Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. 16 years later it’s just another software company. How to Miss the Boat – Five Times.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. 16 years later it’s just another software company. How to Miss the Boat – Five Times.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market. The first is TAM, and the second is Uber’s market share within that market. Total Available Market Analysis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. Notice that none of those five reasons deals with TDD or automated testing, which have changed the game. This is the approach of test-driven-development (TDD). I agree with the other Anonymous regarding TDD (Test Driven Development). Do you have testers?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 25, 2024

Embracing Mortality: How to Live a Life Without Regret written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Jodi Wellman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jodi Wellman, an expert in positive psychology and author of You Only Die Once: How to Make it to the End with No Regrets.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

After taking several years away from having a normal law firm employer to help family, while working as a freelance lawyer & writer for other law firms, the job market for lawyers was terrible. Despite practicing law and building tech startups, there was a big part of me that was unsatisfied in each of those roles. 9- I HAD to.

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Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Gaurav Dhillon was one of the great enterprise entrepreneurs of the ‘90s and early 2000s. He founded and ran the premier integration company of the era, Informatica, took it public and built it into the number one company in the market. Building a technology company is hard. The market change: Software as a Service.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Page 1: Market Size. $3 Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. I was wrong.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But, increasingly, the Apple hype-fests are a marketing—not a product—showcase. For product launches, long-term success relies on cornerstones of marketing research and execution, like a strong value proposition and full-funnel campaign. Many who cite 80% include product ideas that never make it to market. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

Technology is changing the way sales is conducted. And as I mentioned, technology is making sales generally more sophisticated. There are broadly 5 types of sales enablement tools in the market today: 1. Why Is This Useful To Marketers? Look at some typical B2B marketing KPIs: Number of leads generated.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. TECHNOLOGY. Technology. Bringing Innovation to Market. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Start-up | Mondays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. These people sit around thinking "lofty thoughts about markets, products, the competition, and the like.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. But once you achieve initial product-market fit and are down the Sales Learning Curve , suddenly you are faced with a new challenge: how do I scale up the sales efforts? I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . in quota for a rep (i.e., $1m

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Briel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt Briel. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Great episode. 00:50): This is John Jantsch.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. At the time, Word for Mac was a relatively small market. So the team got to work.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

That then takes us down the very best way to answer that question, to use the five-step process to build out the Digital Marketing and Measurement Model. All I have access to is just a cursory review of their digital existence. There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). A quick best practice.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

But in light of where we are in 2020, especially with regard to the degrading efficiency and sky-rocketing cost of capital through the structurally broken IPO process, SPACs may emerge as a legitimate third option for helping Silicon Valley companies efficiently and cost-effectively transition into the public markets.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They bought high-end car brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover thinking they would be able to successfully grow these brands using the same marketing and operational methods that made Ford so successful. The key learning here was that the techniques that work for mass-market products don’t work for luxury goods or services.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Markets. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. more in Tech. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. My Journal.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Take the market and break it down into smaller chunks. I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Why do I do it? Building Product 2.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. of market capitalization. This world of giants is dominated by one colossus: Microsoft.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. They’re being found at breakneck pace right now precisely because they required substantial new security technology to actually exploit, and that new technology has unlocked an exciting new frontier in vulnerability research.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." And our customer base grew probably.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Nevertheless, smart entrepreneurs and small business owners pay careful attention to important market forces and trends that shape some of the world’s best brands. Here are the five key highlights from the 2017 report, containing important branding and marketing lessons for small businesses and startups. Millennials.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Transcript of Insights on Engagement written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: More than anything else, I think that the way people buy is driving the changes in marketing today. Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Tech. Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Management.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

Every week, we bring in business experts to discuss the latest trends in marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Email marketing: MailChimp. Let’s just review them all and see what we like, see what we don’t like. Our last sign, sign number 12 is when your time distribution is uneven. Google Apps for Work.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Since there are hundreds of new apps coming on the market every year, we figured it was time for an update. GoToBilling – An online app that manages invoices and payments, marketing, customer relationship management and more. NetBooks – Marketing, sales, inventory and financial control in one place.

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