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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

In board meetings, we scrutinize the efficiency of sales and marketing (S&M) spend, costs of goods sold (COGS), and general and administrative costs (G&A). The problem with the 70–20–10 rule is that product is so multifaceted that it defies a generalizable rule or framework.

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IdeaPAD case study: How do you define and build value for an existing product?

Paul G. Silva

The PixelEdge] workshop and canvasses provided an easy structured framework to work through our evaluation and customer discovery process. The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The

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Sanity, a platform to build and manage content flows on sites, raises $9.3M from Ev Williams, Threshold and more

TechCrunch

They do include e-commerce experiences, but also companies building interactive tools for customers to look at, mix, and match various light fixtures from a lighting consultancy; more standard publishing services; and for helping tailor materials for emergency medical training services.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it?

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Challenger Brands: Change is guaranteed. Growth is optional.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What we later saw during the pandemic was our business took a major turn towards growth in Q4 ’20 as our mix of off-premise tasting and digital solutions amplified one another. Is it any surprise that Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify is now on the board of directors for Coinbase? And the momentum has continued into ’22.” It shouldn’t be.