ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

The hottest startups may not have been in enterprise and business-to-business channels (through companies like Parse, StackMob were acquired and Dropbox is growing like gangbusters), but the big business startup market performed well this year. Hack stars making app development and learning to code easier are abundant. Leap Motion.

Startup 60

Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

results) to the correct traffic source to compare the performance of marketing activities across various channels. If we’re not tracking from which websites, which campaigns, or which channels they visit, how could we know how much of that conversion to attribute to each source? How are they arriving at our website? utm_medium.

Analytics 118

Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions. Google integrated Admeld with its additional DoubleClick and Invite Media acquisitions. Slide.com.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It’s striking that algorithm developments for machine intelligence have been overwhelmingly open source. Large corporations have access to huge datasets and can acquire more (pace IBM’s recent acquisition of The Weather Channel data assets for $1.5bn ). Of course there are exceptions?—?last Revolution healthcare.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Software Review Startup 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2016

Which channel generates the most users? The developers can use Google Analytics goals to track when users collect a certain number of cards, upgrade a card, advance to a new level, etc. Now you need to actually collect data from your app via a software development kit (SDK), which connects to the Google Analytics APIs.

Analytics 48

Analytics Mobile Metrics Acquisition 48

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Acquisition. Developers. Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. From $1.5B Editor’s picks. Featured stories.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. They had mail, IM, groups, answers, etc. then bought GeoCities for $3.6

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Key Messaging: define the core messages and unique value proposition that you’ll communicate across every asset and channel. Create Assets: align your assets and channels to the stage of the buyer’s journey. Flesh your chosen voice Develop simple guidelines. Automate using the API or build something yourself.

Agile 90

Agile Analytics Algorithm Software Review 90

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. customer acquisition cost or CAC). a third sales model has emerged which I''ll call "Developer Driven". 3) Developer Driven Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

With agile development cycles and uncertain monetization models, they live and die by data and experimentation. At the core is still the same balance of analysis and creativity – but you’ll get an advantage with experience in product development, marketing, and commercial strategy. “. Image Source.

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Analytics 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Use their api to handle payment related stuff. s easier to use/develop with. Codeacademy.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

K9 Ventures

JULY 5, 2011

The BackType team, comprised of Christopher, Mike and Nathan Marz (@ nathanmarz ) had already developed a reputation for being one of the smartest “big data” guys out there. It was clear that social media was to be a major marketing channel. Companies and brands would be (and now are) funneling a lot of dollars into this channel.

Social Media 90

Social Media API United States Metrics 90

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. Cons: Measurement of acquisition channels appears to be a mute point with Clicktale. By this I mean to say that getting completion rates of tasks by marketing channel is not a part of the tool.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Conversion 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This means that our products take a lot of time and money to develop, and might have slow adoption rates. Snap has introduced a panoply of well-regarded features over the years: stories, face and location filters, memories, discovery channels, etc. Microsoft has been working on this for about a decade. Back to Snap.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

We started with the product about three years ago, development, a year later we released it. They have many, many man-years of development and customer development in them. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

It encompasses not just a technical infrastructure but also a user experience framework, usually some form of a selling channel, and a defined large-scale developer ecosystem. Salesforce is trying to create a platform both through internal efforts on Force.com and acquisitions (e.g. Apple’s iOS is a platform.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

One was extolling the wonderfulness of their multi channel campaign tracking. No amount of great multi channel tracking will save this company, they suck at the basics. Not your api driven integrated massively multi channel attribution analyzed campaign lifetime databases. That's sucking. There are so many ideas.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Google Analytics’ Cohort Analysis report is limited to one cohort type (Date of Acquisition). Since JavaScript is first and foremost a client-side language, it puts the user first and the developer second. Scrape any website without going through an API (and make the data accessible via a web page). Cohort Analysis. Conclusion.

Marketing 117

Marketing PPC Framework Artificial Inteligence 117

Version One Ventures

JULY 27, 2015

This increased value can be in the form of cost reduction (in user acquisition as an example), higher liquidity (in a marketplace), stronger community or deeper relationships (in social networks), etc. News outlets/channels, gaming, and communication products can be highly viral products without strong network effects.

Networking 60

Networking Community Viral Social Network 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2019

And those relationships take time to develop—even the most amazing outreach email will not get you there. You could: Promote their content across your social media channels; Quote someone from their company in your next guest post; Feature them in your newsletter; Gift them some company swag; Link to something link-worthy from their site.

Campaign 109

Campaign Email Partner Channel 109

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

It’s a familiar concept for most, yet user onboarding flows are often created during development and forgotten about. For example, you might need to onboard a developer vs. an average user. As Sascha Konietzke said , “Onboarding for API-centric products is very different. So, the channel selection (vs.

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.). Special Bonus.

Venture Capital 71

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 71

Software By Rob

JUNE 20, 2013

Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.). Special Bonus.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I don’t know any developers. These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! I need money for the servers.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

We will cover questions in four areas: business/strategy challenges, analytics/technical challenges, career/self-development questions and rampant speculation. Find campaigns where they are spending most money, lower the bounce rate and reduce acquisition cost. They still tend to think of digital as a fulfillment channel.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. IPgallery. . Mer Telecom. -

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.). Special Bonus.

Venture Capital 27

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 27

www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Audience Development. Digital audience developers and executives discuss their favorites. The breakdown: “Pinterest doesn’t have an open API yet, so data has been pretty limited. The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack.

Social Media 40

Social Media Rhode Island Media South Dakota 40

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

People: founder-run and trying to recruit amazing technical talent (the product development team is a huge priority at this stage) and integrate a few senior managers to help prepare the company for scale - which leads to cultural clashes and communication challenges. Time to enlist some 3rd party developers! Anyone up for a rewrite?

Mezzanine 20

Mezzanine IPO Finance Business Model 20