Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s considering making me the permanent co-host so if you enjoy any of this episode or want to see me on the show on a more regular basis please Tweet @jason and let him know (he asked for direct feedback). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. M&A Discussion.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

Silicon Valley 272

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 272

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. So what can you do? Then, if your retention is good enough, you can stay there.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next. In a nutshell: Acquisition - Get people to hear about your product from press, blogs and social channels. First Steps in Growth Hacking for Startups.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I don’t know of an opensource or hosted version of Kickstarter. They give up They don’t talk to their customers They hire B players They can’t sell They get shitty advice. Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. customer acquisition, like Launchrock, you called that something, what was that again? Social amplification.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. Direct notifications can help ameliorate that problem.

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Viral San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 140