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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works! They could have taken the tens of millions of dollars that the product cost to develop, and made their existing operation just 0.01% more effective, and made the same amount of money. A marketing campaign that adds two sign-ups/week is a success.

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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

“American democracy was born of no theorist’s dream; it was not carried in the Sarah Constant to Virginia, nor in the Mayflower to Plymouth. That summer, this bumpkin/badass former governor from Vermont running for president (Howard Dean) had found this guy Joe Trippi to run his presidential campaign. I had to be there.

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Life After the Funnel: 6 Reasons why You’re Neglecting eCommerce Customer Retention

The Startup Magazine

Image Source: The Next Scoop ) Just under half of all ecommerce startups spend their monthly marketing budget on creative campaigns, social media targeting and traffic-generating strategies. Target large demographics, drop a creative campaign on social media and just don’t forget about the customers who have already converted.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Here are two good courses you might consider through Coursera: Business Strategy, offered by the University of Virginia. “Small businesses and entrepreneurs want to help their businesses grow but don’t have the money for big marketing campaigns. Financial aid is available for those who might need the extra support.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Here are two good courses you might consider through Coursera: Business Strategy, offered by the University of Virginia. “Small businesses and entrepreneurs want to help their businesses grow but don’t have the money for big marketing campaigns. Financial aid is available for those who might need the extra support.

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Six “Killer” Tips to Bring Your Outbound Marketing Back to Life

Duct Tape Marketing

With more competitive venues to create and leave a colorful impression on prospects from the usage of video in content marketing to flooding your prospect’s mind with compelling, funny, or memorable imagery—reexamine your outbound marketing campaign. Synchronize your in-house operations and your direct marketing activities.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. In our case, society, we call the 900,000 communities we operate in. We did this campaign called “Go Near Instead of Go Far.” Those are your five stakeholders.