Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high. But distribution is now unlimited. Not so fast.
David Teten
JULY 25, 2017
For each of these, there is a human element (non-scaleable) and the possibility of a tech layer (which any one VC will only have implemented to varying extents). the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page.
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VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP. Today, those thinkers can create content directly (and in some cases exclusively) for their (paying) fans.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 3, 2013
Last month, the 17-year-old sold Summly , his news-aggregation app, to Yahoo for a reported $30 million! Non-Monetary Incentives. Because the platform lets curators distribute digests in their own names. It’s the best way to compete for the talent you need. It’s a win-win transaction in which no money changes hands.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
This approach is fundamentally non-scalable. Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. They are closing orders. They are gaining valuable customer data.
Occam's Razor
OCTOBER 14, 2014
… You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. As you can see above you can leverage benchmarking even if you are not an ecommerce website (above data is for non-ecommerce site), or indeed you have any type of business. Direct Traffic (I get a lot of it!)
ConversionXL
JUNE 13, 2016
Even A/B tests with well-conceived test concepts can lead to non-significant results and erroneous interpretations. The probability that the tests will compete with one another tends to be low here. If the assumption is wrong, there is a risk of long test runtimes and non-valid results. Why does this work?
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