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Your DTC Brand Doesn’t Need a Marketing Strategy. It Needs a Distribution Bet.
How to Price a SaaS Product Without Guessing
03
Jul
The Risk Matrix Lies to You. Write the Autopsy Instead.
By
Manav Gupta
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Most diligence risk matrices are theater — a color-coded grid that launders a...
03
Jul
Your DTC Brand Doesn’t Need a Marketing Strategy. It Needs a Distribution Bet.
By
Manav Gupta
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Most "marketing strategies" for consumer brands are decks nobody executes....
03
Jul
How to Price a SaaS Product Without Guessing
By
Manav Gupta
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Most founders price their SaaS off gut feel and a glance at a competitor's...
03
Jul
Reading a Startup’s Financials: The Numbers That Actually Predict Survival
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Manav Gupta
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Most people analyze a young company's financial statements like a public-equity...
03
Jul
Market Sizing for a Pitch Deck: The TAM Slide Investors Actually Read
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Manav Gupta
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Most TAM/SAM/SOM slides are theater — a big number borrowed from a report...
03
Jul
Your Email List Is a Pile of Strings. Data Enrichment Turns It Into a Map.
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Manav Gupta
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An email address is an identifier, not intelligence. Here's how enrichment...
02
Jul
You Don’t Need a CMO. You Need a Strategy That Fits on One Page.
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Manav Gupta
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Most solo founders skip strategy because they think it requires a hire. It...
02
Jul
Reverse-Engineering a Competitor’s Pricing: What the Page Won’t Tell You
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Manav Gupta
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Copying a rival's price tiers is not strategy — it's cargo-culting a number you...
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