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MenuIs there a good reference book/paper for managing growth from point of first sale through to sustainable and scaleable growth for a consumer product?
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MV
MV
Are you looking at this subject from a marketing or management of growth point of view? In other words are you asking how to grow or how to manage and track growth?
Michael
michaelirvin.net
DA
DA
I like Ash Maurya paper on pricing. Here's a link to a nice article written by him: http://venturehacks.com/articles/pricing-experiments
DM
DM
Not sure if it fits your product or company, but I LOVE this book by Ben (on Clarity) & Alistair
http://leananalyticsbook.com/
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