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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. Generally, I suggest explore Builtfirst , Clutch , Fundedbuy , Rocketplace , and/or Spotsource. Organize events in your vertical. Customer Development. AskAnything.VC

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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2

Steve Blank

If leads from this show do not turn into orders, why are we going again next year? General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup. Lets see why.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

My service startup quickly grew and became a platform to identify new problems we could solve for clients. Inversely, if you’re using the agency model to fund another startup or product, you should probably keep things lean. Choose to expand vertically or horizontally. To my surprise, I closed my first client in under two weeks.

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Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups

www.rocketwatcher.com

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13.

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