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A/B testing a price point
Is it legally/ethically bad to run a split test on the price point of your product?
Temporary coupons don't test the right things and introduce other variables into the experiment …
7
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4answers
233 views
What decision you made in 2009 had the biggest impact on the growth of your business?
I started treating - information as a commodity.
This change in mindset opened up many more possibilities and opportunities. Basic idea is that much information can be treated lik …
5
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8answers
185 views
Frustrating objection to lean startup strategies
I said: "We should build a minimally viable product, push it out and see how the market respond."
Biz partner said: "No, we should build a full featured product and give a good fi …
5
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1answer
55 views
Do the same Inbound Marketing rules apply for a systems company?
My present company is a systems company that has to sell both hardware and software to business end customers. We are close to launching our product and I was wondering if the same …
5
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4answers
130 views
How best to deal with a rising Canadian dollar value for a software company?
My software company is in Canada. We sell our software for download from our web-site. Most of our sales are made in the US, though we do about %25 of our business in Canada and E …
4
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7answers
147 views
What are the barriers to good/great Execution
I always hear that its execution that matters not the idea, and thaat you can have a great idea, team, resources but still good execution is not guaranteed. how can that happen
i h …
4
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6answers
223 views
What has been the most surprising challenge of doing a start up?
What is the one single challenge that has surprised you the most about doing a start up and what strategies and tactics did you execute to overcome this challenge?
4
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1answer
55 views
What are the pros and cons of repackaging our saas product as an OEM product?
We've started beta testing our WordonWiki software. WordonWiki is a Wiki with all the features you'd expect from a wiki, but it lets you create and edit pages with MS Word.
We're …
4
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5answers
517 views
I created a software product. How and where do I promote it?
So I had an itch to scratch, and out came FreezBeat . Granted it's a simple product, but what it does it does well. Now that it's launched and available for purchase, I'm at a loss …
4
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3answers
178 views
How do you define or evaluate your strategy?
There are always too many options, too many ideas, too many unknown even too many answers.
Do you have any methodology?
What tool do you use?
How do you define or evaluate your …
4
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6answers
195 views
Strategy for unveiling a social network?
I have identified a niche community, for which I want to build a social network.
From compete.com, I see that the TAM is at least 10K unique active users. Their web activites revol …
4
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3answers
326 views
Website launch strategy with
My partner and I would like to lunch a new marketplace for products that, for obvious reasons, we can't disclose at this point. We don't have any patent or proprietary IP to raise …
4
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2answers
98 views
What are the best resources for learning about effective online advertising?
I know I can place ads on Google with Adwords, target ads to individuals' interests on Facebook, use an ad network that distributes my ad broadly, or even buy ads on specific indiv …
4
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9answers
695 views
What’s are some good strategies to attract customers to a new website?
When startups launch a new web site or application, and initially have no customers, what is the best way to attract customers to the site? SEO? Adwords? Word of mouth?
3
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8answers
169 views
Customer feedback - good or bad?
Interesting post from Mark Cuban titled "why you should NEVER listen to your customer" references an long standing Alan Kay quote "the best way to predict the future is to invent i …