrap mentality keeps the organization focused on being frugal, innovative and agile. Another pro-tip – Keep everything short – small up-front capital requirement, short salescycles, short payment terms and recurring revenue cycles. Barters and Associations.
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Here are the four types of objections salespeople must field, along with a few tactics to help you get in the door, shorten the salescycle, increase pipeline velocity, avoid stalled deals, and, of course, close the sale. I prefer to teach turnaround frameworks, not generic scripts, because frameworks make you agile.
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