The Startup Weekly: #38
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Why I won’t run another startup
Don’t get caught up in the false euphoria of running a ‘startup’. Run a business.
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Prioritizing Product Features
A framework to help you choose which features to add to your product, and avoid ‘feature bloat’.
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The Growth Hacking Model at Facebook, Twitter and Quora
A useful way to think about Growth Hacking for your product — a 4-stage process, with examples.
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The Metrics Every Entrepreneur Should Know by Heart
Historical financials are not always a good predictor of future startup success. But entrepreneurs’ understanding of their financials and key metrics most definitely is.
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The Definitive Guide To The Digital Display Ad Ecosystem
A great primer on the increasingly complicated digital ad ecosystem. And to think it all started when one small search company decided to monetize with ads.
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All Revenue is Not Created Equal: The Keys to the 10X Revenue Club
Not strictly about startups. But an excellent, timeless, read on how to build strong, highly valued public companies — what matters is not the revenue itself, but the quality of revenue.
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If founder time is worth 5-figures per hour, here’s how to act accordingly
How would you change your working style if every hour of your time was work $10K? Well, as a founder, it is — so go figure.
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Entrepreneurs Need to Focus on Culture, Not Perks
As Greg Besner, who wrote this, says — ping-pong tables and a beer refrigerator don’t define a company’s culture. They are perks. Focus on increasing employee engagement and personal, professional development — then you’ve got a culture.
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Have a great business idea? Don’t quit your job yet.
7 things you can do to sketch out, validate and test your business idea. All before you quit your job. [Disclaimer: this is a post from my blog. Hope you like it.]
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