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Knowledge Retention: How to Protect Your Competitive Advantage

ConversionXL

Knowledge retention is a process for identifying. Knowledge retention isn’t a corporate nicety. Successful knowledge retention programs answer three key questions: What knowledge may be lost? Why knowledge retention matters. Knowledge retention makes information transferrable. This post helps you answer each.

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7 Barriers To Communication In Business Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

From an entrepreneur perspective, here are the key barrier-to-understanding elements: Unclear frame of reference. Whenever you discuss any startup matter, the receivers will view it from their particular frame of reference, including their values, their priorities, and their background. Stereotyping and biases. Information withheld.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower

Client Retention: Do they have repeat or long-term clients? References: The company should willingly provide references. Support and Maintenance: After the launch of your application, what support does the company provide? Do they assist with the transition to in-house or other developers? How do they handle hosting and support?

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

View from Seed

This is true not only in terms of GAAP net profit (most conservative representation of profit), but also Airbnb’s FCF is well above even its adjusted EBITDA (most liberal representation of profit, sometimes referred to in jest as “profit before the bad stuff”). Note 1 : I refer to Airbnb as a lodging marketplace.

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6 Hiring Principles To Grow The Best New Venture Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Team managers in a hurry to hire often skip references, assuming they won’t get the real story anyway. The proper training and support right up front is key to retention, the right attitude, and their ability to be influential in driving your business. Have multiple team members do their own two-way interviews, and compare notes.

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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time? The metrics, and how they relate, are captured in his slide: Note the relationship between retention/referral efforts and lifetime value. channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators.

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7 Ways A Business Message Gets Lost In The Process

Startup Professionals Musings

From an entrepreneur perspective, here are the barrier to understanding categories: Unclear frame of reference. Whenever you discuss any startup matter, the receivers will view it from their particular frame of reference, including their values, their priorities, and their background. Stereotyping and biases. Information withheld.

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