Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

We have built route management software so that drivers have productive routes and can cluster pick-ups and drop-offs. We’ve invested heavily in inventory management software so we can track every bin and every item of your stuff and know where it is at all times. That’s some of what I suspect that team at 8VC saw in MakeSpace.

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review Artificial Inteligence 268

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Forecast 304

Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 304

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Set up the logistics to manage your team. Create a “ viral ” landing page, with LaunchRock or KickoffLabs. How To Build a Web Startup – The Lean LaunchPad Edition. Here’s the step-by-step process we suggest our students use in our Lean LaunchPad classes. Craft company hypotheses. Set up the Website Logistics.

Lean 334

Lean Web Coder Business Model 334

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Startup 283

Startup Forecast Stock Options Technical Review 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

The most common business entity used for startups is a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), which is the cheapest and simplest to manage. 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

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

So rather than hiring a VP Marketing [to establish a strategic marketing plan, build and manage the marketing team, manage outside vendors, etc.] We spend a lot of time trying to get people focused on building products that have viral components and why that has to be measured and constantly tested.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startup Challenges Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

Metrics 260

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 260

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you manage to get your video production and marketing right, you can dramatically boost your conversion rate. It means you can get a massive volume of free traffic if you manage to get into that section. You can get an impressive return on investment if you manage to get your video marketing campaign right.

Video 246

Video Marketing Social Media Mobile 246

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. According to Metz, the Social CRM process is fairly involved.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

You Manage What you Measure. One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Or they go in the opposite direction and spend too much time capturing & measuring data that isn’t used to make management decisions. On measurement.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2019

The year was 2015 and my company, Shareability, had already been behind some of the biggest viral hits of the past few years. The resulting video, “Ronaldo in Disguise,” became an immediate viral sensation. Going Viral. There was a time when “viral” simply referred to, well, viruses. The shoot was on.

Viral 127

Viral Video Spain Internet 127

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Huddle allows users to maintain an interconnected network of secure online workspaces for file sharing, ideation, project management and virtual meetings. Total raised: $29.5mm. File sharing?

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The payment in the Uber app is processed through the Stripe API, the map and locations are managed through Google Maps API, and so on. Being developed by a worldwide crypto exchange, the toolkit has a good transaction management capability. The SDK is even capable of helping users utilize Bitcoin to buy other currencies.

API 158

API Java Ruby Software Development 158

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Participants in the incubation program learn valuable lessons in entrepreneurial management, finding financing from incubator companies, modern office space, and fully permitted labs with a wide range of technical equipment and engineering resources. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

More often than not, hiring managers rely on trusted recommendations and evaluate applicants based on tangible things they have accomplished. GitHub shows hiring managers what they have accomplished. The way product managers, UX designers, and other “non-technical” roles think , communicates their ability and culture fit.

Stealth 167

Stealth Cofounder Social Media Viral 167

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Sure, you can become a full-stack developer via training and practice, whereby you’ll be able to design, build and manage your own website. Misconception #2: Once Your Website Is Launched, It Will Instantly Go Viral. Every button or feature on a website takes hours of coding. Site traffic takes time to build.

Web 98

Web Design Developer Software Review 98

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Embracing the principle of genchi gembutsu – translated in English as “go and see for yourself” – Ries regaled how Toyota’s manager for Sienna minivan Yuji Yokoya went on a 53,000 mile trip around North America to understand firsthand what consumers wanted in a minivan.

Lean 193

Lean Technical Review North America Startup 193

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Forecast 161

Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 161

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

“ Loveworks ” builds on that premise, and looks at how various marketing concepts – some of which, like virality, have become the epitome of hype – are exemplified through these marketing examples as executed by Saatchi & Saatchi across the world in various categories for different clients.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Afghanistan Iraq Brazil 159

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 8) Angry Birds.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2020

The only way to manage this disease is by prevention through the practice of social distancing. They also have immense viral potential on social media. The novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) quickly spread throughout the world, infecting almost 7.9 million people, and claiming 435000+ lives so far. There is no vaccine yet.

Video 229

Video Advertising Technical Review Viral 229

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Kayako managed to right their wrongs and established a $2M ARR product within 18 months—but not before they experienced low trial conversions, negative feedback, account cancelations, and a steep drop in their contracted monthly recurring revenue (CMRR). Obsessing over going viral. In most cases, viral posts generated less demand.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Viral short form can help! I can see how social management can be one person’s job, but that’s not always possible while bootstrapping. Viral short form can exponentially increase awareness of your startup brand. You can highlight KLT elements on Reels, but I can’t see that going viral.

Viral 110

Viral Startup Bootstrapping Algorithm 110

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Nor to achieve the greatest “virality” in our digital campaigns. Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. They are namely: monitoring, mapping, middleware, management and measurement. Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. If you don’t manage what is said about you in social networks it could be detrimental. Products like awe.sm (I’m an investor) will help you manage the efficacy of your social media marketing campaigns. The Past (1985-2002).

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2012

According to a study from Reppler, 90% of recruiters and hiring managers will visit a candidate’s profile on a social network in order to screen the candidate, and often (69%), recruiters will reject candidates based on what they’ve found, making social media an incredibly valuable tool for the recruiting industry.

Social Media 202

Social Media Media Small Business Reputation 202

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It helps you manage, at first a checking account, is where the name came from, through text messaging. Because one of the most important things for me is that it helps me to communicate with the other person that I manage my money with, who’s also spending out of those same accounts, my wife.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. I had my model in hand.

Technical Review 356

Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

A startup with happy and highly motivated employees will provide a better customer experience resulting in viral customer growth. That doesn’t bode well for your ability to manage funding or your likelihood of success the second time around. Try to build a business without specific milestones or a plan.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Forecast Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur. Similarly, mentioning viral marketing without specifics won’t assure fundability.

Technical Review 134

Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

With this strategy, financial institutions can better communicate with their target audience, manage their online reputation, and negotiate the intricacies of the digital financial market. Furthermore, upholding integrity amid viral trends and clickbait culture requires strong ethical fortitude.

PR 147

PR Public Relations Social Media Audience 147

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This Stanford class will introduce management tools for entrepreneurs. Working with your team you will encounter issues on how to build and work with a team and we will help you understand how to build and manage the startup team. What’s Different About the Class? Ask your users to take action, such as signing up for a newsletter.

Wiki 318

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 318

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Startup 120

Startup Forecast Stock Options Technical Review 120