grantsch

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by grantsch 2y ago
I’m shocked at the lack of knowledge here. If you think a bad actor is targeting you, DO NOT REPLY. They will not honor your opt out request but they may use your number in the future as you’ve confirmed there’s a human behind it. They may
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by grantsch 3y ago
There is no incentive whatsoever without profit motive to help others repeatedly in an efficient way Large organizations just further exacerbate this
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by grantsch 3y ago
Dude do you not have a credit or debit card? Seriously asking
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by grantsch 3y ago
We need to wash out these capital destroying companies/managers/investors It's been like a race to light capital on fire across every industry up to now
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by grantsch 4y ago
.com is very important Especially for email deliverability Using other TLDs is a mistake
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by grantsch 4y ago
Yes I am aware that lying and cheating is very common behavior In those lines of work where it's especially common, ethical behavior can be a competitive advantage
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by grantsch 4y ago
Yes you are correct that lying and cheating does have a long history
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by grantsch 4y ago
Yes that is 1 way to justify compromising your ethics
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by grantsch 4y ago
Yeah or maybe you could just be honest and not cheat. That's a good option too.
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by grantsch 4y ago
What basis do you have to think that VC investors "on-average still make a lot of money" There doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence of that if you're talking about LPs
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by grantsch 4y ago
that's only true for unprofitable activity
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by grantsch 4y ago
Why would you not price "sales and marketing" into CAC That's what causes the A in CAC I really think that's part of what drives a lot the confusion here among companies
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by grantsch 4y ago
What about 6 months later when competitors arrive? Not all markets are winner takes all or even close to it
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by grantsch 4y ago
Why does real LTV have to be greater than CAC. Can you explain that to me? If you’re LTV is actually higher than LTV can’t you finance the difference?
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by grantsch 4y ago
Yes that would be one way to justify to others spending more on acquiring customers than they pay you.
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by grantsch 4y ago
Many many software companies end up spending more money to acquire a customer than a customer will ever pay them. I tend to think this is because the demand and need for many tools is not significant enough to justify the amount of capital
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by grantsch 4y ago
Well the fact that these companies were given enough capital not to worry about turning a profit indefinitely did contribute to it Revenue alone just isn't enough. You have to turn a profit
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by grantsch 4y ago
Unprofitable companies suddenly realizing at the last possible moment that they need to be profitable or they’re done.
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by grantsch 4y ago
Companies do this so they can price discriminate for high margin goods and services
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by grantsch 4y ago
that is very rare to find based on the framing you gave, sure if you're willing to break the law, selling isn't the hard part...
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by grantsch 4y ago
if the idea of getting rejected is a major problem for you, you need to hire someone else to do this for you
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by grantsch 4y ago
this just isn't true for b2b it really boils down to the following: data distribution/marketing discovery closing data is challenging for most companies distribution is somewhat challenging and very challenging if your offer sucks
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by grantsch 4y ago
>Focus on features NO EDIT: If you are a programmer, please do not give this guy your advice on selling. Seriously, you are sabotaging him and it's not cool
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by grantsch 4y ago
You are born with the ability to sell. Or you aren't The people on hn will downvote me for this, but it's true. And practically none of them are sellers
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by grantsch 4y ago
Only the ones that will succeed (very few, maybe 1%?) have a secret tho
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by grantsch 4y ago
I see what you're saying but the analogy isn't very good The reason a local bake shop doesn't do superbowl spots is because they're wasting their spend on millions of people who their offer is irrelevant to. I don't
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by grantsch 4y ago
It's ok. To each his own I opt to keep growing
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by grantsch 4y ago
What you're saying is just not true. It's also not what capex means. Most companies do not and cannot "go viral" that is a fantasy for most offers. Unfortunately it's just not that easy There's a reason that mi
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by grantsch 4y ago
Who are you to decide that though? If you don't try to reach them - your inferior competitors will. Then you and your potential users are both worse off
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by grantsch 4y ago
If your product is so damn good Why don't you want to tell more people about it - wouldn't that help them? (and you?) Seriously asking - like I get it if you only want to make $x and call it a day but can you help me understand wh

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