ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Getting there requires patience, internal buy-in, and supporting content. Instead, it is opinionated, often contrarian content that “has to pack a very real punch.”.

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Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Progressive. Image source ).

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Version One Ventures

JUNE 7, 2016

The acquiring company can just plug that product into their existing distribution channel to help round out their current product suite and grab more market share (and some might argue that even this is happening less frequently). Be sure to set your expectations and business model accordingly.

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IPO Distribution Channel Business Model 60

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices. The combination is amazing.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

BeyondVC

JANUARY 28, 2005

Luckily, I have 2 portfolio companies that I respectively invested in during 1999 and 2000 which survived the nuclear winter and are having an opportunity to contribute to this innovation by helping make search better and easier for users. There is obviously lots of innovation happening in the search space.

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Search RSS Technical Review Portfolio 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement.

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. Then the risk of that product succeeding is lessened by network effects made feasible by app stores and digital distribution, driving up customer adoption. Everything's better with the lean model.

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

one company running out of cash and another with cash but searching for a business model). Luckily, Google was one of the 150 and did ultimately return the fund assuming the LP was smart enough to hold the stock after distribution. But what about the case where both companies are well capitalized and doing well?

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Merger LP IPO Redemption 28

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business. The truth is the mixed economy model is what has provided the greatest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen. As a reminder, this is the model that the west has thrived under. But when the web 2.0

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. Free product.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Lee, quite simply, has forgotten WAY more about the entertainment business than most of us will ever know (see his biography below). And he has graciously agreed to share the answers to the above questions, which winning business models to run with, which losers to run from, and much, much more!

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley IP Technical Review 76