Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. Passion: Have to be able to motivate people, customers, team, yourself. we both love Jason).

Acquisition 304

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2010

The company loses customers, then revenues and profits decline and it eventually gets acquired or goes out of business. valued by their existing customers – fairly well. Yet most research has shown that disruptive innovation, that is innovations that go after new markets, new customers, new technologies, etc.

Search 242

Search Agile Customer Development Technical Review 242

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2010

I’ve been teaching Customer Development at U.C. Berkeley’s Haas Business School since the fall of 2004 and in a joint MBA with Columbia since 2005. Back in 2004, Jerry Engel the head of the Entreprenuership program at Haas Business School at U.C. A lot has happened since I first authored and taught the class. Four Steps.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Lean Developer Customer 219

Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

Eric was the very first practitioner of my Customer Development methodology which became the core of the the Lean methodology. Back in 2004 when Eric and his IMVU co-founder Will Harvey approached me about investing in IMVU, I agreed on one condition – they had to take my Customer Development class at UC Berkeley Haas Business School.

Lean 120

Lean Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Channel 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

My experience is that most businesses have at least a few of those evangelist type customers just looking for ways to sing their praises. Sure, asking them for a few referrals is a great way to let them help, but I’ve found that there a few things you can do to really give your champion customers a voice and let them shine in the process.

Customer 66

Customer Video Social Media Software Review 66

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 24, 2021

Agile mindset is a system of beliefs characterized by a customer-centric approach, emphasizing communication and consistent collaboration with the customer and inside the team. The four Agile values, defined in the Agile Manifesto, deliver value to the customer, responsiveness to change, effective communication, and people centricity.

Agile 146

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. That was in May 2004, when she approached the Athens New Media Synergy Center out of UGA to build a mobile student messaging platform she called Vusion.

Social Media 172

Social Media Media Management Application Development 172

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In this time, building a successful business meant building a company that had paying customers quarter after quarter. It did not mean building a startup into a company to flip or hype on the market with no earnings or revenue, but building a company that had paying customers. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. (No

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share. Way back in 2004, he cared enough about an associate's injury to spend time investigating, and used the exercise to isolate a root cause without blaming anyone. Don’t waste time fixing symptoms.

Dividend 382

Dividend Metrics Cost Internet 382

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Well before the web existed, I was physically tearing articles out of industry magazines and sending them to customers, prospects, other entrepreneurs, and my partner Dave, who probably got tired of the stack of paper with notes scribbled on them that landed on his desk each day.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Angel Investor Partner Database 154

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We work in prototypically four-week iterations, with quality engineers and software developers working in close collaboration. During this period, the Palantir Gotham team grew from five developers to around 35. But we couldn''t have identified this without having clear metrics (that high bug count) to assess our development process.

Lean 167

Lean Startup Software Engineering Agile 167

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

These are keepsake cards and many of our customers tell us that the recipients frame their cards. In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. Thus, I started my B2B customer data-mining firm.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 131

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. Youll know when the person youre talking to is not a potential customer - they just wont understand what youre saying.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. In this article, you’ll understand how to build a memorable brand that your customers want to buy from. Learn how to identify what your customers want from your brand, how to build momentum with content, and then explore some brands that excel at brand marketing.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. As I grew to understand the careful and strategic practice of recruitment, I developed an ability to make tough decisions quickly. What’s important is to correct them quickly.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

million, born 1985-2004, biggest business opportunity Baby Boomers (no other name) – 70.7 These shifts are independent of technology innovations, but certainly will drive the application of key product developments. Gronbach is well-known for his generational research and keen forecasting of societal trends.

Architecture 258

Architecture Forecast Demand Technology 258

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

Great Agencies achieves this by ranking the top vendors in specific niche markets within digital marketing, such as search engine optimization (SEO) agencies, pay-per-click (PPC) agencies, reputation management and branding companies, iOS application development, and Android application development companies, to name a few.

Advertising 100

Advertising Application Development SEO Channel 100

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. He's a podcast advertising specialist and also founded the tech podcast network way back in the dinosaur days of podcasting 2004. That was the one they started in 2004. So Todd, welcome to the show. So you're right there with me.

Audio 65

Audio SMS Technical Review Advertising 65

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation. Enter the Developers. Development must focus on getting the features done, so the corners that get cut are all the non-functional requirements (e.g.,

Phoenix 175

Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

In order to charge more and get what you’re worth you’ve got to take some time and get very serious about measuring one thing – value or results that a customer receives. Here’s how to do that Create a process that requires you to meet with every customer for something I call a “results review.” Adding the Facebook Like. :

Small Business 68

Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 68

Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. My next venture didn’t fare much better.

Detroit 156

Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I began organizing in-person professional development events for this community, and then clients began asking me for help finding the right consultant for a project. I was working hard to climb the ladder in the car business and had been helping customers at work with budgeting, and building their credit. 11- Saw an opportunity.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 125

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 15, 2011

As someone who spent two years in 2003 and 2004 in NYC selling technology to Wall St trading firms and having my friends and clients wonder what this whole startup thing was about and why I was "wasting" my career doing this after doing a fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University it is great to see how vibrant the NY Startup community has become.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 128

SVPG

AUGUST 21, 2013

Starting around 2004 and 2005 I began seeing an increasing number of teams moving to Agile, and of course the first thing they needed was training and often some coaching. Much of it is still IT (internal) or custom. I should have written this article many years ago. See [link] 2. See [link] 5. See [link] 8.

Agile 61

Agile CTO Hire Software Developers Software Development 61

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature? It may be one of the most important reflections of the service your customers receive.

Small Business 59

Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

The marketing strategy is delivered to and through the staff to the ultimate delight and inspiration of the customer. In fact, I’ve said it many times, your staff is likely delivering the same experience to your customers as they are receiving from you. In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma.

Small Business 60

Small Business Marketing Social Media Software Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Here’s an example: let’s say one of your business goals for the year is to increase renewal business from existing customers by 15%. To develop your marketing strategy, think about the marketing efforts it would take to get more customers to renew. In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma.

Marketing 54

Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The term Domain-Driven Design was originally coined by Eric Evans in his book, “Domain Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software” which came out in 2004, so this isn’t a new concept. At its heart, DDD outlines an approach to software development with a set of principals and tools.

Design 48

Design Software Review Architecture Technical Review 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. I read a ton of existing literature and came up with a formal methodology for search I called Customer Development. Berkeley asked me to teach a class in Customer Development. He called it the “Lean Startup.”.

Lean 317

Lean Georgia Michigan Business Model 317

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. In my opinion, developing and executing an effective ma.

Web 48

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

During the 2004 election he was accused of having made up material facts from his service in the Vietnam War in an election against somebody who didn’t serve in a war. Understand the Gravity of the Situation for Your Customers. Develop Trusted Advisors. Think John Kerry and the “swift boat&# scandal.

PR 329

PR Management Startup Vietnam 329

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. And it’s a definite win-win for the customers and the manufacturer. Since then, Adidas has developed into a world whole recognized for its premium athletic attire.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 92

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2019

So, we spent a lot of money to develop a biometric entry/exit program for foreign nationals visiting the United States. The government and the airlines pay attention to opinion of their customers. Airlines especially care about the travel experience of their customers which includes their experience with TSA.

United States 48

United States Los Angeles Technical Review Programming 48

Growthink Blog

APRIL 30, 2013

A strong brand differentiates your product or service from your competitors, and is easily recognized by customers in your market. Developing a strong brand is important and can dramatically impact your success. And you will stay top-of-mind for customers since they will always be curious as to what they can expect from you next.

Developer 100

Developer Differentiation Campaign Reputation 100

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178