Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The agenda ( full agenda here ) includes the following discussions: DEIS in Corporate Governance & Board DEIS in Human Resources & Talent Acquisition DEIS in Procurement DEIS in Edge Technology Product Development & Corporate Innovation DEIS in Go To Market DEIS in Venture Capital & Investment DEIS in Impact.

Equity 123

Equity Cofounder Venture Capital .Net 123

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link]. Unlimited Vacation Doesn’t Create Slackers–It Ensures Productivity – [link]. Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This is a classic example of Goodwill: Trello’s accounting statement doesn’t justify their $425 million acquisition, but its strong user community and reputation does. From this, founders can learn that Goodwill impacts acquisition pricing in conjunction with current revenue rates and profits. Alpha generation.

Founder 148

Founder Valuation Dividend Startup 148

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

So while ads can be an effective way to grow, spending on user acquisition before figuring out monetisation is a sure way to shorten runway for early stage startups. Build a community – often overlooked, but building a community around your app can help you build better products and dramatically increase retention.

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Product marketers own a variety of marketing responsibilities, which can be roughly divided into two broad categories: pre-launch and post-launch. During product development and before launch, product marketing responsibilities revolve around the GTM strategy, positioning, and developing messaging. Image Source.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

And congrats to Alex Le, cofounder of a prior investment, Serious Business, whose first game since the Zynga acquisition is CityVille.]. Scott Albro of Focus , a knowledge sharing community for business people, has fully embraced the idea of constant iteration for 2011, taking the best practices of social media to the business media world.

Stealth 60

Stealth Startup Lean Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. Putting lean principles into NGA’s acquisition practices. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency.

Lean 181

Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 181

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. Putting lean principles into NGA’s acquisition practices. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency.

Lean 181

Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 181

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. But the venture guys don’t make the calls on what the product / business guys do. And Microsoft always convinces me that their next version of Windows won’t be slow and I get fooled every time.

Strategic Investors 279

Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In addition, I’ve noted a few multi-product lending firms, e.g., Kapitus and United Capital Source , which provide RBI as one of many structural options to companies seeking capital. . We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Today one of our portfolio companies BigDoor announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based OneTrueFan , a community and web check-in company. Recently the market demand has been outpacing their ability to keep up, so they turned to OneTrueFan as a means of accelerating their product development and overall growth.

San Francisco 115

San Francisco Acquisition Cofounder IPO 115

ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

As Ronny Kohavi , Distinguished Engineer, General Manager, Analysis and Experimentation at Microsoft, put it: Ronny Kohavi: “Experimentation is getting more recognized as essential to guide product development, when it is applicable (not always, as you can see in Section 6 in this paper ). heterogeneous treatment effects).”.

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Analytics 48

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2017

They are also a key to success in the Membership Economy — an emerging model in which businesses create a customer-centric strategy using tactics like subscription pricing, inclusiveness, and digital community. Or better yet, are they achieving a reputation within the community as an expert, or perhaps as a generous soul?

Community 124

Community LLC Customer Developer 124

VC Adventure

JANUARY 24, 2013

They tend to be engineering heavy, key deliverables center around feature releases and sticking to a dev schedule and success is measured by the progress a business makes on building and releasing product vs. revenue generated from that product. Perhaps a sales person or community manager/user advocate is hired.

Sales 102

Sales Product Marketing Acquisition 102

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. be the manager and product developer). Team Roles: There are six main roles that most new organizations need to consider in some capacity.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

People had a terrible experience using their product. After turning their attention toward feedback and testing, letting the voice of their customers fuel their content strategy and product development, they took off. At launch, marketing is based on customer behavior related to the problem your product solves.

Product 102

Product Marketing Social Media Channel 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. -Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance.

San Francisco 248

San Francisco Venture Capital Analytics Government 248

Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2013

Being one of the first Googlers to join YouTube after the acquisition taught me a lot about what works, and doesn’t work, when you bring a fast growing community property into a larger entity. Avoid Locality Bias in Product Development. Today analysts estimate its enterprise value is approaching $20 billion.

Engineer 87

Engineer PR Leadership Community 87

VC Adventure

JANUARY 24, 2013

They tend to be engineering heavy, key deliverables center around feature releases and sticking to a dev schedule and success is measured by the progress a business makes on building and releasing product vs. revenue generated from that product. Perhaps a sales person or community manager/user advocate is hired.

Sales 48

Sales Product Marketing Acquisition 48

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It’s actually pretty hard to find a good start-up job if you have no real engineering or user acquisition / product management skills. Become a Key Member of the Tech Community The Hope: You’ll form friendships with potential technical co-founders and work on small projects together. What do you guys think?

Cofounder 43

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Ruby 43

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

But rather than spending marketing dollars on expensive, bottom-of-funnel ad buys—or on content that attempts to explain the value of a product—a product-led strategy lets consumers create their own “Aha!” Consumer psychology also suggests why product-led strategies may enjoy more success : Endowment effect. Free-trial models.

Customer 119

Customer Conversion Acquisition B2B 119

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. How a product launch strategy creates awareness and earns consideration from potential buyers.

Product 96

Product Social Media Audience Software Review 96

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These are the four stages of a product we’ll be focusing on. . However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. This stage is used to determine the viability of your product and confirm when it should go to market. These channels should take priority.

Product 142

Product Marketing Software Review Social Media 142

Brandanew

APRIL 25, 2016

You need a good balance between growing your community , but also keeping it engaged. You can spend your energy towards client acquisition, collaboration, and product development. You can spend your energy towards client acquisition, collaboration, and product development. Remember your time = cost.

Marketing 100

Marketing Curation Channel Small Business 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The scene is the siren song of the innovation community. The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. The scene will kill you. The Proof Is In The Revenue. Hiring The Right Candidate.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

And passionate players are often the backbone of game communities – especially online. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. They get focused solely on growth.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Engage Users Product development is a conversation with the user that doesntreally start till you launch. Theres very little focus on the cost of customer acquisition. The Value of Community A surprising number of founders said what surprised them most aboutstarting a startup was the value of community.

Technical Cofounder 110

Technical Cofounder Startup Cofounder Founder 110

www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Ill help with product development ideas, offer feedback, make intros to investors (if I would myself invest.)--anything Some wouldnt, so I just asked them for general advice. Oh, and what was the company?

Stealth 90

Stealth NDA Startup IP 90

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Ensuring that design is present during product development and has a seat at the table when business or technology teams establish limiting parameters. Product development is iterative—rapid prototyping, fast changes, continual improvement. Designing in real time. Acting quickly. Strategy #3: Get emotional.

Campaign 134

Campaign Marketing Design Differentiation 134

Transformify

MARCH 5, 2020

He leads multiple facets of Parabol’s growth and success by overseeing new talent acquisition, funding and product development. It’s a win when an independent contractor or part-time worker becomes a member of your community and network. Jordan Husney is the CEO & Founder of Parabol.

Hiring 80

Hiring Jordan Los Angeles Architecture 80

Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

The knowledge that you need 10,000 hours to master a subject, that certain trends become viral after the 412th person adopts it, or that you should make your product remarkable, is not going to help you launch. Nor will it save you a single minute during product development, or sell one more copy of your application.

Founder 78

Founder Startup Software Review Software 78

ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2019

Product Hunt is a community-based website that allows makers and marketers to launch their products or services and get in touch with their first real users. The community can jump start products through votes and (honest) reviews, which are essential in the early stages of campaigns.

Campaign 127

Campaign Product Technical Review Social Media 127

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

But a more important question to which I don’t have a good answer is whether the Free/Premium strategy leads to better or worse product development. If you offer a product for free you get more users and more feedback on your product. But is it the right data? at 11:28 am [.] 70 spudart on 08.24.10

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

It may wind up for sale on SitePoint , or it may be relegated to the bone yard of failed software products. The Upside The flip side to all of this is what you’ve already heard on the blogs of successful product developers. Once a product hits critical mass you’ve conquered the hardest part of the equation.

Software Review 42

Software Review Software Product Salary 42

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If someone had been there and just told me “join a great founding team, focus on the product, and forget everything else,” I would have saved a lot of time and heartache. Sure you don’t have to take VC money to build out a product. And I’m sure they won’t mind community college either. Love the guest post TechCrunch!

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84