Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

And is moving the company into augmented reality and conversational AI. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. It’s possible that betting on the phone as the platform for conversational AI may not be the winning hand.

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Eric Friedman

APRIL 30, 2024

In April 2024 ChatGPT has this to say: Persistent Memory : When you tell me something you’d like me to remember, I can store this information and recall it in future conversations. Dynamic Updating : As our conversations evolve, I can update or modify the memory based on new information you provide.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Measure conversion rates. November 7, 2008 7:36 PM nitesh said.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

The conversation screeched to a tense halt. In 2008, Ellen founded Women in Trucking: an association designed to be a resource and encouragement to transportation leaders. The sun baked down on the four door station wagon stalled on the side of the road. And the driver inside fumed and sizzled. What do you mean you can’t help?

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

Sweet Grace was born in 2008, as the Great Recession ripped through the United States, particularly affecting working-class communities like Lawrence, Massachusetts where Danaris lives. Based on our research and the conversations we had in the course of writing our book , we believe there are countless potential Denarises out there.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 27, 2020

Among the many changes I’ve seen has been the use of video, both in terms of live zoom-like ‘conversations’ as well as video consumption overall. On the video we discussed how we founded the company, the 10 years we spent growing it, and how/why we sold the company in 2008. If you’re into that kind of thing.).

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

15:11] Where does employer branding fit into the conversation of employee experience? [17:18] And we did that all the way back in 2008 and we said it, everyone went, you know, absolutely no way not gonna happen. (03:03): So how does that fit into the conversation of employee experience? You lose that happenstance conversation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse. It not only survived but was sold nine years later for $1Billion. Co-founder Holly Liu will walk us through the the decisions that led to that outcome.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. It is the new cocktail party conversation. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2023

Rating for an app: 7/10 Rating for software: 9/10 Rating for technology other than app or software: 5/10 #7: Reddit Reddit is home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic human connection. Since its founding in 2008, the site has been committed to inspiring, educating, and featuring the doers of the world.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ultimately, SAMs direct the viewer to deeper engagement, capturing attention and saving time which leads to a higher conversion rate. Frecon also continues his family’s third-generation farming legacy at Frecon Cidery, one of Pennsylvania’s premier cideries he helped to establish in 2008.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

First Click Free (2008). Metering does allow sites to segment users who hit your paywall—a key audience for conversion optimization. For sites that rely on a lead-in, it’s a different conversation. Lead-in with a registration or subscription wall and an app conversion strategy. When a specific search engine (e.g.,

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

They were just about to launch their product when the financial collapse happened in 2008. At some point along the way, Bittan says her partners didn’t trust her anymore and that started to poison every business conversation they had. ” Bittan stuck with it, but the entire team would suffer a set back.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2020

2008 has been an unforgettable year for the investor. This is to make sure that they do not have to face the same reality that they have faced in the year 2008. Ease with the conversion. This was the year that has seen what the financial crisis meant. The market fell like a castle made of glass.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

I had a conversation recently about the investing business with Katina Stefanova , who recently left Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund in the world. My conversation with Katina below is part 3 of my series on disrupting asset management. Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

But this forced a good conversation about not taking money that was on the table. Our conversation broke out into two threads. However, the goal of the conversation and the context was to figure out how to own the market and create the biggest pie for everyone. Here’s the data: 2007: 10%. Real money.

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ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2014

Increasing Conversions By Improving The Search Experience. This what Jason Dupus of Black Forest Décor did with their company site back in 2008, which resulted in a 20% jump in conversions and an 84% jump in revenue for customers using search. . Searchendising). Moved it to the center of the page. Read the full case study here.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 7, 2018

As Jack Dorsey said, defining what is a Healthy Conversation. Maybe the most exciting roles right now at Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the like are about creating the metrics of 2018 and beyond. I’m hopeful.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 30, 2020

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that during economic downturns like the Dot Com crash and the financial crisis of 2008, more than 100% of net job growth comes from companies that are less than five years old. The series D insured that Linkedin had the capabilities to play both offense and defense in the 2008 crisis.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

Wait until you’ve cooled down and can send a measured, carefully worded e-mail or, heck, go have a face-to-face conversation with the person. The initial concept and start-up work for Max-Wellness began in September 2008, at just about the same time as the market started to tank. It’s best to learn to restrain yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The more data I collected and the more conversation I had with GPs and LPs the more I realized that there was another major factor at play in the concentration of capital in larger funds – many traditional VC firms were now setting up “opportunity funds” or “growth funds.” The iPhone was released.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy. ” ** Photo credit: Chaos Soccer Gear on Unsplash On Funding?—?Shots

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. Some 75% of LPs polled said they are concerned about investment pace, burn and valuations; for now, only 6% seem “deeply concerned.”

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Founders from ten startups had the opportunity to present in front of a panel of investors and journalists, and we’ve had conversations since with one of them about investing. Photo: Downtown Miami skyline as seen from Miami Beach in January 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Thanks to Rikki Novetsky for help drafting this article.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In 2008, while growing my employee benefits business, my mom took a fall at work that required shoulder surgery. In 2008, I had accumulated a large inventory of domain names and wanted to offer them for sale on my own website. This company name has proven to keep things fun and interesting, and makes for a great conversation starter.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2019

As I sat in the dark hallway with the sounds of a loud conversation in Portuguese pouring through the door, only one thought was blazing through my head: had we pushed it too far? From around 2008 until 2015, as the internet gained users by the hundreds of millions, viral videos were all the rage. My mind raced. This is so cool!

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

I advised him to get into deeper conversations with these 50 companies and get a better feel for what applications they would build and how they want to pay for the platform: license, subscription, or transaction fee. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2019

While she and I worked to define our technical vision, we also had long conversations about our values. In Austin in 2008, I cofounded Sixclear, and led it until 2016. Andra was part of the London-based accelerator, Entrepreneur First, and I was living in the Bay Area. We both had started multiple organizations previously.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. Transcript: Hi, and welcome to the a16z podcast. I’m Lauren Murrow.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Balanced growth vs. growth at all costs: No conversation about 2019 will be complete without considering the uncertain economic, financial and geopolitical environment in which we are currently living. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. September 15, 2008 9:12 PM Hitchens said.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I figured that telephonic conversations provide limited help to the victims, and physical intervention is required. In 2008 a study was published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology that links happiness to authenticity, revealing that people who consistently live by their convictions and truths are happier and have higher self-esteem.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For me twitter has been valuable the past 8 years or so – I joined in Jan 2008. The conversation turned into a noisy nightclub where no one could hear anyone speak. You’d try and have conversations with people who weren’t really there. It’s classic behavioural economics. It lost its authenticity.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Typically, the calls that Josh receives aren’t full of long thoughtful conversation as generally people who get Josh are looking for some immediate help to get them working again. “I made my first sale to friends and family in 2008. Founded : 2008. We will know 100% in 30 days but pretty much it’s a done deal.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

It all started on March 31, 2008. United apologized, plans to use the video internally to help " change its culture ," and, according to a spokeswoman for the carrier: "We are in conversation with one another to make what happened right." 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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Eric Friedman

JULY 28, 2008

I had the chance to interview Randy Peterson of P&G for his upcoming participation in Search Engine Strategies 2008: San Jose where he will be speaking on the Keynote Roundtable: “Why Does Search Get the Credit for Everything?” For those 40% of brands without defined conversion events, they need to start there.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. Announcing Multicoin Capital was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Our Story The two of us met at NYU almost 10 years ago.

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