MarketBeat Update: We Reached $25.6M In Revenue Last Year [With 11
If you are launching a new product, particularly if you are a small business just starting out, the Head to Head style is rarely a good choice. Trying to beat an established market leader at their own game is a bit like trying to out-cola Coke. It would be foolish for a small company to ever try.
April Dunford • Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
All the
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businesses that I'd started before, I
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always just [ __ ] around way too much
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for way too long with stuff that didn't
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actually drive revenue. And I just told
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myself whatever I do next, I'm just
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going to shorten the period between
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starting and revenue as much as I like
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possibly can.
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businesses that I'd started before, I
0:09
always just [ __ ] around way too much
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for way too long with stuff that didn't
0:13
actually drive revenue. And I just told
0:15
myself whatever I do next, I'm just
0:16
going to shorten the period between
0:18
starting and revenue as much as I like
0:20
possibly can.
Why you should build a sweaty startup instead of an indie SaaS - Flo Schirmer
Gary Bencivenga's Marketing Maxims
... See moreThe fastest-moving entrepreneurs are obsessive resource allocators. Similar to investors, they seek the best risk-adjusted returns with the resources they have. The main resources of the business are time (of the team), attention (of the team), and capital (of the business). So resource allocation is 1) aligning attention on the most important
Every VC and executive has been trained to ask about and judge businesses based on their go-to-market and distribution strategy but perhaps they should start focusing on their stay-in market and retention strategy more deeply.