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Now Offering Canadian Tech Startups Access to Entrepreneur-Friendly Financing
I am thrilled to announce that Lighter Capital is making its growth capital offerings available in Canada. After much hard work and...
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What is Market Development Strategy? (Definition and Examples)
As the founder of a startup, you will undoubtably find yourself forced to make countless important decisions that, collectively, will...
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How to Build a Marketing Technology Stack (MarTech Stack) for Your Startup
Creating a robust marketing technology stack helps to increase your teams’ efficiency and improve all corners of your marketing...
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Low Customer Acquisition Cost: Why Lower Isn't Always Better
Is reducing your CAC the best way to increase your startup's profitability and likelihood of success? Not necessarily.
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Effective ‘Authority Marketing’ Tactics to Build Your Startup's Brand
The quest to achieve authority marketing – making your digital brand a known entity in the market – can feel like waving your arms to get...
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How Startup Investors Use Data
Data matters to startup investors. It helps evaluate investments and make important funding decisions, but data can be used differently.
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What is Diversification Strategy? (Definition and Examples)
Learn all about diversification strategy, including why companies diversify, types of diversification, and real-world examples.
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How to Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Startup
Create a short explanation of your startup that garners interest in a just a few seconds – or the time it takes to go to the next floor.
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Why Disqualifying Potential Customers is an Effective Startup Growth Strategy
You probably pulled a face when you read the headline for this article. We all know it’s counterintuitive to be disqualifying potential...
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How to Increase the Average Revenue per User (ARPU) of Your SaaS Product
As the SaaS market becomes more crowded and the cost of paid advertising increases, startups are beginning to think about the different...
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Considering a Business Loan? Don’t Ignore the True Cost of Capital
When considering a business loan to finance your capital needs, you’ll no doubt encounter a number of funding options. There are several...
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How to Define Your Startup's Ideal Customer Profile
If your B2B startup is struggling to thrive, one of the reasons might be that you haven’t worked out how to define your ideal customer...
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How to Create a Successful SaaS Marketing Strategy for Your Startup
With the entry barrier to starting a SaaS company at an all-time low, startups are finding it increasingly difficult to plan and...
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Book Review – The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barrier
Most books about business are written by people involved in creating and managing companies: founders, CEOs, or venture capitalists. They...
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Employee Retention Strategies for Tech Startups
For SaaS companies, understanding how to utilize effective employee retention strategies to reduce employee turnover and retain key...
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Channel Your Inner Unicorn: Lessons from the $1B Market Cap Club
If you’re at the helm of a fast-growing startup, you may have wondered if your innovative project has what it takes to become a unicorn....
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What Is Dark Data and How Does It Affect SaaS Businesses?
Mention the words “dark data” and it immediately conjures up images of The Matrix , hackers, black hat tactics, and so on. Yet despite...
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4 Ways to Protect Your Business From Wage and Hour Lawsuits
In 2017, employers were hit with over 8,200 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour lawsuits, largely due to failure to pay the...
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How to Build a Digital Marketing Roadmap for Your Startup
As a startup in today’s fast-paced digital world, it’s difficult to promote your brand consistently and effectively if you have no plan...
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What Is the Working Capital Turnover Ratio and How Is It Calculated?
What is working capital? Working capital is to a startup as wind is to a sailboat. Learn how to calculate and manage this critical metric.
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How to Build a Customer Success Team (and When to Scale)
When to invest in a customer success team is a big question for many growing startups. Obviously, happy customers are key to business...
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How to Pick High-Quality Angel Investors
It pays to do your research and know the kind of investment partner you want to take on for the long haul. Look for these 5 qualities.
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What to Do If Your SaaS Business Has Long Sales Cycles
A long sales cycle can feel like agony for your SaaS business. If it takes you six months, nine months, or a year to bring in each new...
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Tech Banks Pave the Way for Better Startup Financing Solutions
There are a variety of tech banks and financing options that are friendly to SaaS startups. We discuss a few we think are the best.
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