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United Sample Expands Sales, Employees

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Encino-based United Sample is reporting today that it had a triple-digit sales increase over last year, and has now has 70 team members working at the firm. United Sample provides online sampling services for the market research industry. READ MORE>>.

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United Sample Raises $3M

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Los Angeles-based United Sample, which operates online survey and sampling services for the market research industry, announced today that it has raised $3M in a Series B funding round. United Sample said that Dana Settle of Greycroft will join the firm's board along with the funding. READ MORE>>.

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Investors cozy up to LA-based ettitude’s bamboo bedding and sleep wear with $1.6 million

TechCrunch LA

Upon arrival, Yu realized she’d need a strong co-founder with experience in branding to help her navigate the massive market in the U.S. “Phoebe sent me a sample and I had the best night of sleep in my life,” Dey said. From then on the two co-founders began the long, hard slog of marketing their business. .

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5 “What-Ifs” To Include In A Startup Financial Model

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. What if you need to change your market size and volume projections? Yet they can be done by a simple financial model in a few milliseconds.

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uSamp Names CFO, Promotes VPs

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The company explained it has recently doubled the size of its sales force due to the growth it has been seeing. Tags: sample united research market sampling panel executive usamp. Courtright was previously at DMS, which uSamp acquired in June. READ MORE>>.

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Don’t Underrate The Value Of A Startup Plan Document

Startup Professionals Musings

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. Specifically, 1.

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