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.

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Acquisition Cofounder Technical Cofounder Cost 150

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link].

Social Media 109

Social Media Small Business North America Design 109

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Over the last three years our Lean LaunchPad / NSF Innovation Corps classes have been teaching hundreds of entrepreneurial teams a year how to build their startups by getting out of the building and testing their hypotheses behind their business model. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Lean Customer Development Sales Cycle Business Model 315

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2013

As our Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences class winds down, a good number of the 26 teams are trying to figure out whether they should go forward to turn their class project into a business. Or is it something that can grow to a size that will result in an acquisition or some liquidity event? And if not, are you Ok with something small?

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Liquidity Event Lean 325

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Answer: [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. How to Increase Trust for a Landing Page Design – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link]. An acquisition is always a failure | by Jake Lodwick – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. Acquisitions can quickly increase your market share and bring in new customers. Acquisitions. Design a marketing growth strategy that increases market share and revenue.

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Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2013

We’re going to test this hypothesis by teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Healthcare (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists and angels. For exits, acquisitions are the rule and IPOs the exception. And why you ought to take this class.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Startup Lean Philadelphia 301

Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Here’s how. Build-Measure-Learn.

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Lean Agile Business Model Customer Development 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And now that we have those structures built and we have the staffs designed, almost all those trades are done.

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Technology United States Iraq Operations 284

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone. 2) We should have had buy-in about the value of disruptive new business models, design and open innovation thinking. Venture Fest was not integral to their success.

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Programming Technical Review Incubator Intellectual Property 265

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

” Team 3: Acquisition. We were integrating a lecture class with a heavy reading list with the best practices of hypothesis testing from Lean Launchpad/Hacking for Defense/I-Corps. Jason Kim : “ This course doesn’t just discuss U.S. national security issues. Original Problem Statement: How can the U.S.

Technical Review 353

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 353

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. From Deadpool to Acquisition: Lessons From Sprouter’s Almost Fail – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design CTO Hire 94

Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to give our students insights on how commercial technology (AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, quantum, semiconductors, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others) will shape how we employ all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage).

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Technical Review Technology Taiwan Venture Capital 281

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. The next big enterprise acquisition target? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers – [link]. Clothing Hang Tag Design: 12 Trendy Examples – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. NVV: Lots of entrepreneurs reading this will think about the lean startup movement when they hear about pretotyping.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

These lost startups land higher valuations, have larger teams, outsource more product development and spend more money on customer acquisition than their peers. Until you have product-market fit, hire builders: engineers, designers, and growth and product people. Sometimes founders misapply lean startup methodology.

Startup 78

Startup Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Review 78

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Lean, MVPs and the DOD. Today’s topic was Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture 246

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. Inversely, if you’re using the agency model to fund another startup or product, you should probably keep things lean. For example, you may design beautiful looking websites, but your clients want something that looks great and performs as a lead generator. niche down”).

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PR B2B Lean Audience 120

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2014

Now you can watch Part 2 “ The Lean Approach “ This group of six videos provides an overview of how to successfully do Customer Discovery. These “ Startup and The Lean Approach ” videos are a great general purpose companion to my “ How to Build a Startup ” lectures on Udacity. Module 1, The Lean Method.

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Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development Acquisition 328

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 3, 2010

As I’ve written in the past, I encourage companies I’m an investor in to continually explore small acquisitions when entrepreneurs have created something that is on their roadmap. AgileZen was one such company and the acquisition has been a successful one for everyone. Why did you start AgileZen ?

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Founder Acquisition Software Developers Software Development 122

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This actually aligns closely with the Lean Planning approach, which allows your business to be more agile and make adjustments as you test your idea in the market. I didn’t have the best of website themes and my design skills were terrible—I thought these issues would repel clients. My freelance business looked ugly. I was wrong.

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Acquisition Startup Engineer Metrics 93

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 Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

At times I wanted the engineering team to produce features to support our sales efforts to I occasionally leaned on them a bit. It isn’t uncommon for CEOs to talk about biz dev deals prematurely, hint at product announcements or even hint at acquisitions. I did this. These are always mistakes in a growing company.

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Startup CTO Hire Sales Leadership 150

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. On October 8 at 10a PT, we’ll be talking about bringing Lean Startup methods to established companies, precisely the kinds of businesses that are most resistant to experimentation, even as they desperately need it. That''s hard. That’s Eric Ries’s job.

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Lean Startup Agile Leadership 167

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

View this post on Instagram Watch our detachable soles being made near Milan #mahabis #soles #shoes #factory #milan #italy #videooftheday #instadaily #ig #sneakers #kicks #design #fashion #yellow A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Apr 10, 2014 at 5:53am PDT. While those acquisition efforts worked well, not all do.

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Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Done right, ASO can reduce user acquisition costs, increase app downloads, and improve your app’s value. Lowering your customer acquisition costs (CAC). What hobbies do they lean on to pass the time or fulfill a passion? Then, target them with user acquisition campaigns. What helps them wind down after a long day?

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Metadata Technical Review Retention Metrics 121

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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Startup Silicon Valley Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

He’s also the CEO of Blumer CPAs where they serve as an advisory firm for the design marketing and creative agency services niches. Key Takeaway: Jason Blumer is the CEO of Blumer CPAs which is an advisory firm for design, marketing, and creative agency services. Is that fraught with lots of challenges? [19:44] Blumer CPAs.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 72

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). Survey design. As the recession wrapped up, they had to remind consumers of lean times.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

Instead, iterative design approaches dominate software design. The Navy has world-class engineering and acquisition processes to deal with hardware. The design principles that drive software companies are fundamentally different than those that drive industrial organizations.

Agile 369

Agile China Taiwan Artificial Inteligence 369

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Here’s her story of the Lean innovation accelerator she’s built for the Marines. Like a tech startup accelerator, the MCISRE Accelerator assembles a cohort of active duty Marines of all ranks, experiences, and disciplines and pairs them with developers, designers, and mentors through a 12-week “Design—Develop—Deploy” cycle.

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Framework Lean Metrics Government 322

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Shoulder – not to cry on, but to lean on. The last is a designer. But having a design cofounder was critical in getting the large volume of work on the website, product, marketing material, done; iterating quickly; and keeping a consistent aesthetic to the brand. Each of these skill sets was key in building the company.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156