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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: Will new, native distribution channels emerge? There are two reasons for this.

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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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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As I recently watched an episode of “ Shark Tank ,” I realized that the shark investors focus on your responses to these questions is also a credibility test on your business savvy, as it leads to other relevant questions on margins, channels, and your understanding of key customer forces. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What channels will you use (e.g., Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? What’s been done so far to validate the concept? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

One of the problems they run into is building a web site. and Balsamiq and throwing together a web site. But for the rest of us mortals whose eyes glaze over at the buzzwords, the questions are, “How do I get my great idea on the web? What are the steps in building a web site?” Craft company hypotheses.

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Why Consumer Brands Need To Keep An Eye On Their eCommerce Channel

YoungUpstarts

How can they determine whether their products are being sold at the right price across all channels? When brands list their products on eCommerce sites, they hand over an element of control, and it then becomes difficult for them to track inefficiencies in this channel. The solution? How can brand analytics help?

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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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