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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Stories like these are what has led me to this definition of progress for a startup: validated learning about customers. Ive definitely felt some of this pain in our startup. Great post! Great post!

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Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Debbie Howard (05:53): Yeah, it's definitely a hybrid approach, and certainly direct mail is still in the mix and is very effective. And the length of the sales cycle, especially with the assisted living, has increased their sales cycle by about 36%. Retention is really important. But I, you're right.

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Because every business adapts ABM to suit their own growth model, the definition changes to fit. In his account-based marketing course , Watt goes on to unpack each of the adjectives in his definition: Sustained. ABM isn’t a quick and easy win.

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Finding Product Market Fit is More Than Just Checking Boxes

VC Cafe

Let’s start from the textbook definition: Product Market Fit (PMF) is the stage where a product successfully meets a specific market’s needs, resulting in strong demand, customer satisfaction, and sustainable growth.

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Using Cohort Analysis for Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

Here’s the Wikipedia definition : “In statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared a particular event together during a particular time span[1] (e.g., How does retention differ among different acquisition channels? Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks.

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2023-2024 B2B SaaS Benchmarks

VC Cafe

This post explores the most important benchmarks VCs look for in B2B SaaS with data brought to you by 20VC/La Famiglia, Serena Capital, Emergence Capital, and Openview Ventures, providing definitions and insights into the most critical metrics for SaaS companies.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. You definitely can and there are many who do. Sales cycles matter though. HOWEVER, the length of a sales cycle is a strong consideration for most repeat successful founders. 3) Does your business have naturally short retention?

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