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How to Handle Competition in Business: 7 Tips to Beat Competition
Competition is healthy for businesses – it will force you to innovate, staying ahead of the curve. Yet that rivalry can also be intimidating.&n...
Running a Business
Setting up Customer Support in a start-up
I find it surprising how often entrepreneurial types come up with an excellent idea, build an MVP and then completely forget that they will need to su...
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How to validate your business idea without going broke
The best business ideas solve problems. If you can solve a big enough problem, you can bet people will give you money. So, instead of building out a p...
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Sell early and sell often: A guide to SaaS sales
Many startups struggle with sales because founders don’t want to sell an imperfect product. But, products can’t be improved without custom...
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SaaS founders need to know these tax rules
Do you have a remote team? Affiliate sales or marketing partners? Are you using PPC (pay-per-click) ads that direct users to make purchases? Then you&...
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ConvertKit: How to go from freelance to founder of a $10M company
Many freelancers dream of making the switch from service provider to product founder. The stability of passive income is never more top-of-mind than w...
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How founders can research, write, and edit a quality blog post in 1 hour
We all need traffic. Targeted traffic to our websites that’ll convert. SEO, PPC ads, organic social media posts, blogs, email newsletters, a cul...
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How to use playtime to double your productivity
Can you imagine? In a world where Dave and Buster’s exists, human beings don’t have enough playtime. But seriously, we don’t, particularly w...
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Separating work and personal life: 4 tactics you need to know
What’s most important in your life? Is it waking up and going to a job you love and being productive? Is it coming home and feeling cozy around ...
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What startups should know about Monthly Active Users (MAU)
Whether you are looking for investment from VCs or taking stock of the health of your start-up or app there are certain numbers you should keep your e...
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Signs it’s time to hire (and when to hold off)
Most likely, your company started out small. Perhaps it was even a team of one: you. But there comes a time when you need to grow. It’s exciting! Ho...
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How to crush goals in a SaaS business
SaaS companies are based on recurring revenue, usually per month or per quarter, and so we place heavy focus on both gaining new business and retainin...
Running a Business
How to stay lean and customer-centric when developing your product
You’ve got an idea for a subscription-based product. You know how you want it to look and feel, you know the flow of the platform, and you’re read...
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How Churn Prediction Can Improve Your Business
60-70%. According to Marketing Metrics, that’s the probability of selling to an existing customer. The probability of selling to a brand-new custome...
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How to determine market size for a product
One of the most important things to know before you even think about turning an idea into a product, is the size of the market you’re going to be ta...
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4 ways to be productive while working remotely
Here at Baremetrics, we boast an entirely remote team…but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy or entirely productive, so we understand how hard i...
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Choosing the right business academy in a digital age
Entrepreneurship does not come with a user manual. Success in business is not a paved road with clear signs, road maps, or a buddy riding shotgun who ...
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The Key Tenets of Project Management
Project management. It’s a broad term that can mean many things to many people across various industries. Every company tackles projects in their ow...
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How to Build a Startup Culture
The mention of startup culture brings to mind both sleep-deprived college students tinkering in a garage and the high-energy futuristic offices of Sil...
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How to Value A SaaS Business
When it comes time to part ways with your business, you may look to sell it to someone else. One of the first questions that comes to mind is “how m...
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Firing
Hire slowly, fire fast When you’re working at a startup, the cost of an under performer is enormous. Besides their sub-par work, and your personal f...
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Questions to ask when interviewing for a remote position
As a 100% remote team, we’ve had to become great at interviewing and hiring remote candidates. There are an enormous number of people who think "wor...
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Unlimited Vacation Time
The benefits of a flexible vacation policy mean that more companies are expanding their perks to include it. Is it something that could work for you?...
Running a Business
Startup Insurance
Ah insurance. You’re on the edge of your seat already aren’t you? It may not be fun, and it’s about as exciting as watching grass grow, but havi...
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How to hire for your startup
Rome wasn’t built in a day, or by a single Roman! At some point, you’re going to need to hire an employee, or 5. But hiring can be hard. Where do ...