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I once faced a similar issue - I needed a CRM that could also manage the production of standardized proposals and track them from creation through sending and the client acceptance / revision / rejection stages and then create a project and assign resources dynamically. All the systems at the ...

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From my experience I would not advise you to go with Venture Capital when you're a start-up as in the end they will most likely end up screwing you. A much better source for funding would be angel investors or friends/family. The question of how much equity should I give away differs for every s...

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I'm answering with the assumption that you are going to deploy this B2B rather than B2C. Developing traction before the fact for business or enterprise solutions can be tough - you can't presell them in the way that you can with a widget, you can't drive masses of consumer traffic to them to t...

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Since I spent over a decade working in government and then 3+ years selling into all levels of government at my last SaaS company, I'll provide my initial thoughts here. But there are no easy answers to this question as the 15 days without a response can attest. Your initial challenge (from the...

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I would do another test run to confirm that it wasn't a one-time lucky streak that you hit. These numbers are definitely relevant to investors as they want to know the conversion rates. You should calculate your Customer Acquisition costs as this number will be important to investors. However, lo...

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An acquaintance of mine works full time doing 1-on-1 video instruction for a very small niche topic. If an individual can succeed with that business model, even after reinventing every wheel, and do well enough to give up an engineer's salary, then surely a broader platform could succeed. Econo...

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I come across this question daily with my clients. From experience, it's usually best to go Hybrid on your first iteration. It all boils down to validating your product and getting traction. Your quickest way to do that is to put a product out in the market quick. Most frameworks for Hybrid a...

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TALK TO THEM. No one cares about your product. I don't say that meanly. No one cares about MY products, either. I'm saying it to make a jarring point. You know what they DO care about? Things they they make, or already sell, that are making them most of the money they bring in NOW. And your ...

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There are merits to both options, but unless your economics dictate one over the other, the choice should be made by your consumers. I would suggest that you use landing pages to test both pricing models and let the relative click-through-rates tell you which is the right way to go. Validate th...

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