Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. He built & IPOd Demand Media. What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? . What do Bill Gross and Gil Elbaz have in common that portends well for the future of LA Tech?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. Out of that total, they funded 268 Internet deals with $3.2

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. Then Gerard McDonald from Dublin, Ireland, discussed CustomerDiscovery, a concept-stage venture around online marketing services using social media mechanisms for customer acquisition.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. He runs H4X Labs.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. Why this acquisition? Facebook is no longer the innovative, nimble startup it once was, and needs to acquire to stay relevant – see the post on Google’s recent acquisition of Nest.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

As I’ve highlighted I believe we’re in a unique period similar to 2005-08 where the biggest tech firms of Silicon Valley (and some media companies) are scooping up small software companies as “talent acquisitions&# versus accretive revenue / profit generators. This is actually the norm.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

There’s a couple different forces I see at work: 1) Selling & Customer Acquisition - In the last 5 years, the biggest force in business software was the impact of the cloud as an infrastructure layer and product/service delivery mechanism. companies on user acquisition are increasingly being applied to SaaS companies.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Not just in the military, but also in Silicon Valley, where it dooms otherwise successful companies. I’m not going to talk about reforming the acquisition process, which many of your class speakers have mentioned and does need to get done. The third is a focus on technology as opposed to transfer. Three Solutions.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Jobseekers, therefore, need help cleaning up their social media profiles so that objectionable material does not find its way to these background check scenarios, disrupting their chances of getting hired. The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. Most often the first acquisitions in a hype cycle are for the “shiny objects” – the technology, the team and the tools. They came together over a personal pain – the inability to afford a house in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. It’s time to really focus on social media, videos, and email.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. product reviews through blogs, as well as SEO, blogs, and social media marketing. Report Bee.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

ROBLOX ( www.roblox.com ) is a web/game startup in Silicon Valley that you have probably never heard of--unless you were an eight year old boy, in which case you're probably not qualified for this position. Unfortunately, you cannot be told what ROBLOX is, you have to see if for yourself.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. How do you emulate this culture outside of Silicon Valley? There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. If you hire the best, this person will lead you to the rest.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

.” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. That is YouTube today. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the consumer facing side, the number of companies doing multiple acquisitions of $100M+ was extremely short… Google, eBay/PayPal, Amazon, and Microsoft are at the top of the list. <$100M) acquisitions for several years now, but they’ve mainly been acquihires. IAC and Yahoo! Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. Secret History. They specify, design and build a project that may be of use.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

Singapore’s startup scene looks set to become even more vibrant with the entrance of Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D. The first nine Australian-based startups under its wing have already attracted more than S$3.15 million (A$3 million) in follow-on funding.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. Most often the first acquisitions in a hype cycle are for the “shiny objects” – the technology, the team and the tools. They came together over a personal pain – the inability to afford a house in Silicon Valley.

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Artificial Inteligence Lean Exit Strategy Startup 120

Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious. We need to insist that they set goals and milestones, create cash flow forecasts and devise ways to test their assumptions. ??

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2015

The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley. The most common failures on the show, and in real life, are people who don’t know their margins, cost of customer acquisition, channels, or other key data. Dress to impress and be credible to investors.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. It’s not as though nobody’s heard of Facebook before, yet Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors. Budget time and dollars for each.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. Secret History. They specify, design and build a project that may be of use.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

a live stream with an influencer on social media). Your next experiment might be to test new messaging , or media, to understand what has a greater impact on brand recognition. Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. What are “pirate metrics?”.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Obviously our investment in Medialets – the market leader in rich media mobile advertising – reflects our belief that mobile in general, and rich media on mobile specifically (which is really the kind of advertising that mobile was made for) is a rising area in advertising.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 27, 2012

The media picked it up as a David vs. Goliath story, and sure enough, it became true. Look Beyond The Valley. If the conference proved anything, it was that Silicon Valley doesn't have the market cornered on innovation or investing. Unless you want the bottom to drop out, get it all in writing.

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