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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Then we could focus on standardizing a product that could have an automated sales cycle online. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Fantastic post.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

Those who didn’t have a product or much of a product used a concierge model of sorts ala Lean Startup philosophy to start running their business. I know nothing about viral marketing. Long sales cycles or signed contracts that won’t pay you for months is tough as a small investor (ala elephant hunting).

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

Those who didn’t have a product or much of a product used a concierge model of sorts ala Lean Startup philosophy to start running their business. I know nothing about viral marketing. Long sales cycles or signed contracts that won’t pay you for months is tough as a small investor (ala elephant hunting).

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Is Emotion Necessary To Make More Sales?

ConversionXL

Consider that NYT.com readers are on average 44 years old, have an average income of just under $75,000, over 50% are college educated, and over 25% work in some professional or managerial position – it makes sense that awe or anger inducing, opinionated articles perform the best on the left-leaning news site. image sources.

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