Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Because if we were going to be the high performance color graphics company, we were going to have to stop competing on price and start building a perception of a high-value, high performance color solutions company. SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – Market Type at Work « Steve Blank (tags: strategy) [.]

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Remember that even if potential customers aren’t clicking “add to cart” on your item on Etsy, if handled professionally, you may have made an impression, be certain it’s a lasting one,” says Jed Darland, founder of Plant Picket. . See Also What You Absolutely Cannot Afford to Forget When Pricing Your Products.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 30, 2010

They usually have an options admin menu that allows you to add, remove or change features of the theme without the need for any HTML, CSS or PHP knowledge. The ability to easily add social bookmarking icons is a nice idea, plus the Feedburner subscription box, author image and bio section add some nice touches.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

If you’re less technically focused, but curious as to how you might find ways to use this data for your selves, you’ll need a copy of Martin Hawksey’s Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet (TAGS v5.1). Working out what websites they’re sharing most frequently is all about how we execute a Twitter search query via TAGS.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you are a technology consultant and your name should be on this list, add a comment to this blog entry or contact me directly. this interesting blog posting about the value of a Consulting CTO. link] Categories: Start Ups Tags: consultant, cto, Engineering, start-up Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [.]

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How to improve A/B test results How to prioritize A/B test hypotheses How long to run A/B tests How to set up A/B tests How to analyze A/B test results How to archive past A/B tests A/B testing statistics How to do A/B testing: tools and resources. This can involve fixing, adding, or improving tag/event handling in analytics.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? And I would add: even if they copy your idea exactly, so what?

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Perceived Value. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. the accounting to make sure the numbers all add up. Tags: business vs. technical , founders , meetups , realistic expectations , recruiting. link] scyphers.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Browse Articles by Tag. Browse Articles by Tag. tags: hiring. We are constantly evaluating our process internally to make sure that we are providing value at every step in the process for our clients. Would add: 1. Not logged in. [ log in or register ]. Recruiting Intelligence. Recruiting Community.™

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

Traditionally this is a headline, image or tag line. User Count or Comments – it’s amazing, but simply displaying how many other people are using or have signed in or commented on your site or business raises the perceived value and credibility. Bottom line- new visitors to your site don’t know who you are.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

And you get this bonus #1 and bonus #2 for a value of $10K! On top of that, it gives you some journaling tool to raise your self awareness and let you write down your values / mission statement / and past achievements. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

And you get this bonus #1 and bonus #2 for a value of $10K! On top of that, it gives you some journaling tool to raise your self awareness and let you write down your values / mission statement / and past achievements. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2020

One easy, effective way to reduce the likelihood of your emails getting tagged as spam is to encourage new subscribers to add your email to their address book. If you do segment your list, keep your messages clear and provide actual value related to your business. Image source ). Image source ). Launch a preference center.

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trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

Let’s just start right in with my position: I am a firm believer in the value of stealth mode if used in the right way. That doesn’t discount the value of their expertise and the influence it could have over how you build products. We’ve been in stealth mode at Trada for almost 18 months now. link] JohnSharp Really great post.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

UserVoice You probably know UserVoice or GetSatisfaction that allows you to add a side tab in your pages where users can leave feedback and ask questions. Reply Cassie Rice permalink Some other sites you can add are: Pop Feedback. You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You need content to make your website valuable and you need users to add content? Preparation Add enough content yourself to avoid the blank state in your website. Ask your friends or family to check out your website and add some content too. At the beginning you must value learning over scaling. Alert: don’t spam, ever.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Just Add Every Feature As I surveyed potential customers on which version of “endiannes” they wanted, prospects who had their data on VAX minicomputers or IBM PC’s were unequivocal. “It Customer Development is Not a Focus Group « Steve Blank (tags: entrepreneurship startups) [.] I’m a designer.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

UserVoice You probably know UserVoice or GetSatisfaction that allows you to add a side tab in your pages where users can leave feedback and ask questions. Reply Cassie Rice permalink Some other sites you can add are: Pop Feedback. You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

For instance, one of my favorite conclusions that Gompers compellingly makes is that venture capitalists do not add value to the companies they invest in. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital , Venture Debt and tagged market timing , skill , startup , venture capital.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 2, 2009

My problem is not that I have nothing to share, I simply don’t have the habit to click “Share” on whatever article I find interesting or the habit to leave a comment when I could add some value to a discussion. So here I am english speaking readers, I hope you will find some value in my writings!

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 23, 2010

AND to browse your archives. Here is my advice on how to make a clear statement about what your blog is about – By far the most important element for clarifying what your blog is about is to include a description byline, or tag line. The opt-in explains what value I offer in exchange for your name and email.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

If you can get many important sites to link to you, it’s as if those sites are telling Google – “I think this is a site you should check out, and value&#. However, that traffic soon died off as the blog post moved from the first page to being hidden in the archive. Seek to contribute value, not just get traffic.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You need content to make your website valuable and you need users to add content? Preparation Add enough content yourself to avoid the blank state in your website. Ask your friends or family to check out your website and add some content too. At the beginning you must value learning over scaling. Alert: don’t spam, ever.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 25, 2010

After the meeting, we send (not always) a recap email to remind what has been said in the meeting and to add some more value by sharing some links to articles to check out. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature. Wondering about those Flickr photos on the right?

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caterina.net

OCTOBER 25, 2010

But we were pretty good at getting people to tag photos with what were in them. People adding tags, descriptions, titles and comments turned out to be better sources of metadata for those photos, and that metadata could then be used in interesting ways. Tags: startupcto. Hunch is a good example. Thanks David! Post a comment }.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

In those cases, you may have to rely on more traditional - and more expensive - project management software, such as Microsoft Project , for the heavy lifting, but you still might find value in BaseCamp as an intranet tool for the rest of your company. and tagged with. POPULAR TAGS. POPULAR TAGS. ReadWriteStart.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This traffic has significantly more value than topical traffic, and excels at attracting endemic advertisers in the key verticals of travel, auto, tech, financial services, real estate and pharma, to name a few. Share this: Tags: consumer web , social media , social web , traffic. Disruption: David Pakman's Blog. Contact Me.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. It opens the door for detailed analysis.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

1) Number of Founders: If your startup is going to have more than one founder, this would indicate you’ll need to add to your legal fees total. Tags: startupcto. Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 20, 2010

Scheduled notifications, “become a fan”, “add to bookmark”, rewards for inviting their friends, asking for their emails, creating a tight community were more or less effective depending on the current trend and the Facebook API evolution. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature.

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ConversionXL

MAY 24, 2013

So if we were to continue with the business objective example of increasing our bouquet sales, we would have to: 1) Do x – Add better product images. Here are some ideas for gathering qualitative data: Add an exit survey on your site, asking why your visitors didnt complete the goal of the site.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Each column shows how priority and popularity add up to overall importance. The bottom line is to keep information that is vital; question information that either is popular or has priority; archive and remove information that is neither. Tags: Responsive Design Strategy ↑ Back to top Share on Twitter. Related Articles.

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

It reminds me of how real estate mortgages were securitized and the guys in the middle were thinking they created value (when in reality they just eliminated responsibility). But the folks in the middle don’t really do anything other than fire founding CEOs and add capital. Early stage investing is complicated, hard work.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

This is a culture and values issue worth fighting over. It’s a company that’s lost sight of the values that got it there. Reply Michael Pryor , on May 15, 2009 at 10:33 am Said: I won’t dispute your anecdote, but I would like to add that life should be lived not in hopes of a better future.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

Add all your points up. more from the original source: When You Should Hire a Dev Shop (other than “never”) | startup … Posted in Shop | Tags: and-minuses, are-hiring, business, considered-the-pluses, context, [.] link] Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for March 8th – The zeitgeist daily [.]

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Chapmans Hours of Labour (1909), included (roughly) the following diagram: Depicting P , the “long-period variations (with the length of the working day) of the marginal value of a fixed quantity of labour” OX is increasing hours worked in a day and OY is increasing value. For a lengthier discussion, see [link].

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