Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

It turns out that network effects can be broken – Amazon and StubHub took on eBay in the mid 2000’s. Today, Airbnb, oDesk and multiple second-hand fashion marketplace startups show that there are tons of untapped verticals where horizontal product platform cannot serve properly or where consumer simply prefer a more tailored brand.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2015

A good rule of thumb is 2000-3000 pageviews per design screen, and also per device (i.e. But the same study by PRS, showed that the algorithms are not sensitive enough to detect differences between designs, and are particularly poor at predicting the visibility levels of on-pack claims and messaging.”. Click Maps. Image Source.

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Algorithm Analytics Aggregator Vertical 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

It doesn’t matter which vertical you’re in, you can use it to find great insights to lead to better test hypotheses. We assess each page for a certain set of criteria: Relevancy: does the page meet user expectation – both in terms of content and design? A rough ballpark would be 2000-3000 pageviews per design screen.

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Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48