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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

Churn rate was high for a service that many organizations saw as a “nice to have.” I know this language sounds formal and stuffy, but high-ticket service sales cycles are long. Start small, and then start hiring new talent to expand upon what you’ve started. These days, many agencies start as a lean operation.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They See Businesses Making in 2022

Hearpreneur

Face-to-face engagement is important, especially at vital points in the sales cycle or while creating relationships. 15- Study supply chains and hiring trends. Not working on feature requests has, in a large way, contributed to our churn rates. Thanks to James Wilkinson, Balance One Supplements ! #15-

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Finding Product Market Fit is More Than Just Checking Boxes

VC Cafe

For example, listen to Ycombinator’s warning to founders about hiring people and increasing burn before they’ve found PMF ?

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data.