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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status. Seed: This is the initial stage of funding, and is generally used to employ the founding team and begin market research and product development.

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5 Steps to Validate New Hi-Tech Product Planning

Smarter With Gartner

Product marketers must adjust their messaging in a downturn and support new strategies in a recovery from a disruptive crisis. Learn more: Power Your Product Strategy with Gartner Product Decisions. In hi-tech product planning, once an idea stands up to extended internal scrutiny, momentum builds.

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All Customers Aren’t Alike

Partners in Excellence

Are they risk averse, are they always the last to adopt a change, choosing to compete on price or other bases? Geoffrey Moore’s work in Crossing The Chasm gives us one model to look at at how customer maturity impacts our success in engaging customers. The innovators, love MVP’s (minimum viable products).