abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. Also, many of these companies were built with heavy doses of advertising spend, a clear red-flag in our book.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Understand how to differentiate your brand in a crowded marketplace. 1) Don’t Assume Advertising Creates Growth. Let’s break these three key concepts down: Don’t Assume Advertising Creates Growth. Industry experts have said for the last 15 years that advertising was dead. Implement a consistent demand generation engine.

Marketing 96

Marketing Entrepreneur Demand Advertising 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I don’t think we as busy professionals and Internet junkies know how to sit still and self-reflect. In the early days, my belief was that blogs (or as I called them micro-pubs back in 2002) would grow really fast and it would allow me to aggregate large subsets of audiences around specific niches. And so we built our company.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Bix, 2002). The difference between point size and actual letter size (Image © Bix, 2002). It is often a better indicator of the apparent size of a typeface than point size ( Poulton, 1972 ; Bix, 2002 ). Letter differentiation and rate of comprehension in reading. Journal of Design Communication , No. Available at: [link].

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85