SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. What channels will you use (e.g., Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. Who are the other stakeholders involved?

Developer 384

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

so it shouldn't be long till they hop across the Channel. OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. Web and mobile.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

David Teten

AUGUST 29, 2012

a pitch event featuring ten early stage tech startups, Tuesday night , September 4 at Microsoft’s midtown office at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. Pricing Engine works with Google, Microsoft and other channels to provide a create once, deploy everywhere platform. I’ll be a judge for IGNITE!, Presenting Companies. geekli.st.

Curation 114

Curation Japan Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 114

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

There have been countless debates about the demise of the mobile Web at the hands of mobile apps. One pundit sees apps dominating users’ attention ; another predicts apps will kill off the entire Web. Amazon has more app revenue than mobile Web revenue. Apps are for loyal users and mobile Web is for reach.

Mobile 100

Mobile Web SEM Affiliate 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Net-net: Customers expect seamless experiences across all channels and devices. The Mobile Web Will Continue to Dominate As Apps Play a Supporting Role. It’s therefore not surprising that for most retailers, the mobile web plays a larger role in mobile commerce than do apps. More than 40% of online activities are cross-device.

Mobile 100

Mobile Software Review eCommerce .Net 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

New Web Order. Webmasterworld - A popular forum for web developers. SitePoint Forums - A popular marketplace and forum for web developers. Freenode is the network most popular with developers today, especially with open source projects (channels such as #python, #rubyonrails, ##php etc. New Web Order. startupcto

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Web Founder South Korea 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. If you can break this down by channel that you’ve acquired them from this is obviously better. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? How many adds came through organic SEO?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

To do a solid holiday season he will need to balance the inventory and marketing budgets, and getting stuck in a complex situation with inventory being stuffed in the retail channels with bad terms will be a kiss of death. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Building your brand presence on specialized outlets holds immense value for your business – especially in early stages. Any brand wants to promote a culture and an experience to some extent, but in early stage-startups, an innovative product drives reputation. Target influencers. Startup Example: Sprout It.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

clearly states what they do (“build web apps”), their benefits (“without code”), and who it’s for (“entrepreneurs”). When a company is in a growth stage, focus product marketing in your marketing department. In the early stages: Use product marketing to execute the GTM strategy. Let’s look at another example in Bubble.io.

Marketing 110

Marketing Product Audience Equity 110

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

You can always tell during this discussion whether the entrepreneur has logged into their products, talked to their customers, read all the news stories and gotten all of the back channel info on the competition. When the CEO of an early-stage startup tells me that they plan to hire a COO I’m usually not interested in the next meeting.

Entrepreneur 286

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Cofounder Early Stage 286

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. – not just web-based startups. We tried to weed out those that were unsure why they were there as well as those trying to build yet another fad of the week web site. Selection, Mixer and Speed Dating.

Lean 298

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. The most frequently used channel to research people is unsurprisingly Linkedin , followed by Twitter.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Were seeing 3D printing start to take off, and were in the very early stages of this revolution. Todays customers are experiencing your product or service across platforms — from mobile, Web, physical, media and referral sources. Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Social Media. Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? App discovery today: Word of mouth – family and friends remain the #1 channel for new app discovery. Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app. Several startups, like Copy.ai

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. Developing Web content (both the design and underlying code) (copyright, trademark). Large companies] win by locking competitors out of their sales channels. Measured as a discrete line item in a budget, it might be near zero.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. How long that will last is another question entirely.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. How long that will last is another question entirely. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. This is my core assumption on Web 3.0. Mava Consulting. tomorrow.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

Glossier runs an exclusive Slack channel and invites top customers to discuss all things beauty-related with the company. They expect a seamless transition between web and device-native applications through color, flow, and overall quality. That goes to show that women are not necessarily listening to beauty brands. Know what matters.

Marketing 90

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Design 90

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. If you are measuring these two correctly, you can make simple rules/decisions based on your results: If the CAC is over twice the LTV don’t even bother—this channel is likely not going to work. The cornerstone of any business is that LTV > CAC.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. We'll need to look at different customer acquisition channels, figure out how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels, and apply cost to those channels.

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Retention Acquisition 225

Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

Rather, it was his framework for the “history of the web” which did. While the web started with people passively receiving content from AOL, it soon transitioned to people hunting for information with Google. He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g.

Web 100

Web Widget Philadelphia Social Network 100

Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

Rather, it was his framework for the “history of the web” which did. While the web started with people passively receiving content from AOL, it soon transitioned to people hunting for information with Google. He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g.

Web 100

Web Widget Philadelphia Social Network 100

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. But all things are never equal.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software PHP Open Source 334

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Ignore This Post The same caveat applies as in the first post; If you’re selling via the web, and trade shows seem hopelessly anachronistic, ignore this post. Why are you saying that “If you’re selling via the web and trade shows are something your grandfather told you about, ignore this post.&#. this may be a useful read.

Silicon Valley 128

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 128

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.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Before you start talking to large VCs, find some early stage investors. Stefan Tirtey, Partner at Doughty Hanson Ventures , created this document with Berlin early stage investors. We’ve had a lot of success promoting job openings through newsletters to our user base as well as through our social media channels.

Management 120

Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Make sure you know what the size of customer you want to serve is, what the people in a company of that size do, the problems they have, the features that will resonate and the channels you’ll need to sell into and service that customer. Avoid elephants in your early stages. They take special tools.

Startup 389

Startup Early Stage Demand Channel 389

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

02:06] Can you share your experience starting with an early-stage company (Hubspot) that eventually went public? [07:11] There's so many things now that happen to actually be the more effective marketing tactics and channels that aren't measurable by the tools that most companies use. You can measure how many. (16:02):

Metrics 75

Metrics Analytics Forecast Software Review 75

BeyondVC

APRIL 11, 2007

As a VC that invests in early stage companies, part of my job is to discover new opportunities and business models. He did not know the web address, but said it was a cool place to create your own penguin, play games online, and earn points to further dress up your penguin.

Software Review 60

Software Review Technical Review Social Network Vesting 60

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. Coca-Cola runs over 500 web sites for consumers, and sponsors videos on YouTube ; even IBM has space on Second Life. The IT project office might render an opinion about investing in Web 2.0,

CTO 40

CTO Technical Review Technology Software Review 40

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I’ve got a web product. That’ll be another marketing channel for us.” But in the early stages it does require a reasonable chunk of work. they’re not going to spend time in a web browser hanging out with you. Jono Bacon: So for example, if we were to say, “Okay, I’m a company.

Community 55

Community Social Media Africa Kansas City 55

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although newspapers have a window in which to reinvent themselves by providing electronic delivery and TV the same by recasting into more niche markets through division of digital channels into niche-serving slices, I doubt that these bets will prove profitable in the end, because of the overwhelming availability of free media using the web.

Marketing 48

Marketing Early Stage Demand Channel 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68