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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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This is a riveting read and tale of ego, bad business practice and shady ethical behavior – if the article is even 50% true. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. I agree with him. Is that a real trend?

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

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This article originally appeared on Inc.com. And when you achieve product / market fit your company often ramps revenue very fast and you need to build an organization to address it from demand generation (aka marketing) to sales discovery to implementation and after-sales support. We called our methodology PUCCKA. Compelling Event.

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Building Scalable Startups: Strategies for Long-Term Growth

American Entrepreneurship

Eight components to successfully scaling a startup are presented in this article. If you’re wondering how to design a scalable business model for your startup, this article is a guide through the process and offers strategies to ensure your company can adapt and expand efficiently over time. What Is a Scalable Business Model?

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How Much Money Should You Raise From Venture Investors?

Dream It

This framework helps founders position their fundraising targets and avoid red flags with investors. Investors want to see founders supported, rewarded, and aligned to continue creating future enterprise value. If you want to dive deeper into terminology and how it impacts fundraising strategy, here’s a relevant Hackernoon article.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. My articles never appeared on Digg so I didn’t focus on it at all. ” Here are some examples: 1.

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Be Careful About Being a Meddling Startup CEO

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So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.” At times I wanted the engineering team to produce features to support our sales efforts to I occasionally leaned on them a bit. ” Of course I agree with this.

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From Misfit to This Fits: My Entrepreneurial Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I realized that for so many entrepreneurs, “design” was a mindset: our lives and businesses could be designed with the right series of decisions, habits, systems, processes and frameworks. and more articles from the EO blog. . It’s the first “why” question I’ve ever loved hearing. ask me why I’ve changed.