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Framework Benchmarks Round 16

TechEmpower

Speaking of C#, a mainstream C# framework from a scrappy startup named Microsoft has been taking huge leaps up the charts. #rustlang Rust now comes out on top comfortably in the TechEmpower benchmarks [link] — Iwan van der Kleijn (@soyrochus) March 28, 2018. ASP.NET Core is not your father's ASP.NET.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Given the bank more “warrant coverage.&#. Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype. Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options.

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Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants?

Both Sides of the Table

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. What are Performance Based Warrants? What is a “performance based&# warrant? Should You Offer Them?

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

They usually ask for warrants (basically like a stock option) in exchange for taking a deferred fee. Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. He represented us at one firm I invested in and did a great job.

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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

ConversionXL

The most underrated piece of marketing advice is that you’ve got to name something,” Drift’s Dave Gerhardt told Leadfeeder. “If If you don’t name something, then it doesn’t become real.”. Drift manages “Hypergrowth,” a conference whose name has its own emerging brand-term potential. It’s conversational marketing.”

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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

On this day we stopped looking at the hosted version as a new product line, and started looking at it as a market test; to see if we could build enough of a customer base to warrant a major investment in the hosted invoicing market space. The deliverable was a Google spreadsheet containing the blog URL, blogger's name and blogger's email.

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4 Things Not To Skimp On When Starting A Business

YoungUpstarts

Once you have everything set up, you can maintain it on your own until you’re earning enough money and bringing in enough business to warrant hiring someone to maintain it for you. The best way to do this is to hire a professional to help you create a solidly branded website and matching social media profiles. Legal Assistance.