YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

Asia 290

Asia Technical Review Technology Singapore 290

Steve Blank

APRIL 3, 2018

It does mean that success in building a company that scales depends on finding product/market fit, enough customers, enough financing, enough great employees, distribution channels, etc. These are entrepreneurial skills you need to rapidly acquire or find a co-founder who already has them. Lessons Learned.

Technical Review 335

Technical Review Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence Cofounder 335

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Peter Johnston , founder and CEO of Kalo. Micha Kaufman, CEO and co-founder of Fiverr, believes the freelance ecosystem will become a viable solution for entrepreneurs who need assistance with a variety of tasks for their growing businesses. But what about freelancers? But what type of technology can help?

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Due Diligence 228

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Every person requires some level of positive human interaction with co-workers and others to be satisfied and productive. It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. Social interactions. Spiritual connections.

Technical Review 353

Technical Review Cofounder Employee Global 353

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem. ” Dana & I took a chance on the founders early on. Mr. T (DeStorm) vs. Mr. Rogers. Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong.

Video 320

Video Los Angeles Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 320

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

Founder 281

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Josh Porter is the founder of What to Wear Daily , a service that helps you prepare for your day. He is best-known as the creator of 52 Weeks of UX and was also head of UX at HubSpot, by way of being co-founder of Performable (acquired in 2011). But Twitter was another channel I used during that time.

Design 330

Design Product Cofounder Boston 330

View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

Formulating and executing on NextView’s social media strategy and managing multiple social media presences and communication channels. We are proud seed investors of over 100 portfolio companies over the last decade, including TripleLift, Grove Collaborative, Skillz, Attentive, Whoop, Dia&Co, MealPal, Parsec, and Code Climate. .

Operations 227

Operations Hiring Seed Stage Boston 227

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating.

Restful 249

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. What stage? What price?

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2017

by Keval Padia , co-founder and CEO at Nimblechapps. But, there are too many of them and all your competitors are equally engaged on social channels. So, how to connect your audience cutting this overwhelming maze of competition across channels. Apart from Facebook choose other channels wisely.

Small Business 212

Small Business Marketing Technical Review Social Media 212

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Mention that you do “Consumer tech” as a startup founder and you’d be limiting your funding options to one third of the venture capital funds (in Israel that figure is probably closer to 10%). Few free growth channels remain, and incumbents often own or clog the major avenues. Gaming founders know this challenge well.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

Steve Blank

JULY 24, 2012

A year later my co-founders and I had formed Epiphany. And along with that first customer hypothesis I had the brilliant hypothesis that my channel partner should be Onyx. Back at Epiphany I convinced my co-founders that integrating the two systems was worth the effort and they dove in. I Know A Great Customer.

Seattle 265

Seattle Cofounder Engineer Sales 265

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

The concept our Guilds is simple: We want to bring together small groups of Product and Go-to-Market experts to lend their time to support our portfolio company founders and key operators. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Brian Balfour, Founder & CEO of Reforge. Product Guild.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

The founders of Benkheim&Co , an online brand which seeks to change the traditional luxury watch concept, explains how motivated entrepreneurs benefit from globalisation, efficient fulfilment services and new technologies. All these are factors that many founders underestimate, especially in terms of time.

Cofounder 113

Cofounder Technical Review Technology Netherlands 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. What stage? What price?

Deal Flow 347

Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

If you’re different the “normal channels&# of success will tell you “no&#. This is what Fred Wilson talks about in this post about the FourSquare founders. Bieber & Co. Think of the UX team at Mint.com – they have led an entire generation to say, “I’m the Mint.com of …&#.

Entrepreneur 398

Entrepreneur Atlanta Audience SEM 398

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). Almost every deal I’ve ever funded I’ve gotten to know the founders over time. If they co-invest with somebody else that they consider important they might be willing to cut that back to 15%.

Early Stage 360

Early Stage Startup Venture Capital Seed Stage 360

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Aaron is the CEO and Co-founder of Leadferno, a business and text messaging platform to close more leads faster. Questions I ask Aaron Weiche: [2:00] How do you advise business owners who may quite frankly be fatigued from all of the available customer communication channels to manage all of them today? [3:35]

SMS 101

SMS Marketing Cofounder Software Review 101

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

Fractional CTO 197

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 197

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

by Lamar Tyler, founder of Traffic Sales & Profit. Begin by launching engagement and awareness campaigns both through organic and paid media channels. Lamar Tyler is creator and co-founder of Traffic Sales & Profit , a premier community for purpose-driven African American entrepreneurs.

Cofounder 165

Cofounder Marketing Audience Technical Review 165

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Luke Campbell – Cofounder. Startup founders should connect with other founders at similar stages to them, and ones who are a few steps ahead.”. ” Abbe Hyde – Founder.

Founder 122

Founder Cofounder New Zealand B2C 122

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

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Jeremy Johnson.

Cofounder 147

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 147

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future.

Marketing 99

Marketing Affiliate Channel Seattle 99

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. Below are four examples of organizations doing just this, including household names and some more up-and-coming startups.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar Startup 158

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The audience size identified is encouragingly large, and the frequently used phrases and words (brick mortar, retail, founder) align directly with our target audience. Take SparkToro’s Co-founder, Rand Fishkin. Lost and Founder,” a book by SparkToro’s founder, Rand Fishkin, is readily displayed on the SparkToro site.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 23, 2015

How and why Customer Development shapes a startup was the subject of discussion with the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111. Jason Young , co-founder of MindBlown Labs , which makes mobile social games to teach young adults about personal finance.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Colorado Customer Development 120

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 founders, marketers, investors?—?and no surprise?—?that’s that’s where the customers are. For these companies, it looks like a rosy picture.

Founder 424

Founder Product Cofounder Acquisition 424

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2022

Husband and wife co-founders, Todd and Laure Fisher founded CallTrackingMetrics in 2011 in their basement and together have grown it into an Inc. Key Takeaway: Today, it seems as though there’s a never-ending list of channels and ways in which your customers can communicate with you and your business.

Metrics 95

Metrics Marketing Software Review Cofounder 95

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

At seed-stage startups, especially companies with well-networked founders and investors, finding applicants who can do a job on paper is not overly difficult. To help you more effectively build your early teams, we asked a group of founders to share their favorite interview questions when they build new startup teams.

Founder 120

Founder Seed Stage Cofounder Boston 120

ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2017

First, Outline Your Personas, Timeline, and Channels. Three other aspects to keep in mind are User Personas, Timeline, and Channels. What channel(s) have you chosen to analyze your customer experience on? They have identified their customer’s goals, touchpoints, assets, and channels, success factors, and secondary KPIs.

Customer 130

Customer Channel Design Retention 130