Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Reply One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog , on April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] Reply Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions at Oregonstartups.com Blog , on April 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large [.]

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. What are some of the top things you've published online, e.g., blog posts? I’d love to get your thoughts at some point about writing for these publications vs. on your own blog.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

“I think there’s still many opportunities in this vertical in South East Asia and it’s one that takes on multiple forms – local shopping, local eating, local jobs,” muses Yongfook. ” There are currently over 400 restaurants and over 700 blog post links in the database. ” Going Local.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

Google Blog Generative AI in search, first image released by Google Shopping is another area where Google started implementing generative AI powered search ([link] The race to intimacy in search, an AI powered experience There are a number of factors driving the adoption of generative AI in search.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Below we copy from Steve Blank’s blog. Blank asks a lot of the right questions in his blog post: Am I a Founder? Blog at WordPress.com. takes to be a founder or co-founder of a company, or even an early participant. When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

All of this is hit upon in your book but reframing and coming back to the concepts via this blog will definitely help with clarifying the ideas and processes behind Lean Startups. Blog at WordPress.com. Reply Sean Murphy , on November 2, 2009 at 11:55 am Said: This is a common misunderstanding and one that bootstrappers trip over.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. Were they vertically integrated ? I have a process I use for blog posts, too. If so, why?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I forget that other people actually read this blog. I think that one of the good themes of this blog is that years != “dog years&# in deep industries. To Steve B: thanks for a great blog, and connecting so many outlying or just plain uncorrelated dots. Blog at WordPress.com. Say that gives 15 years in business.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Reply SV New Tech Meetup « startupSQUARE's blog , on December 2, 2009 at 12:42 am Said: [.] Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:29 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. bands take their built in audience and then branch into their own material.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

EE Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:30 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. What a sly dog you are (wink) having set your “competitor&# up for failure. Good read and thanks to the comments on this post. Good stuff too.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

6 or 7 years ago when TechCrunch was at its peak market share (they are still strong but many more tech blogs have also popped up) there was a term for getting covered there called “the TechCrunch bounce.” that they probably read the main tech blogs. The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ?

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

You might want to be an all-rounder SEO agency or, as we discuss later in this piece, you may want to specialize your verticals. Expertise in a specific industry vertical or process? Grow your SEO business by specializing in your verticals. Build a solid value proposition. Do you have a proprietary tool that you leverage?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Maybe you’ve integrated a couple of tactics across your company—say, blogging and email. What happens when Google’s algorithm cuts organic visibility for your blog in half? For MST Solutions, Bogdanovich has focused on executing well on one vertical per quarter, then expanding to other verticals. It’s an absurd standard.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. Blog at WordPress.com. It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Thanks so much for sharing such stories. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, businesses have been affected across almost every vertical. Evergreen content is imagery, blog posts, and other forms of content that can be used throughout the year. If your products aren’t necessarily tied to these specific themes, be considerate in reaching out to the media as their focus has changed.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you read my blog regularly you know I love (LOVE) metrics. Verticalization. There are some interesting notes in the report about greater efficiency for vertically focused SaaS businesses which I initially found counter intuitive and are worth considering in the context of your own SaaS business.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Reply Tim Pham , on July 20, 2009 at 11:03 am Said: Love reading your blog, Steve. Blog at WordPress.com. As one boss said “I’d much rather hear that over the phone than in an exit interview.&# My burnout was when I was still finishing my C.S. while doing 2 jobs. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone. Age 18 is worried about college and that in itself is a sizable market.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

have focused relentlessly on being the best-in-class in their specific vertical. She previously served as the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Smule , where she remains an advisor to the Board of Directors. This post originally appeared on the Clarity.fm Marketing is often treated as a bad word in Silicon Valley.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. 16- Made my blog a profitable business.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Great blog, just now found it. Blog at WordPress.com. steve Lisa , on November 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm Said: I tell all of my clients about the Supermac marketing meetings and suggest they do the same. It still shocks me that marketing people in general don’t want to talk to customers, at all.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. PTA Portals.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. There are some great lessons in your experiences here, and I feel like I can keep getting more in my post-MS&E273 life! Ben Reply Dmitriy Kruglyak , on March 20, 2009 at 10:48 am Said: Steve, I look forward to a similar backstory on E.piphany marketing! Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Shipping Costs. Now, as I said, these are just averages. Do your research and see how this applies to you.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Over the last month, as we get ready to welcome the 20s, I have been reviewing blog posts and books I have written and the notes from advisory work helping clients pick vendors, negotiate contracts, review vendor performance from the.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

History says yes…in due time The intelligence age – Sam Altman’s Utopian vision Vertical SaaS, now with AI inside MEDIA OF THE WEEK Did LinkedIn ‘forget’ to include Israel in its Top Startups list series? Daniel Roth now said that Israel will be added next week. (h/t That’s all for this week.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2014

It’s too bad, because the open & click rates across nearly every vertical are also significantly higher. Mint is a prime example of using “high quality” content marketing to generate leads, as their personal finance blog helped them to grow to 1.5 Blog Personalization' image source.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the Exact. Credit for round up goes to the Idee blog. Blog eCommerce Resources Lead Generation SaaS Resources' But the client LOVES it! (“See, looks like Stock wasn’t so bad after all, was it Mr. Designer?”). Photograph.

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deal architect

MARCH 25, 2014

In a recent blog post I discussed canine expert Cesar Millan’s view of a pack of dogs – alpha, those in the middle, those at the back. Industry Commentary Vertical Markets (Banking, Retail etc)' He talks about a role for each. Interestingly, in the IT world, lots.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Horizontal vs Vertical vs Diagonal Lines. Unlike vertical or diagonal lines, they look as though gravity has already acted upon them and there is nowhere for them to fall. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward. Softer curves are more calming to look at.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 29, 2013

It’s not our first rodeo, as we’d graduated from [name of an unrelated accelerator] but we wanted and needed some support around our vertical. We paused because it was an inaugural cohort but being that it was vertical-specific and the managing director worked for a highly lauded startup in our vertical, we decided to go for it. ([a

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

Goals might be things like read a blog post, check account balance, book an appointment, download software, take a test and so on. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? While there’s a strong case against the left vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) actually claim it’s better.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

My goals for the new year are to release my blog, connect with a range of clients, build my email list and to never stop learning. My focus is on photography, travel and my blog. Simplicity is key. . Thanks to Phil Gregory, Peak District SEO ! #3- 3- Four goals. Thanks to Dan Goldstein, Page 1 Solutions, LLC ! #11- 11- Two goals.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

Shelton | Blog » Blog Archive » Links: April 29th , on April 29, 2009 at 12:02 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. invention of electronic warfare, part I and [.] Reply Augusta Prince , on April 16, 2010 at 3:08 pm Said: My late friend Gordon P. Reply Benjamin A. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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