Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) 28, 2010 ??: ??? ?? ??: ?? [.] business model.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

→ Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Cool News, Links & Reviews If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Concept Feedback – Free feedback for marketers, designers and Micropreneurs. Professional and elegant designs from a paper craftsman.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

But then, because there might be entrenched competitors and your concept is radically new, you still need to invest in the customer development process to learn how to get design wins from companies who may be happy with their existing vendors. Personally, I think that customer acquisition, brand, reputation, etc.,

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. SaaS companies projected to grow 18% over this period in January 2010 and this projection moved up only to 20% today. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

They walked through 4 minutes of PowerPoint garble (of a 5 minute pitch) before unveiling a beautifully designed UI. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. As I’m sure Pip.io

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Dave McClure’s AARRR metrics and Andrew Chen ‘s specifics on freemium models, viral marketing, user acquisition and engagement both offer examples of exit criteria for Customer Discovery and Validation for startups on the web. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Eric and I will be working on others. Keep teaching! Order Here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

In general, open rates and click-throughs have decreased 45% since 2010 as users have become fatigued by email marketing and more concerned about their privacy. Now, this new layout wasn’t how we would have designed the site—but as the data showed us, small changes can have a big impact on how users interact with the product.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. There is also another inherent weakness. M&A Discussion.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

First up, Manik Kinra from Bangalore, India, pitched Jade Magnet , a crowd sourcing platform for creative services like logo design, website development, animation, video production, etc. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Our company’s graphics boards were designed to speed up a key part of the Macintosh graphics operating system called QuickDraw. I need to look at working in Market Types, however, since the cost of market share acquisition differs drastically, even if the cost of customer acquisition were the same. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

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). We’re just a little start-up with a big, big dream…We’ve just launched [link] in December 2010. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior Great companies are almost always run by great management teams. In this post I hope to help show how to figure out which metrics matter the most, and how to design them in such a way as to drive behavior that will lead to the results that you want.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its the same with acquisitions. 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?)

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition. Then Danny Wong from Shanghai, China, presented GemKitty , a custom jewelry design site that is having difficulty finding its core customer base. Guerrilla p.r.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. They wanted to employ our entire team post acquisition. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

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Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Toptal , founded in 2010, aims to relieve the difficulties of hiring freelancers. Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Survey design. Everything You Need To Know About Designing Valuable Customer Surveys Survey Design 101: Choosing Survey Response Scales A Guide to Open-Ended Questions in Marketing Research Good Survey Questions: Master the Art of the Ask Leading Questions: Great for Marketing, Terrible for Research. “I recession in 2009.”.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The class of 2010 is a cohort, because every student in the group graduated in 2010. As the above chart shows, we can compare the average income of the class of 2010 and 2011 over the same relative interval (5 years after graduation) for an apple-to-apples comparison. Acquisition Efficiency. This is their commonality.

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Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

Micropreneur Academy member Ruben Gamez launched Bidsketch five months after joining the Academy, and has experienced quite a bit of success with this niche application for designers. But the design of this email is branded, yet simple. July 22nd, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

In a subscription business, maybe your attrition starts matching your acquisition, balancing like magic. Or your cost of customer acquisition just magically floats up to match your customer lifetime value. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule. Since were offering a complete solution, which involves the development of a new product, there is design, prototyping, etc., Bring your questions.

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

It wasn’t until the past decade that a designer or developer could leave the safety of a salaried position in pursuit of a career as a solo entrepreneur. July 13th, 2010 | Uncategorized Building your startup? You don’t even need to register. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Designer – Good design can make or break a product so make sure you have someone who can think about and drive all design aspects of your business – from brand/logos, the appearance of the product and marketing materials. Where do I sign up? JG Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } ??????????????

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ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2014

Between this graph & the interactions with my family, I hit me that it’s not just pricing or persuasive design that influence a person’s desire to buy. That the company who designed the software had experience working with real lawyers & could “handhold” when necessary.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

by Dr. John Sullivan May 10, 2010, 12:16 am ET. If you’re targeting top performers or poaching from competitors, the remaining steps of the recruiting process must be designed to “fit” the needs in the job search process of your targeted candidate if you expect to even gain their attention. May 10, 2010 at 6:26 am.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I was turned on to the concept of coworking in 2010, when I hosted a networking event, for an organization I was leading, at San Diego’s first coworking space, the Hive Haus. Coworking spaces were designed to bring together the growing market of independent workers – currently 37% of the knowledge-based workforce.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

I will focus on sales and marketing elements: how well you communicate your message, the basics of your design, usability, calls to action, SEO, etc… Think of this as a combination between UserTesting.com and ConceptFeedback.com …except I’m not charging 29 bucks. Check out my book Like this post?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

In a major break from the past, where the military designed all its own weapons, 10,000 scientists and engineers from academia worked in civilian-run weapons labs (most headquartered in universities) in an organization called the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). could design and produce. In World War II the U.S.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

  He sells entirely locally and bids his own work and often provides design assistance for cabinets purchased by homebuilders.  Example two:  Explosive market share growth and revenue in an expanding market with acquisitive players available.   He needs $250,000 of expansion capital. .  five years.).

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Software By Rob

APRIL 6, 2010

Reviewing NHProf.com April 6th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? We all make similar mistakes designing and developing our own sites. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Free Website Feedback, Custom Card Designs, Finding Good Domain Names, and more… Paying the Price of Success → Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King. Love live the king.

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