How to shut down a company; Best practices for working with marketing agencies and contractors; Starting your PLG motion
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How and when to hire marketing agencies and contractors
Startups waste way too much money hiring contractors for all the wrong things. It’s too hard to effectively manage a bunch of marketing contractors and agencies if your ratio of external to internal marketers is off. Marketing contractors aren't band-aids in a downturn. Emily Kramer of MKT1 on how to use them successfully, and what to keep in mind when hiring all types of marketing contractors or agencies…Read more.
Five steps to starting your PLG motion
PLG is proven to have higher efficiency and broader reach than any other growth motion and can be a great complement to a sales-led motion. But you need a good reason and strong conviction to launch a PLG motion, because the investment is not trivial. If you are starting net-new with PLG, your main challenge will be a lack of foundation and expertise. Gitlab’s former growth leader Hila Qu shares how you can pick a starting point and what the most common pitfalls are…Read more.
Rise of the Silicon Valley small business
Angel investor and Clubhouse’s former Head of Commumity Anu Atluru believes that in 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them will have big outcomes. What’s the archetype of a Silicon Valley small business? How do they differ from traditional SMBs and tech startups? And, why now?…Read more.
How to shut down a company when things aren't working
Failure is part of the business model of our industry, but there's little advice on how to shut down a company when things aren't working. We just don’t talk about it that often. Pulley’s Yin Wu shares tactics for dissolving a startup in three parts, and what to tell investors to get them to fund your next bet…Read more.
How to tell if your idea is worth pursuing
Thinking about starting something new in 2023? The best way to begin testing new ideas is to make a validation plan and create a hypothesis statement. Zoe Chew on how to validate startup ideas quickly using these five steps…Read more.
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