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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0: Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise?

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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. Apply costs to each channel. Another thing that Dave has done well is to look at the value of different marketing channels: There’s a lot of value in this presentation.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

This week they were testing their hypotheses about the sales “Channel” – how a company delivers its value proposition (i.e. There are two major channels: physical channels and virtual (web/mobile) channels. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators.

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Marketing Analytics: Attribution Is Not Incrementality

Occam's Razor

Attribution is simply the science (sometimes, wrongly, art) of distributing credit for Conversions. An introduction to multi-channel digital attribution analysis. As you do digital attribution analysis, watch out for Paid Marketers who say they do attribution analysis but only count paid media channels. Chalk and cheese.

Analytics 148
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4 steps to starting a Web business without knowing a thing about coding

The Next Web

So you have a great idea for a new mobile app or Web service—but you don’t know anything about coding or developing. A quick example would be OpenTable, a Web service and app that lists the best restaurants in your area and makes reservations for you. Eddy Lee, Ph.D, is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore.

Web 160
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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation. There doesn’t exist a web search API that has access to page content, parsed outlinks from the page, or even edit history.

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Does Drupal Suffice For Your Enterprise Needs?

YoungUpstarts

W e will also discuss how Drupal supports the web system of enterprises and helps them boost their commerce, community, and content and how it fits seamlessly to deliver enterprise ready solutions. As a new age web development platform, Drupal allows creation and modification of big web sites with a difficult structure.

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