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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-hidden-cost-of-vendor-lock-in-in-deep-tech-companies. Vendor lock-in in deep-tech is more expensive than most companies realise. Explore the hidden cost of dependency across PLM, MES, ERP and cloud AI Check more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business. You can also check exclusive content about #digital-transformation, #vendor-management-software, #deep-tech, #plm, #erp-software, #artificial-intelligence-(ai), #technology-strategy, #vendor-lock-in, and more. This story was written by: @irserg. Learn more about this writer by checking @irserg's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. This is the core argument of this article: lock-in has two costs, not one. There is the visible cost of migrating away from an entrenched platform, and there is the invisible, compounding cost of not migrating

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-silicon-valley-fallacy-what-you-need-to-know. The myth that a great product sells itself is a costly delusion. Undervaluing sales and marketing is how good products fail. Check more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business. You can also check exclusive content about #sales-and-marketing, #founder-advice, #gtm, #silicon-valley-fallacy, #sales-strategy, #leadership, #management-and-leadership, #team-management, and more. This story was written by: @mtrifiro. Learn more about this writer by checking @mtrifiro's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Technical founders often believe a great product will sell itself, but this is a dangerous fallacy. They undervalue sales and marketing, which are crucial for success. The "product" should be seen as the entire customer journey, and the sales/marketing team should be integrated with engineering from the start, not hired as an afterthought. Companies that build strong sales and marketing muscles are the ones that last.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/most-finance-content-creators-are-running-a-business-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-trading. Most finance creators don't trade, they sell hope. I built their funnels, here's the playbook they use, the red flags to spot, and how to vet them. Check more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business. You can also check exclusive content about #creator-economy, #social-media, #finance, #investing, #investing-for-beginners, #retail-trading, #trading-education, and more. This story was written by: @ivan-patriki. Learn more about this writer by checking @ivan-patriki's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Most finance creators aren't traders; they're marketers who learned that trading content converts. The business model runs on broker affiliate deals, courses, and subscriptions that pay out regardless of whether you make money. Here's how to spot the playbook before it costs you.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/500-blog-posts-to-learn-about-saas. Learn everything you need to know about Saas via these 500 free HackerNoon blog posts. Check more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business. You can also check exclusive content about #saas, #learn, #learn-saas, and more. This story was written by: @learn. Learn more about this writer by checking @learn's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/after-15-years-buying-backlinks-ive-learned-that-most-authority-is-manufactured. After 15 years of buying backlinks from cold emailers, underground forums, and Fiverr, here's how the SEO underbelly actually operates. Receipts included. Check more stories related to business at: https://hackernoon.com/c/business. You can also check exclusive content about #search-engine-optimization, #backlinks, #guest-posting, #domain-authority-and-seo, #off-page-seo-tactics, #seo-backlinks, #backlink-marketplaces, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @veracalloway. Learn more about this writer by checking @veracalloway's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. I spent 15 years buying backlinks from the SEO underbelly. Same wholesale lists rebranded across hundreds of "vendors." DR/DA inflated through closed link networks. Dead sites sold as live. Subdomains disguised as parent-domain placements. Press release distribution to 313 sites that turned out to be 30 fake-news domains spun across hundreds of niche subdomains. A reptile niche edit delivered as a link on a dog article. Here's how the economy works, why agencies resell the same garbage at higher price points, and the questions that keep you out of it.