Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

But, as any startup can tell you, this opens up a tremendous set of opportunities for the rest of us. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Even if a self-published book was every bit as good as one published by a top-tier press, how would the reviewers know?

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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. This is different from the rest. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? If you do use vertical menus, make sure they’re aligned left. What is information architecture?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2020

You can set locations for your ads based on a country or you choose states, cities, coordinates, or zip codes you want to target. This is a subheading for your ad, separated from the first title by a vertical bar. Review extensions. For more information on Microsoft’s review extension policies, click here. Title part 2.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Designers who practiced table-based layout may remember how headaches up front lead to more flexible code later. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. Newsletter. JavaScript. Techniques.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

As per Wikipedia , it’s “the art and science of organizing and labeling data including websites, intranets, online communities, software, books and other mediums of information, to support usability.” This is different from the rest. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? Modified-Delphi method.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2019

In 2010, Dr. Anne Aula, a Senior User Experience Researcher at Google, presented some disappointing findings about mouse tracking: Only 6% of people showed some vertical correlation between mouse movement and eye tracking. of heat maps and reviewing other studies, we’ve identified some recurring takeaways from heat maps of all kinds.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

It’s such a difficult and often counterintuitive game that the more time and attention you devote to accepting guidance at the beginning, the more misery you will be spared in your golfing career for the rest of your days. There will always be more mentors interested in you than you can effectively use; don’t be bashful about being choosey.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

The Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) at Wichita State University ran a study that examined the traits people associate with varying fonts. 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.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

By taking advantage of TikTok’s vertical split-screen, the ad cleverly demonstrates the before and after effects of the product to show its USP. This is a snippet of code on your website that gathers information on site events, such as how users arrived at your site and their location. Shoot videos vertically in 9:16 aspect ratio.

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Venture Chronicles

APRIL 19, 2010

I wasn’t expecting anything earth shattering, if only because this company has been around for a long time now, 12 years to be exact and probably as well known for it’s largest shareholder, Larry Ellison, as being a pioneer in software as a service business applications.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. For example, immediately after you confirm your email address, I’ll send you a link to watch a free 45 minute training video on improving the first run experience of your software. Greatest Hits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. Which of your client verticals are your champions? Step 3: Review progress and correct course. The strategy in a nutshell.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

data.world and our modern catalog for data and analysis is a new category of software, much like Bazaarvoice and Coremetrics created new categories before, and the brilliant book Play Bigger helped us find it. The rest of the entrepreneur interviews Pat does are very worthwhile listens also. They helped us cross the chasm.

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designshack.co.uk

JUNE 8, 2011

Home Gallery Articles Accessibility Business Critique CSS Freebies Graphics HTML Inspiration Interviews JavaScript Layouts Navigation PHP Reviews Software Typography Web Standards Deals Submit Submit a Design Design Dilemma Why get an account? Vimeo The folks at Vimeo decided to devote a big page to a little form.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. Netflix a TV studio.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. Netflix a TV studio.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

When taxes are due, profits and losses are calculated for individuals based on their percentage ownership or investment. Once you’re on this page, you will see a vertical navigation on the left side of your account. eBay will guide you through the rest of the process. Click the ‘My eBay’ link in the top right hand corner.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Your software may change. I’ve got to get this … It’s due on Friday. The rest of the stuff should not make it on your calendar. Draw one line down the middle vertically, and then another across horizontally, so that you make your paper into four quarters. Sometimes, as a business owner, things change.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This required convincing software vendors to move their applications to our unique machine architecture. I had hired the VP of marketing from a potential software partner who was responsible to get all this 3 rd party software on our computer. The rest of the progress report sounded just like this. Me: How about Dyna 3D

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You may also want to consider measuring social media engagement and keeping an eye on your online reviews. UserTesting.com is one of the better-known services that help companies run usability tests, and there are also many companies that specialize in testing how usable software or a site is. Understanding your customers. Typography.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

A great vacation with my wife wasn’t going to make up for being AWOL from home the rest of the year. What is your advice to someone who has financial strain due to a startup? Some of these problems began with the 19th century Romanticist notion of artists as mad geniuses, in elevated isolation from the rest of us.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Inside the covers of these publications our customers had said that it was the product reviews that most influenced their buying decisions. Now this is worth stopping and thinking about for a second.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). This way no one leaves the network due to excessive fees, yet you end up with a higher average rake over time due to the competitive dynamic. The rest is history.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

4- Description of our software. As procurement software, Tradogram helps businesses to “trade” with one another by managing the process of buying, selling or exchanging commodities and services. We rebranded as TriNova to demonstrate an uncompromised approach to surface care – and the rest is history!

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2015

This is due to many reasons, mainly: a lack of credibility. plain old ‘ banner blindness ‘ Banner blindness is largely due to the fact that most people read in a F-shaped Pattern online: Image Source. Or desperate measures like Wired’s campaign where they requested that readers turn off their ad-blocking software: Image Source.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There are six types of Facebook video ads: Short Videos and GIFs Vertical Videos Stories Video Carousels Video Collections In-stream Videos. However, there is an increasing amount of software solutions to quickly create budget-friendly Facebook video ads, like Biteable and Animoto. TikTok and YouTube).

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. Note the "new".

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. It’s a problem that all weather driven sports have.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2012

You just need their contacts, and can get the rest over the phone when you call them. If so, I’d line the product vertically, and provide more information already on the home page. From there, you can call them and ask for the rest of the information. Add more value! Where are the personalized detailed, recommendations?

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Note to NSA reviewer of this blog post: I'm a harmless digital marketer, totally not worth your attention.]. For Getty, this should lead to a big review of the current marketing strategy. For just a few dollars a month get VPN software. Our interest here is not that type of intelligence. Visit your competitor's site.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code.

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