ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Prospect trial to conversion rates fell with the longer trials. You’ll also learn how to apply growth marketing to five key channels and how to plan and execute experimentation. Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. The results? And what it isn’t).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Some of the conversations went like this: Startup 1 Entrepreneur -“I’m competing against Company x and have been following the Customer Development process and I’ve talked to lots of customers.” Do you know have they distribute their product? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. It was loaded on the channel of Hi I’m Rawn , a long-time YouTuber. To be part of a conversation. think Apple.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

have product/market fit,) then you invest the dollars to create end user demand and drive those customers into your sales channel. It seems like businesses who focus on finding their repeatable and scalable sales model first get to revenue more quickly and the funding conversation becomes much easier. Order Here. Now In Print!

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

The conversation we had about why Ruxin decided to start it reminded me — almost verbatim– of that conversation I had with Shellhammer and Goldberg weeks earlier, not to mention my own thought-process in starting PandoDaily. Follow conversation. The Smart People Can Denounce Bravo's Silicon Valley All They Want.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Some businesses can service all four cities with a single distribution hub in one of the cities, making it a unique market for launching new businesses. That’s why Capital Factory focuses on creating unique content that you can’t find online or through any other channel. It’s not Silicon Valley.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

I like to understand for these models how many sales people are quota carrying, what is the distribution of quota attainment, and what is the profile of an ideal sales person Inbound model (e.g., They will assume you’ll meet Silicon Valley-based VCs (even if it is not the case!),

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley. I love business plan competitions (and with my valley-centric bias, I think Berkeley and Stanford have two of the best.) I was simply confused about what a plan was for.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. There were literally hundreds of threads of conversations in LINE. PayPal was not around yet but ideas were starting in payments.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

This really resembles the era when in Silicon Valley we had Yahoo, EBay, and Craigslist. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. There were literally hundreds of threads of conversations in LINE. PayPal was not around yet but ideas were starting in payments.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. You might also get immediate access to channels that might have otherwise taken years to break into.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

Multi-Channel-Network. The video you deliver on FB is different, the way you engage fans is different and even the conversation is different. Each distribution channel you sell products in has its own unique customer base but your goal is to build a relationship with those end customers. What does that even mean?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D and part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley. . Today, large companies are creating Innovation Outposts in Innovation Clusters like Silicon Valley in order to tap into the clusters’ innovation ecosystems. These challenges may be either strategic or tactical.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

A great pitch deck gets potential investors excited about your idea and engages them in a conversation about your business, hopefully leading to an investment. I’ve also built my own pitch decks and presented to major Silicon Valley VC firms over the years and have learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. Slide 8: Team.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

At the end of the conversation, ask them if they’d be willing to make an introduction. 1 page website w/ simple checkout, then add things as you feel it’ll help increase conversions. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). Hope that helps.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. Cant wait for more posts on Techcrunch [link] ?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Sean and Shawn from Napster met in an IRC channel. In Silicon Valley, rock climbing’s a current hot spot for startup folks. SVASE or Founder Dating in Silicon Valley, First Tuesday in London and Hackers and Founders in New York all come to mind. To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that if I could help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), that would be the foundation of a robust, distributed, and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to a trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. A bit like Silicon Valley. The top down era of one size fits all. And now it is over.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy , his online education company. Eren came to the US from Turkey to work at a Silicon Valley tech startup, which is actually where I first met him a few years ago.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Some of the most successful things I have worked on, in terms of traffic and conversions, have been successful almost in spite of the design, rather than because of the design. "If Developers dont usually think much about how element should sit on a screen together, so you see a lot of items crammed together or unevenly distributed.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

From sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business: Pay-per view TV, cable and satellite channels, video rentals, DVD sales, online subscriptions and digital downloads. The music and movie business has been consistently wrong in its claims that new platforms and channels would be the end of its businesses.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. free, distributed source code control management system. Roku Channel Store. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. online subscription management. FeeFighters â?? Customer Support. Zendesk â??

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

They are largely invisible in the normal channels where customer service and community management pays attention. In the middle of a serious conversation on the joys of motherhood or the stress of a career you might realize that the person you’re talking to is only 15. But it also has some drawbacks.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

To guide the conversation, Reid and Harry solicited questions from Twitter ahead of the recording. Reid: It’s very entertaining that you are channeling a question from Dylan Field – Dylan is the founder of Figma, which is a Greylock investment, so Dylan and I talk to each other every so often and he is obviously a superstar entrepreneur.

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