Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Recently one of the startups in our portfolio, eRelevance, failed, as the Austin American-Statesman documented.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

Everyone in tech is chasing what’s known as a “sticky” experience. Stefan Thomke of MIT’s Sloan Management Review recently wrote that memorable experiences can drive customer decisions as much as price and functionality. Gamification isn’t the domain of B2C or gaming sites alone. Strategy #2: Create a sticky experience.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. Hila Qu has been the Head of Growth or VP of Growth at a number of different companies and startups, most notably Acorns and GitLab. That’s never happened.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

For those of us that have been working in the startup and technology space for at least the past 10 years, these addresses mean two things. Second: These addresses are some of the most exciting places to visit in tech because upon arriving, one can instantly see what true scale looks like in action. Brand Ratings and Reviews.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. They steered clear of technical jargon and focused on the benefit to the consumer.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. Obviously, it did not convert. Of course I do.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. . Really hard.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Photo by DeclanTM This article is #7 in a series about startup marketing. So the intention of this post is to lay out the key details of why you should start marketing your startup (or product, or book, or anything else you will launch) months before launch day.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. August 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. The following is a guest article by Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. upfront acquisition cost, making the CLTV equal to $2.5-$0.7=

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). Second, the costs of a loyalty strategy are easy to account for – it’s easy to add up costs for support, technology, campaign costs, etc. It’s one thing to acquire a user.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). Second, the costs of a loyalty strategy are easy to account for – it’s easy to add up costs for support, technology, campaign costs, etc. It’s one thing to acquire a user.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2020

Scott Brinker maintains the marketing technology landscape project. If 10 startups launched tomorrow tackling the exact same space—but they couldn’t see what others were doing—what would happen? Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute have criticized differentiation, arguing that its role in the B2C setting is less important.

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