Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Failing to tailor the plan to your target audience. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The VP of Sales comes to a board meeting, still optimistic, and provides a set of reasonable explanations – “our pipeline looks great, but orders will close next quarter” or “we’ve got lots of traffic to our site, we just need to work on conversion.” Just had a conversation today with a student taking Steve’s class.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

she / her) - Senior Vice President, Global Technology and Innovation - Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce | LinkedIn Will Young - CEO & Co-founder - Sana Benefits | LinkedIn Andrea L. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2010 (excluding angel networks). LinkedIn Brett A.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video. Good stuff from Jason.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

I went back across the 21 investments I''ve made both at First Round and at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --a period that dates back to January 28, 2010, when I closed on Backupify. The tricky question is whether these early conversations should count as fundraising. Venture Capital & Technology'

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chicago’s 1871 Chicago’s Technology and IHCC’s LatinX Incubator Selection. Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2010 Emerging Leaders Program Selection. I knew this was not unique to me and was happening to other Latinas per conversations. Aspen Ideas Festival Ricardo Salinas Scholar.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Ardent would be my third technology company as a VP of Marketing (Convergent Technologies and MIPS Computers were the other two.) It was my ex boss from Convergent Technologies, “Steve we’ve all just resigned from Convergent and we’re starting a new company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? Social media is about maintaining a dynamic conversation between you and your customers. Failing to tailor the plan to your target audience. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Reply Marco , on October 7, 2010 at 1:38 pm Said: Hi Steve, thanks for the awesome post, but, what was question #4? Keep teaching!

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

I have an idea for how to connect user social web conversations to 2-way search and contextual advertising. Don’t we have to get the site/plugins up and running before we gather information from users? Here’s my first time entrepreneur dilemma. It’s taking time and effort to the build the prototype.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2015

One of the best and easiest ways to find like-minded people is to have a lot of conversations with purpose, i.e. a goal defining what you want to extract from this person. Many of our employees came to us by way of candid conversations we had at conferences, round tables and other interactions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Take them out to lunch, ask them good questions and really listen, keep an open door, join in random conversations by the coffee pot; it’s all easy and it’s all good for you and for your top performers. can do wonders for opening the floodgate on a great conversation about that person’s talents, potential and accomplishments.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Our goal is to eliminate the friction between individuals by ensuring that people are empathetic, good listeners and speak the truth in a diplomatic manner, leading to clear and appropriate conversations. I’ve lived in the Middle East with the grandiose idea of serving the Syrian refugees when the bombs hit in 2010!

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K9 Ventures

JULY 24, 2014

I believe this was in April 2010 and if memory serves me correct it was an event hosted at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos by Sand Hill Angels , where Vinod Khosla gave a talk. My question was “How do you diligence or satisfy yourself that the science or the technology behind these companies is real?”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. If they’re likely to raise a new fund then you might be OK but at least have the conversation with them. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

We had thought really hard about “ market type ” and decided to reposition the company from a technology provider to a solutions provider. Now we needed to put the tactical programs in place to make this repositioning strategy happen.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Only three things make society richer over time – physical capital, worker capital, and technology – with the latter being the greatest. Companies like McKinsey expect that productivity growth rates will double over the coming years, thanks to the sheer power of new technologies under development by some big tech firms.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Now I have.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 7, 2010 Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. Id be honored to have you join the conversation. Without further ado.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

We developed Pages based on actual conversations we had with our customers,” explains Kenny Rueter, Kajabi co-founder and CEO. “We That personal approach to software development has been a key feature of Kajabi’s culture since the company launched in 2010. A recent user community meetup at Kajabi’s offices in Irvine, California.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. It's human nature," he writes.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

So depending on the conversation I’m having with my audience, my ‘next’ page can be any of eight. Here is that company’s retelling of the story: On February 6, 2010, Seth Godin posted on his blog an entry titled “iPad app of my dreams: the digital talking pad.&# On June 14, 2010, Seth let out a sigh.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. YouNoodle 33. Lovely Pages 34.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

If you look at the top 3 online retailers by conversion rate, none of these are award-winning designs : [link] [link] [link] However, they convert ~25% of visitors to customers. As a pay-per-click marketer, now I will look at retail packaging as a source of ideas on landing page design. That’s 10x what many websites convert.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. I personally believe that in the interconnected, “always on&# world that is 2010 people emphasize communicating too frequently versus respecting the productivity of others. That’s my 2010 hack.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I remember seeing Ian and Adam’s video application to TechStars for the Boulder 2010 program (at the time the company was called Gearbox). TechCrunch on Sphero : “As a technological artifact, the ball is incredible. There were a lot of questions on the selection committee because it wasn’t a typical software thing.

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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.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

How To Take Back Control Of Technology written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Gaia Bernstein In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Gaia Bernstein. She writes, teaches, and lectures at the intersection of law, technology, health, and privacy.

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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. Discuss.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Im constantly frustrated by conversations that take place in discussion groups that cant cross the border into the blog world. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Otherwise, Ive not seen much. *

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. If you prefer a face-to-face conversation, there’s also an option to search for a mentor by your zip code. There’s no substitute for experience.

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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. We provide 3 forms of value for investors: 1) Primary research — we take a technology-first approach to crypto. We dive deep into white papers, review technology, economics, game theory, etc. We were infatuated with tech.

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Life Beyond Code

JULY 10, 2010

CEREBRATE Silicon Valley 2010 happens during July 30 – Aug 1, 2010 at Mount Madonna. The event typically begins with no agenda and quickly develops into a a series of conversations finally resulting in deep relationships with a small number of people. Please nominate them here: Nominate for CEREBRATE Silicon Valley 2010.

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blog.chrisomeara.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Chris OMeara Main | Probing Code Quality » 01/31/2010 Startup CTO: Could It Work? They tend to understand the product management side of the product well enough to guide the technology in a complementary way. Posted by: Brian Guthrie | 02/01/2010 at 11:29 AM Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, Chris.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

he had to build his indexing technology to be able to update very quickly and filter out stale data very quickly. And so began Diego’s foray into search technology. In March, 2010 Diego and I reconnected. It was through their conversations that LinkedIn and IndexTank started discussing working together more closely.

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