Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2016

In 1983, Lorne Whitehead, a physicist from the University of British Columbia proved he could knock down the Empire State Building with 29 dominos. A domino can knock over an other domino one-and-a-half times its size. Whitehead’s theory concretely demonstrates the power of a chain reaction. Like a series of dominos, a startup’s success is a chain reaction.

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CloseSaaS

JANUARY 27, 2016

Most companies have realized that a blog can be a powerful inbound lead generator. But it has the potential to be so much more. Many of us are so focused on acquisition and growth, that we aren't taking advantage of our blogs throughout the entire sales process.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 25, 2016

My father keeps a copy of Michael Porter’s Competitive Strategy on his bookshelf. An imposing dark gray tome, Competitive Strategy is a business classic. I remember reading it sometime in high school, and not understanding very much of it. It was only six years later in a college macroeconomics class, my professor helped me understand the value of the Five Forces.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 23, 2016

Quick. Casual. Human. Chat differs from other forms of communication. Because of these three attributes, chat seems to be reemerging as a potentially disruptive user interface for both consumers and business users. The typical teenages emits more than 3000 text messages per month, not to mention messages on other networks. Most retailers provide customer support via chat.

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