Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

They had this great architecture, and Apple had figured out to get movies into their own computers for a demo, but for the rest of us there was no physical device that allowed an average consumer to plug a video camera or VCR into and get video into a Mac. But the rest of the management team really skeptical. Little did we know.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

Positive experiences create emotional value, which keeps customers coming back and makes small businesses stand out from the rest. 14- Brands will prioritize vertical video marketing Photo Credit: Austin Armstrong The number 1 trend for 2023 digital marketing will be brands making vertical video marketing a top priority.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Unfortunately most startups learn this by going through the “Fire the first Sales VP&# drill: You start your company with a list of potential customers reading like a “who’s who&# of whatever vertical market you’re in (or the Fortune 1000 list.) Its Woz-inspired creativity set the tone for the rest of the project.&#

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

It wasn’t a lack of competence or skill in her job; it was just that as far as she was concerned, her job had no connection to the rest of marketing, our customers or our ultimate success as a company. “We We need your decision now because we are about to spend $50,000 on new collateral.”

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In the Fall of 2008, the credit crisis wiped out mergers and acquisitions as a path to liquidity as M&A collapsed with the rest of the market. The formula for exits was a variation of the formula they used in the Internet bubble, morphing into: brand, hype and sell the company. So what’s left?

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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. 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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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

We always strive to be a cut above the rest in our industry and want to consistently uphold and earn our name. All boxes checked the rest is history. Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm. ParamountQuote.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In exchange for doing this repeatedly, you get to learn the rest of the business. All of these areas require real understanding of core underlying technology, not just pattern matching against a business model applied to a vertical. The school you went to. The company you’re currently working at. Climate sustainability.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. Yes, but Salesforce is betting that if you’ve brought your prospect to the point of sale on their platform you’d rather do the rest right there if it’s easy to do so. What is platform thinking?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

And the rest is history. Mike may have “fathered&# FM-CW OTH ardar at Stanford and SRI, but the rest of OTH radar technology had its beginnings at NRL, Raytheon, Sylvania, and ITT. Gorbachev, now the Soviet Premier, had to grapple with the spiraling cost of military systems that weren’t amortized by consumer purchases.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Instead of focusing on “technical specs&# like the rest of the category, we are redefining to Information Delivery as the category with time/cost to Actionable Info as the metric, which is something we can compete on very well. Reply Dave Goulden , on March 26, 2009 at 11:04 pm Said: I love the redefinition of the market.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

This is different from the rest. 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. If you do use vertical menus, make sure they’re aligned left. Modified Delphi method.

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SVPG

APRIL 28, 2012

John is starting to worry that Jane and the rest of the marketing team don’t get his product. Vertical/affiliate/evangelist programs. His corrections from the press release aren’t in it. The feature descriptions are wrong in an entirely new way because “the copywriter” took a pass.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. The only way to build a successful best of breed solution is to create significant value for your customers by solving a big enough problem in a way the rest of the market can’t.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Since then, and after resting aside my ego, I placed myself back in my VC shoes to try to understand what “proof” such VCs needed to feel comfortable with an eCommerce investment. What were they missing? Why weren’t they seeing what I was seeing?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

This is different from the rest. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? While there’s a strong case against left-vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) claim it’s better. If you do use vertical menus, make sure they’re aligned left. Modified-Delphi method.

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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. But for the rest of us, who create content because we care passionately about having an impact on the world, we need to rethink the process by which we do it. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

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Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

For a startup, this means avoiding “me too&# products, staying away from horizontal niches, solving a pain-point, and targeting a vertical niche. The lesson: stick to vertical niches. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Occupations and hobbies are best. July 1st, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

And the rest of the advice on this blog is irrelevant. And even if you did it’s the wrong focus, and time spent for a startup 2. If winning $5-10K is your goal, you’re not a scalable startup, just a small business.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

Too often, companies in the same vertical adopt a “me-too” approach in their design aesthetic. more years than the rest. There’s a balance between avoiding “innovative” design—which can put off consumers—and seeking out a unique visual style. Another study looked into the persistence of first impressions.

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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. They read the most important headlines and subheadlines, but read the rest of the text selectively.

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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. 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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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

Successful on your platform but not sticking to guidelines, can also affect the rest of your customers - you need to help developers become more successful - can you outsource support in an authentic way?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example. Pros: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

When it comes to Generative AI, the incumbents are not resting on their laurels. Vertical AI agents – automate workflows in specific industries (say health or industrial). For example, take Salesforce. Can be niche markets where the large companies or foundational LLMs are not likely to compete with.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

A contemporary analog to this type of vertical integration is Comcast/NBC-U. When Facebook was opening up their platform, these guys thought that it was an interesting way to do user acquisition and preference acquisition of individuals and that they would be able find a way to monetize it in commerce-oriented verticals.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Once the drop-cap hits him in the eye, he needs to know what the rest of the word is to close the loop. And once he knows the rest of the word, he needs to know the rest of the sentence. Maintain a vertical grid with a 135–150% line height. Maintain a vertical grid with a 135–150% line height.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

If you understand why each metric is where it is, the rest of this post will fill you with euphoric joy rarely experienced without physical contact. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension…. Reflect on the above picture. The Impact Matrix: A Joyous Deep Dive. Oh, and don’t get me started on time!

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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.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Your typography and lettering should be as tuned in to your branding as the rest of your logo. For a naturally social media-optimized logo, avoid overtly long horizontal or vertical designs. Choose a logo with a nice visual balance between its horizontal and vertical axis. And, creative typography continues to grow in 2018.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A closer look reveals the search functionality just blends into the rest of the design, and isn’t intuitive to find when needed. means something very different to 99% of the rest of the world. What I might call Football here in the U.S, What do you think?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You will also find out how Walter … Read the rest of this entry » The post How To Gauge Demand For Your Ebook, Mastermind Tips, Options For Non-English Speaking Entrepreneurs, And Horizontal Vs Vertical Business Strategies appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

Out of gratitude, those 500 customers continue coming to you every day for the rest of their lives. Attend events to scout for any opportunities of vertical and horizontal mergers and tie-ups. The next day, when the prices are restored, it’s just five people in the restaurant.

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Venture Chronicles

APRIL 19, 2010

Suite extension is not a new concept, large ERP players have relied on 3rd parties to extend their suites into verticals and app functionality that was deemed either to be non-strategic or too small to worry about.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60