YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In a flash of brilliance, we took our dial-up filter technology and built a software product that would run on any computer regardless of its Internet connection type. We called this new product Safe Eyes. In June of 2005 while on vacation with my wife, I received a call from my brother. This rating put Safe Eyes on the map.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

legally for medical school, served in the Air Force and then was a productive, tax-paying contributor for nearly 40 years. S**t’s About to Get Real Herb Scannell is teaming up with mitú’s founder & president Beatriz Acevedo who oversees content production, talent development and social impact. billion to finance US startups.)

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2015

But how can we use it to retain more customers? Why Gamify Customer Retention? We borrow the mechanics of traditional games and apply them to uncommon concepts, like customer retention. Acquiring new customers is expensive. So, reducing customer churn can greatly impact your company’s financial health.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Now that’s a happy customer!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Business owners invest a lot into building a good product, marketing it properly , and onboarding a solid team. Often, the expenses on development and maintenance of the business are higher than the potential of the product — and that’s, unfortunately, completely normal. Increase customer loyalty. What is an MVP? Why use an MVP?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2017

It used to be that a business would gain customers only from the neighborhood surrounding its location. Now, thanks to internet technology, your customers can be from around your state — or around the world. Some surveys have found that 60% of all American consumers are already shopping online, and more are joining them every day.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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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. The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. And it’s a definite win-win for the customers and the manufacturer.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Personalized shopping is changing the way we find, buy and recommend products to our friends already. Custom Everything. The reason is simple: why leave the comfort of your own home when you can get something custom made to your exact size for less? Customized Outfit Planning. Custom Designs. Its very powerful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Obviously over the years since this was a tool that was acquired by Google in 2005 already, the use case kind of evolved because people come to your website not only via your browser but maybe also via mobile devices and maybe have different experiences than what a website actually meant in 2005.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Robert has been working in software since 2005. Those ads must be perfectly tuned and targeted text missiles that leave potential customers with a thunderstruck need to open their wallets. I found that my product was difficult to express succinctly within the constraints of a small text ad. (Powered by LaunchBit ). He is a Ph.D.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It slows product development. But it’s also essential— 89 percent of customers stop doing business with a company after a bad experience. The key is to connect user research to an improved user experience and, in turn, an increase in customer retention, leads, or any other metric for which C-suite members are accountable.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

It was created and delivered in 2005. The product is authorized to foreign trade dealers who offer the product to their customers. The product involves both a server and a client component as well. The customer terminal is made free by financier firms for continuous web-based trading and as Demo accounts.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Product Management – Brad and Mark discuss the role of Product Managers in Startups. So I think the hardest role to fill in a startup is a Product Management role. was starting.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

How does your product apply to my role? Do your homework before the interview by signing up for a free trail of the startups product. Make a list of all the different questions you have about the product based on your experience. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2024

Key Takeaways Chris Martinez’s journey underscores the importance of strategic pivots, understanding customer needs, leveraging technology, building a strong team, and continuous learning. Now when I did that was 2005. So that was a very easy decision to kill off that product because otherwise we're going to go broke.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Every year I teach classrooms full of students who leave class understanding the basics of how to search for product/market fit—and thinking their next goal is to “get funded.”. You (think) you have product-market fit with real customers and real revenue and need money to grow and expand. That’s a mistake. Step 5: Series, C, D….

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

That great productivity drain that we somehow all buy into. So I ask you – if you’re being reactive to somebody else’s emails are you really being as productive in your company as you could be? I spent a late morning meeting with a product exec at one portfolio company. He turned me down for a job in 2005.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Now, what you can charge and what you actually charge is rarely the same thing. 7 Characteristics of a Re. :

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 67

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. The clicks aren’t from potential customers, but they’re often from real people. After all, they want potential customers clicking their ads, and each instance of click fraud makes advertising more costly. Here’s a rundown of causes: 1.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). we would not be limited by geography, industry verticals, or expanding into new product lines (data is a truly huge industry with no TAM, or total available market, limitations). their customers. and hopefully?—?grow There was meaning in that?—?the

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

million raised, per CrunchBase): It came from my deep frustration renting as an undegrad at Oxford for the first time back in 2005. Georgiades (Zumper): I think business school is more about soul searching than spending 24 hours building a product. There is plenty of time post-HBS to crank on building product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 These shifts are independent of technology innovations, but certainly will drive the application of key product developments. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. million, born 1985-2004, biggest business opportunity Baby Boomers (no other name) – 70.7

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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. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

So when Sherri Tafoya, President and Founder of Customs Blinds & Design contacted us raving about the system, we asked her to share her experience and she graciously obliged. “I Founded Custom Blinds For Less, Inc. We sell a luxury product. Take it away, Sherri! Fast forward to 2020 .

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2015

And if the sales department’s direct connection to customers is being neglected, that great marketing plan could fall on deaf ears. Oh, and the same goes for your customer service team. In some companies, marketing and production have a higher status than sales and customer care.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With quirky features such as a “banana” phone for customer complaints/queries, cute job titles such as “Chief Squeeze” and “Juice Press”, wickedly witty bottle labels, and a “grass” covered delivery van, Innocent isn’t any ordinary company. With our time when coaching others.

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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. I thought - incorrectly it turns out - that this would be a temporary issue, while the Agile community gained experience, especially with commercial product companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature? How happy is your staff?

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Or perhaps you think it’s all about luck: My product is great, but how it will do in the market is a crapshoot. In the business world, this tendency to be “over” causes us to blow our skill sets, our capabilities, and even our products and services out of proportion. What is your new term for defining your product or service?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. However each component will change dramatically.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Perhaps the team is working on a product that really isnt that great or useful. Maybe they never thought about product-market fit. Building a product is like packing a suitcase: Plan out what you think you need. The biggest mistake I see is companies waiting too long to release the product. Leave it in the comments.

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