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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

Failure to focus on customer retention, for example, is a surefire way to brush aside the frustrations of existing customers. For smaller businesses, simple incentives can be given to the sales team to encourage customer retention. Company culture may also be a contributing factor in the manner in which employees deal with hindrances.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

I have seen many teams pour tons of money, time and effort into PR strategies without thinking about how product tweaks could drive more consumption, more retention and more referrals. Growth hacking is a mentality that a company needs to be committed to. Doesn’t.

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4 Electronic Data Tools Used By Global Companies

The Startup Magazine

Tracking employee retention. The post 4 Electronic Data Tools Used By Global Companies appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Automatically share information with clients. Visualize your inventory and sales. Find out if there are any supply chain inefficiencies.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. But even with this profitable Q3, on a trailing twelve months (TTM) basis Airbnb has a GAAP net loss of >$1 billion.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. The company this past fall opened IdentityMind Global , a store where customers can purchase compliance technology and integrate it into their existing workflows.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. This is partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008, which led many companies to reassess their spending to cut costs. The Renault Logan.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.