With their sharp marketing and simplistic designs, they seem to have come out of no where: MVMT, Warby Parker, Casper, Everlane. Where the hell did all these direct-to-consumer companies come from and is there any room to begin your own? There is more hope than you think.
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Performance Trumps Delivery: Measuring Individual Success on Any Startup Team
Anyone can show up to work; not everyone can perform. As much as we emphasize "delivery," team's often forget about the most important element of every role: performance. So where do you start and what do you measure? Get ready to find out.
3 Easy Ways To Market Yourself
If you Google'd your name right now, what comes up? Dozens of other people who share your name? A photographer in NYC slanging his services? A rancher in Omaha promoting single-sourced sirloin steaks? Weird…Where do you fall? Learn 3 low cost hacks to make sure your brand is top of mind for when someone Google's you.
Think Twice: Know The Difference Between Retention & Engagement
Let's be honest, engagement sounds A LOT like retention. Don't you engage customers so to retain them? As great as it is to get thousands of customer in the door, that doesn't matter much if you can't keep em. Learn the difference once & for all.
5 Dangerous Startup Lores (And How to Rise Above Them)
Lore: a story or fact passed between generations yet rarely questioned of its truth anymore. What lores do you believe? Whether you're just starting your a company or a serial founder, you'll find value in these 5 deceptively simple "startup lores" most fall for.