ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth hacking is a practice that aims to acquire as many customers as possible while spending as little money as possible. GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. The skills and mindsets of world-class growth hackers.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. Channel saturation.

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Technical Review Software Review Distribution San Francisco 150

nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Finding a Technical Co-Founder. In the recent weeks, I have also had no less than three people email me and ask about finding a technical co-founder, which has also been a very frequent topic on the Hacker News forums. Ask former co-workers. New Web Order. 5th November 2010. #. are full of smart tech people).

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Customer interviews allow you to uncover: Why they decided to do business with you; Why they love working with you; What other challenges they have in their business; Where they go for new information. Your customers can provide you with pain-points to write about, as well as success stories to attract new clients.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. He co-founded it in partnership with High Alpha (we are LPs) and SVB. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

If you’re a technical startup founder, one of the painful lessons is that it’s not enough just to build a great product. You must also understand the value the product provides customers (along with the rest of your business model.). Clay Hebert , founder of Crowdfunding Hacks. Clay Hebert.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A great product is always the foundation but a clear distribution strategy becomes essential to cut through the noise. Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Quantify the implementation challenges. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. The idea is that when you work backwards and start with the press release, it’s easier to put yourself in the customer’s shoes.”. Image source ).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. Some examples include: Organize a local market research campaign (best for services that involve connecting businesses with customers).

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Web Silicon Valley Salary Demand 160

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Locate your core customers, and prioritize your efforts to reach them where they are. Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. Ignore these pioneering risk-takers, and say goodbye to social channels of conversion.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai This is John Jansen. It's commodity.

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Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 51

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Quantify the implementation challenges. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.

Angel Investor 312

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 312

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Steve Blank

MAY 20, 2020

Since she can’t perform in person anymore, she’s switched to virtual party packages with customized entertainment for each client. Jordan Edelson, co-founder of Chic Sketch , reimagined his events business as a virtual events business. Delivery/Distribution Channel innovation. Regina says. Resource pivots.

Small Business 435

Small Business Jordan Green Social Media 435

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. He says that one is too lonely, two is good and three is a great number if they can combine their skills to cover design, development and distribution. Are all co-founders equal, Clavier asked?

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Brett is cofounder of Kumospace, the virtual HQ for remote teams, and Charge Ventures, a pre/seed VC based in Brooklyn, NY. I guess how do you talk about the benefits for that, uh, distributed team or if that work from home, uh, team, I mean, what's the benefit of adding this? So, you know, we have a fully remote and distributed team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. They are gaining valuable customer data.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today.

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Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2021

Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Test your channel and support strategy.

Technical Review 399

Technical Review Product Advisory Board Business Model 399

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Adrien Briod , the co-founder, envisioned how a collision-tolerant drone would assist in managing such dangerous situations. Yet, very soon he and his team discovered that their drone can perform many different jobs, for different types of customers. Yet, the customers only shared some similarities.

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Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2022

Similarly, Louis Vuitton released a game named Louis the Game to commemorate the founder’s 200th birthday. As a result, we have the distribution of 3D buildings to any metaverse, incorporated into websites or even social media channels. Players may play as Vuitton and locate some of the 30 NFTs hidden inside the game.

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Social Media Cofounder Internet Design 197

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Through analyzing data like the example above, event marketers can determine what channels are worth focusing on (in this case, organic search) and what channels should be a lower priority (here, social media and referrals). CRMs, marketing automation software, customer success software). During the Event.

Campaign 72

Campaign Marketing Social Media Software Review 72

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event that has featured Boston’s BEST founders. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. Boston Hardware Startup Meetup – Meetup organized by the founders of BOLT.

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. ” YouTube takes 45%. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share.

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Networking Media Distribution Video 366

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

The hottest startups may not have been in enterprise and business-to-business channels (through companies like Parse, StackMob were acquired and Dropbox is growing like gangbusters), but the big business startup market performed well this year. Startups abounded in every sector. CyanogenMod. SmartThings.

Startup 60

Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

by Florine Eppe Beauloye, Co-Founder and CEO of mOOnshot digital. Online shopping has long been considered by luxury brands to be a channel only appropriate for selling low to mid-range luxury goods. High-end goods were reserved for boutiques (allowing for a personalised customer service and a tactile shopping experience).

Artificial Inteligence 147

Artificial Inteligence Cofounder .Net Merger 147

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales.

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Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

by Eric Groves, CEO and co-founder of Alignable. Your best next customer is frequenting another local business nearby, so the best path to that customer is getting to know other local business owners. It just puts them into a death spiral and attracts customers that are unlikely to sustain business.

Marketing 203

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Small Business 203

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

They do more of the same with less, often lowering quality and customer satisfaction. Companies in this category add features when customers desire greater value. As the authors conclude, “Progressive companies stay closely connected to customer needs—a powerful filter through which to make investment decisions.”. Promotion.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2019

by Ronald Dod, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-founder of Visiture. If traffic were inclined to visit this restaurant but didn’t want to spend a lot of time in line or waiting to be served, they would likely opt for the less busy times, evening out the distribution. Machine Learning Can Improve the Shopping Experience.

Artificial Inteligence 127

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Semantic Cofounder 127

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Essentially, the application lets small businesses control three elements that’s crucial for reaching customers – effective content, professional visual design, and efficient distribution across various channels. each via in-app purchase.

Small Business 176

Small Business Mobile Marketing Cofounder 176

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2017

by Edmund Buckley , co-founder & CEO of CampusSafe. How you make money, who pays you, your channels of distribution, and your gross margins. Specifically, how does it create value for the customer? Include projected prospect and customer numbers, revenue, costs, and profits for years 1-3.

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Cofounder Silicon Valley Forecast Business Plan 185