Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Mostly smartphones + restaurateurs attitude towards viewing the internet as a customer acquisition tool.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. They do more of the same with less, often lowering quality and customer satisfaction. Companies in this category add features when customers desire greater value. Knowing your customers—and how they may change—is key. What the big studies have shown. Promotion. Pragmatic.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences. Then, on the customer’s requested date, the company sends a personally styled offering (a Fix) of five items (previously unseen) to the individual to try on in her own home. Katrina herself is equally impressive.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Mastering your pitch to a VC, prospective customers, new hires or partners is part art and part science. When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. Talk about passion and commitment!

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

Products lack customization, and the pricing models behind the scenes don’t have the granularity you’d expect in a world of big data. Companies now have apps where you can view the car, put down a deposit, send your photo id and call it – like an Uber once you clear customs. 10- Virtual field trips for kids.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 157

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We think we can do better. Here’s how.

Oakland 327

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 327

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

If you just go ahead and redesign your site, chances are that it will fail – conversions / revenue per visitor actually go down. User experience guru Jared Spool was talking about the dangers of radical redesigns already back in 2003, Louis Rosenfeld was ranting against it in 2002, and so on. Customers said they loved the change.

Conversion 124

Conversion Technical Review Design Framework 124