ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. As much as it opens you up to negative feedback, including the exit survey can provide you with extra insight as to how you can improve your product, your service, or overall offer. image source.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the last 3 decades, IT has evolved from providing infrastructure and hardware to a more strategic role that is intimately woven with business verticals as shown below: - 1980s to 1990s: Servers, Storage, and Communications Infrastructure. 1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. anecdotes.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. This was possible because in 2000, Donna and Handspring were in an Existing Market. They never understood Market Type.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Build features for people who are likely to buy your product. Market Hard.

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

People wanna get on the speaking circuits for whatever, you know, industry or vertical they're in. 13:37): You designate where you want your book to show up, you can designate it to be private access, meaning you only have access to it, to print copies for yourself. John Jantsch (10:45): Yeah. Matt Briel (16:32): You're right.

Audience 88

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Designers: 9 Mistakes To Avoid For Successful Pitches! Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Its latest product was an oscilloscope, the HP 150a. That year HP introduced its first computer, the HP 2116A , as an instrument controller for HP’s test and measurement products. The original Hewlett Packard which made test and measurement products was spun-out and renamed Agilent. It was still a year away from its IPO.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

It’s much easier for computer users to view side by side comparisons of products. They can easily see information that supports purchase, such as background information, reviews, and multiple images of products. Not only that but mobile traffic is now 18 times the size of the entire internet traffic from 2000.

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Mobile Conversion eCommerce Design 122

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Or you might spend tons of effort on your ecommerce product pages, only to find that even if you get wins, the financial impact on your business is negligible. Even if we sell the same products to the same demographic, many things can be different – traffic sources, relationship with the audience, customer support etc.

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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.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

User experience design and research. Case study: Icon design. Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Alex Poole. Site français. Skip to content. Deliverables. Applications.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

Persuading peopleto pay for your service and invite their friends requires creativity, product design, and lots of metrics. Basically, you end up with a media buying matrix that looks something like this: Source Ads bought CTR Clicks Signup % Upload pic Users Cost CPA Google 1M 0.50% 5,000 20% 50% 500 $5,000.00 $10.00

CPA 51

CPA Retention Viral Acquisition 51

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Homebrew, an early stage venture firm focused on this same revolution has illustrated the following: An engineer or designer gets work by offering his skills via vertical marketplaces. Moreover, the American labor force gained over ten million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2011.

Silicon Valley 208

Silicon Valley API Cofounder Salary 208

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Our team members have literally been at the bleeding the intersection of real-time AI and computer graphics since 2000. Right now, we are working a “Magic Mirror” demo for the show that allow people to walk up to a huge, 100-foot vertically placed TV and see themselves beamed into cyberspace. It boils down to our culture.

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