Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 1) Enterprise Sales.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% 05% of total US mutual fund assets.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. This may work in stable markets and technologies.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. This may work in stable markets and technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Increased productivity also leads to reduced lead-time and improved due date performance, both of which reduce chaos and foster a great work culture. Before starting Bizstim Software Solutions I was a college professor and I had a tutoring company as a side hustle. Thanks to Christopher Binns, Bizstim Software Solutions ! #12-

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Retro inspiration: Vintage Advertisement Of Modern Technology – [link]. 2000 Absolutely Free Textures – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. How to Build Credibility with Your Sales Copy – [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

I went through the information technology revolution and was on the bleeding edge of both technology and the acceptance of women in the workplace. . I took a course on innkeeping through a company in Florida, found through online searches and reviews. When 9/11 happened, we had finished our most profitable year in 2000.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

What was still missing was a simple way to identify a customer at the point of sale. We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones. Previously estimated at 5% of sales, Rock and Ash now sees 30% of sales coming from repeat customers. What was different?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post).

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention. They recognize the average lifespan of a client is 3-6 months, so they implement a strong sales team to consistently search for new clients. 10-Passion.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. If you shoot from the hip, you’ll be shooting your own foot most of the time.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I loved what I did (sales) but I didn’t love doing it for somebody else. www.bioquark.com) due to the fact that in spite of generating close to $1 trillion annually, my former industry was incapable of generating any cures for the chronic diseases responsible for the majority of human degeneration, suffering, and death.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Dan is an entrepreneur, and angel investor and became a highly sought-after coach in the SaaS industry and founder of SaaS academy after exiting three technology companies within a ten-year period. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! They technically happen to be mine, but I'm the talent on the project.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In consumer packaged goods, the benchmark for a “highly successful” product launch is no easy feat: $50 million in first-year sales. Successful demand generation campaigns break down silos between marketing and sales. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

After more than 15 years leading Sales and Marketing teams in the Media & Publishing spaces, he’s developed a unique passion for helping creators become more successful by leveraging books as a catalyst for opportunities and sustainable revenue. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So there's a large buried entry.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. TECHNOLOGY. Business Software. Technology. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Tech. Computer Software. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Businesses For Sale |. » More.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. Software security does, in general, suck. Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation. Start Here If You’re New. What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup. by Patrick.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. And now we've got technology coming in. More About Cameron Herold: The COO Alliance.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? But desperate times may call for some extra hours.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. more in Tech. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal. Edition Home.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

She is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing for the marketing automation software provider, Marketo. We’re going to talk about some of the findings from what, I think, is a somewhat massive undertaking that takes the form of an eBook called The State of Engagement: Insights on Engagement from 2000 Global Consumers and Marketers.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. I also like to get a sale $$$ ASAP.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

What if there were a method—even a process—that you could apply to increase website sales? Take your website, assess it for any item on the list, make improvements, and your online sales will increase. Start with specific goals and make sure your web analytics software is tracking those goals. Wouldn’t that be swell?

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Always Be Testing The biggest lesson I learned while taking the site from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month (revenue, not profit), is that there are a lot of great theories about marketing, but no one can tell you the exact thing that’s going to lead to an uptick in sales. I want solid answers. Marketing is Design.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have a contractor doing technical things for me. I don’t actually have any employees.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. NetBooks – Marketing, sales, inventory and financial control in one place.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. I did all of the sales myself. True story.) We raised just $500k.

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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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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

Every week, we bring in business experts to discuss the latest trends in marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Our guest and COO of Palo Alto Software, Noah Parsons, shares his favorite online tools to get your business up and running. Let’s just review them all and see what we like, see what we don’t like.

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