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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead of that naive approach, I wish Id had a book like this one, to help me figure out how to get started with customer development step-by-step. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups.

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How to Build a Product Launch Strategy

ConversionXL

For example, by evaluating Buffer’s pricing page, we can determine their product is built for small businesses and marketing teams: This, coupled with a basic understanding of this audience, allows us to determine that pricing is a key factor when these segments make a decision to invest in software.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said.

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Freemium vs. Free Trial: Which Gets You More Paying Customers (Not Just Freeloaders)?

ConversionXL

But rather than spending marketing dollars on expensive, bottom-of-funnel ad buys—or on content that attempts to explain the value of a product—a product-led strategy lets consumers create their own “Aha!” Consumer psychology also suggests why product-led strategies may enjoy more success : Endowment effect. What are your goals?

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. When he’s not developing software, he’s furiously working towards becoming a better Micropreneur. If you offer a product for free you get more users and more feedback on your product. at 10:31 am [.]