Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. The product would leverage GPS and laser-based technologies and could be used on existing mower or farm equipment or built into new units. Unlike Groupon which offers one product deal per day chosen based on the customer’s location.

Lean 308

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 308

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Most of these startups spend the lion’s share of their marketing budget in today’s social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Snap, TikTok and so on because?—?no it was built to arm those spending money in channels in order not to be at a disadvantage. ==> You can join the Trust waitlist here. no surprise?—?that’s

Founder 424

Founder Product Cofounder Acquisition 424

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

And while there are many KPIs that differ in their importance to teams with different goals, there are some indicators that can be applied universally to maximize efficiency and productivity in project management. Will we stay within budget?

Artificial Inteligence 168

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Development 168

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Leveraging the power of ML or Machine Learning, AI can help channelize your marketing spending in proper directions leading to a higher return on investment (ROI). Better coordination will lead to higher productivity. Selecting the right advertising channel. Plan for the future. Pitch to investors. Do it yourself.

Artificial Inteligence 142

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Channel Campaign 142

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

As one reviewer conceded , that’s a challenge that software can’t solve: For us the ROI is still not totally found, as we are struggling with the sales channels who are not so enthusiastic about having to manage cold-to-cool leads, for a question of resources (again) and mentality. Terminus pitches the product as an “all-in-one” solution.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. Many people are visual thinkers. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

Technical Review 356

Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

so it shouldn't be long till they hop across the Channel. They themselves receive both public and private funding, which they use in turn to provide financial support to startups through incubators and other established channels. Vente-Privée is a retail site selling designer products at invitation-only online sales.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Simply sign up using your Google account, create a channel , and upload your video files. Suggested videos encourage people to increase their watch time not just on your channel but on the platform as a whole. Here’s how Nextiny ’s channel appears on their website: Users can customize the look of a channel (e.g.

Hosting 127

Hosting Video Technical Review Software Review 127

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2018

Transcript of Why Local SEO is an Important Lead Generation Channel written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Justin Sturges: Yeah, and one of the key things that is often missed in a lot of the tools out there are the key aggregators … Oh shoot, I’m so bad with names. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

Lead Generation 67

Lead Generation SEO Channel Software Review 67

mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Personalized shopping is changing the way we find, buy and recommend products to our friends already. Today, we cant even begin to comprehend the ways well produce products years from now. Amazons product suggestions are great because they have so much aggregate data. Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Social Media.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Iterating with intelligent editors – products that enable users to take an existing output and refine it (ex. regenerate one frame or feature) without completely starting from scratch.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

You’ll be able to see which channels (paid, organic, social, etc.) When Mixpanel makes the most sense : If your website or app is your product, however, Mixpanel offers the granular detail that’s essential for monitoring user behavior. Real-time reporting can also help large ecommerce companies manage their products.

Analytics 119

Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Accommodate your investors, and keep explanations of your product simple and direct, using terms that everyone can understand. Products and Services. If you need more space for product images or additional information, use the appendix for those details. This is your product or service. > Don’t be intimidated.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

If you still don’t get Snapchat please read the primer or follow me on Snapchat for a week or two because how I create “stories” on Snapchat is more of a use case for modern media than perhaps some teens use the product so it may resonate more with you what the future could bring. Authenticity / Endemic.

Advertising 150

Advertising Iowa Campaign DC 150

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Don’t be misled by accounting reports that give you infinite detail of sales broken down product by product, or customer by customer; for looking at the future, you need a manageable level of detail. If your accounting tracks sales by channel but not by product type, for example, then try to forecast sales by channel.

Forecast 119

Forecast Sales Aggregator Software Review 119

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

They’d built a range of products that completely solved the problem—but they couldn’t reach their potential customers. Many B2B companies run into the same problem, particularly those that are: Complex, with products that require deep expertise to understand and use. It created powerful network effects.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Because people live, shop, and buy in real time, Monetate products enable e-commerce web sites to market in real time. In this role you’ll need to provide mentorship and technical guidance to individual team members as well as get hands-on in helping to maintain and improve on our products.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2018

It helps in improving productivity. This has a direct influence on the productivity of your company. You can the right candidates from places like job aggregators a place where recruiters post jobs and professional networks like LinkedIn. This will ensure the employees are happy and productive.

Management 100

Management Software Review Software Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2017

E-commerce is well within reach of virtually every small retail business, and with consumers demanding an easier way to find and purchase products, businesses need to incorporate an online sales strategy to remain relevant. Test your marketing channel options to see which will be the most effective driver of your new online sales.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Aggregator Sales Social Media 100

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Continuous Flow Manufacturing is a Lean technique that boosts productivity by rearranging manufacturing processes so products are built end-to-end, one at a time (using singe-piece flow), versus the more prevalent batch and queue approach. No one wants to be solely responsible for bringing a production system down.

Continuous Deployment 151

Continuous Deployment San Francisco Lean Wiki 151

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Email remains an immensely credible and profitable channel, with an immense reach to boot. Your company cross-channel outcomes data. Multi-channel customer purchase behavior, customer lifetime value. I am very fond of this metric because it stresses productivity. Your website data. You know, Analysis Ninja territory!

Metrics 138

Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 138

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. We use a resource you already have – people who love your brand, enjoy your service or product, or support your cause – to spread the word. How do we do this?

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? In general, IP protection will do nothing to prevent others from independently developing something similar, copying the overall business model, targeting similar customers or end users, and perhaps even mimicking the product’s look and feel. Easier said than done!)

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

And once you have a relationship with an author, musician, or journalist, it will be quite easy for them to offer new products and services – and for you to give them feedback that helps them shape ever more interesting (and ever more profitable) offerings. There are too many products clamoring for attention. Is that a lot?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2020

The first step is to establish communication channels between teams and set expectations about when and how to use them. a top-line conversion or revenue target) and recognize both teams’ contributions—regardless of which channel generated the most conversions in a given period. Are we able to create incrementality across channels?

PPC 69

PPC SEO Channel Analytics 69

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Speakers and partners of Samsung, AT&T, Verizon, and other world-leading companies came up with the services and products which will support the new technology and are to be released in 2019. Beyond that, it’s to force the production of new smartphones and give a start for new apps and services compatible with the 5G.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review South Korea Bandwidth 88

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

But I’m always surprised when that entrepreneur or small business owner has a tough time describing the potential customers for their new business’s products and services. If you try to sell your products and services to everyone in the world, you will waste both time and money. How many customers are in the market?

Small Business 110

Small Business Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 110

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months. What’s going on?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

results) to the correct traffic source to compare the performance of marketing activities across various channels. If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? How are they arriving at our website? utm_medium.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The more well-known your company becomes, the harder it gets to directly impact primary KPI’s at the aggregate level because the majority of customers who buy are going to do so irrespective of if your button color is red or blue. This is especially true of big businesses: Chad Sanderson, Subway. So, we’ll ignore it.

Chad 112

Chad Mobile Technical Review Aggregator 112

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Sometimes an early negative result from an experiment is a harbinger of doom for that product, and means it should be abandoned. Imagine a general manager that has read The Innovator’s Dilemma and related books, and is therefore trying hard to help her organization make a transition to a new product category via disruptive innovation.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Their technology allows businesses to create professional-looking videos with virtual hosts, dramatically reducing the time and cost associated with traditional video production. And much of multi billion dollar animation companies like Moonbug’s Cocomelon is data-driven, AI-assisted production.

Generative AI 97

Generative AI Technical Review ChatGPT Software Review 97

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Since 2003 the global market for children’s nutrition and infant formula products has nearly doubled reaching about $23 billion in 2009. The British mobile payments and messaging aggregator will become part of Amdocs’ OpenMarket US mobile transactions hub. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM.

Israel 68

Israel OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

Below, are 10 case studies on how to reduce churn for your SaaS product. I have seen this happen at a few startups I’ve worked with by expanding revenue from the current product, plus up-sell and cross-sell opportunities , but that will be a future post. When using a product for the first time, users have no idea what to expect.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106