Here’s a focused list of best practices to manage and retain independent service providers (like Lyft drivers) in a two-sided marketplace: 1. Treat Providers as Customers They’re just as critical as users. Offer onboarding support like video tutorials and 1:1 chat. Simplify the application and a...
We have been down the same road in the past for sure. Time and Time again. E-mail is a terrible strategy phone is always best. A great way to get a response is to text them if you have their mobile numbers. A great site for that is Twilio.com Also What does your caller ID read ie when you call do...
The right answer is that just like dev is a learned, professional skill, so is the business stuff. You can get some skills training from places like www.TeamTreehouse.com - and I would recommend that you do so - but just like you wouldn't want a developer who has never developed anything writing ...
I don't have a book recommendation but I will suggest reading everything by Matthew Carroll on Quora. http://www.quora.com/Matthew-Carroll/answers/E-Commerce He's brilliant when it comes to financial modelling and biz models
As a web designer, online visibility is incredibly important when it comes to branding globally. Depending on your business, a lot of your global business goals can be achieved by setting up an online business. You should register domains in the countries you'd like to market to, such as the US...
There are a handful of great PR agencies for mobile consumer apps in SF & NY but for a consumer launch, a great PR agency isn't sufficient to garner widespread coverage. With so much actual product awareness for new apps being driven by Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook), traditional PR...
I have advised a number of Clarity members on this question exactly. LinkedIn can be a great place to find your technical cofounder. I would look for someone who has been at their current company longer than 18 months and has relevant experience or interest in the problem you're looking to solv...
Answer with the truth. And perhaps follow their question up with a question such as "Why do you ask?" This serves 2 key purposes: 1. It helps you get to the root of what they are looking for / need / want. And regardless of whether you get that particular client's business or not - you gain v...
GREAT QUESTION! I loved doing trade shows and with our strategies we would get 10% of all the people who attended to sign up at our stand which is unprecedented. We did this WITHOUT any need to give leaflets to people who would just walk past and forget all about you. I have taught this strat...
Depending on the market, a bank is going to look at a combination of low-cost customer acquisition (particularly in strategic growth segments), mass-market desposit mobilization, credit portfolio growth and fee-based income. The respective weight of these, in terms of relative importance, will de...