Version One Ventures

JANUARY 25, 2023

The quality of the chatbot’s content and conversational speaking style have convinced many that AI is finally ready for primetime. If that’s the case, how can an AI enterprise company create a differentiated product on top of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI? By inserting proprietary data into the LLMs.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Azure Balance Sheet 78

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Several conversations over the last month have turned to the topic of helping entrepreneurs. Those folks may be hired in vertical specialties, and the larger and more successful incubators have enough deal flow to keep their agendas filled. Dreamit is to me a shining example of this vertical approach. Your choice.

Incubator 48

Incubator Vertical Deal Flow Technical Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

TikTok is very much vertical, short form, you know, 50 to 15 to kind of 62nd videos. So those are kind of probably the two biggest differentiators. And for most brands from most businesses, most conversions come from stories. For most brands, reels are not ideal for conversions. So you've got more variety of content.

Marketing 96

Marketing Social Media Video Technical Review 96

ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

Differentiate your website (and your company) with your design. Too often, companies in the same vertical adopt a “me-too” approach in their design aesthetic. I’ve seen time and again how a “simple” design overhaul resulted in significant conversion boosts. How are you different from the competition?

Design 132

Design eCommerce Search Chile 132

ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

Satisfying passive intent, Kohn argues, is essential for user engagement and conversion. If you can get to the bottom of Page 1, a page title and meta description written for humans (rather than search engines) could help differentiate your site, earn more clicks, and ( probably ) send positive signals back to search engines.

Search 126

Search Aggregator New York SEO 126

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Bootstrapped startup Omnisend carved out a $19 million niche in an already saturated vertical. Without a focused, integrated demand generation strategy, lead generation delivers disinterested leads that frustrate sales reps and result in low conversion rates. Use thought leadership to spark conversation.

Lead Generation 107

Lead Generation Demand Audience eCommerce 107

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2023

ChatGPT's data is two years old and when actual tech humans can't really differentiate easily between pre-seed and seed, who's a lead and who isn't, and whether or not someone is a real fund or just a broker, I wouldn't expect a bot to. Still, don’t substitute that for live conversations. and get an autogenerated list.

ChatGPT 78

ChatGPT Database Salary Naming 78

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. Footwear brands Nike, Adidas, Converse and Tiger have all done very well bringing back designs from the 1980′s to leverage the trend. Cities are now becoming vertical again. It was anti-social in nature.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The VP of Sales comes to a board meeting, still optimistic, and provides a set of reasonable explanations – “our pipeline looks great, but orders will close next quarter” or “we’ve got lots of traffic to our site, we just need to work on conversion.” Just had a conversation today with a student taking Steve’s class.

Customer Development 231

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 231

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

I think Mike Lenox (01:32): , I do enjoy writing John Jantsch (01:35): (01:36): So, uh, my first question is gonna sound like a silly question, but I think it's, I think it's legitimate based on all the conversations I have with people about strategy, um, and their, uh, confusion about what the term actually means. , Mike Lenox (04:30): Yeah.

ChatGPT 68

ChatGPT Technical Review Generative AI Technology 68

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Customers will order from a specific vertical only so often, so we started thinking like our audience to address their expanding needs and keep them engaged and doing business with us. It’s easy to start conversations about how I can improve because I’ve focused on building a community instead of just a customer base.

Entrepreneur 71

Entrepreneur Asia LLC Community 71

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. Blog eCommerce Resources User Experience & Conversion Centered Design Customer Experience User Experience' image source.

Retention 115

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

While not all of our investments will pay off in the long run, we are willing to take these risks in an attempt to create the best and most differentiated products in the market.” The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA.

Venture Capital 225

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Adding live chat functionality to your website allows customers to chat with a business in real-time to ask questions, get advice and build confidence during their shopping experience, while improving conversion rates for your business. Increase in conversions and average order values. Stand out amongst competitors.

Vertical 151

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Prospect trial to conversion rates fell with the longer trials. In another example, let’s say most of your acquisition comes through organic search, but conversion rate to signups is lower than you’d expect. This channel would become a priority, and you’d design experiments to improve on-page conversion rates. The results?

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. Are your campaigns driving conversions? Unlike conversion rate formulas that produce statistically significant results, the ROI of brand awareness is less obvious and quantifiable. Do consumers know who you are?

Metrics 157

Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

ConversionXL

JULY 14, 2020

In fact, research tells us that an optimized mobile site has significant conversion potential , and redesigning the mobile UX can boost conversion rates. Your mobile pricing pages doesn’t have to be held hostage by poor conversion rates if you know what you can—and should—optimize. Mobile SaaS pricing page data.

Mobile 77

Mobile Design B2B Differentiation 77

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). So be sure to make a free user account and participate in the offline conversation there. If anybody notices, you grandfather them, or you have the conversation right then. How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

Depending on your vertical, total cost of business name change can run into millions of dollars like the attempt to change UTA to TDU. A good business name should be easily, effortlessly, effectively articulated, and spellable from a telephone conversation, radio commercial or word of mouth recommendation. Source: Pixabay.

Naming 92

Naming eCommerce Startup Database 92

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

I suggested LinkedIn, oDesk, and eLance with the caveat that the field is extremely competitive and crowded and differentiation would be tough to achieve. Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. She has, thus far, not done any other formal customer acquisition initiative. Happy Grasshopper.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

If you are genuinely passionate about it, that will shine through and you will immediately be differentiated from the many sales people that attend these events. In every industry, there is a Shop.org of that industry and you need to marinate in it. It is easier to do this than it may sound.

Software Review 48

Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2022

7:59] In the agency world, there’s a lot of conversation around retainers versus project work — what’s your take on which path to go down? [12:49] It doesn't have to just be a vertical. So there in the agency world, there's a lot of conversation around retainers versus project work. I mean, where do you fall on?

Marketing 82

Marketing Framework Vertical SEO 82

ConversionXL

JULY 27, 2015

I’ll show you five reasons you should care about accessibility and seven ways a more accessible form will increase your conversion rate. In addition, better user experience equals reduced friction, boosting conversions and revenue. 7 ways steps to more accessible forms (that will boost your conversions too). Let’s get to it.

Conversion 48

Conversion Software Review Technical Review HTML 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. ” Be sure to differentiate your company from ones that the journalist has already covered, however. Determine which demographic — and therefore, which publication — would be interested in your startup.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

7:59] In the agency world, there’s a lot of conversation around retainers versus project work — what’s your take on which path to go down? [12:49] It doesn't have to just be a vertical. John Jantsch (07:59): So there in the agency world, there's a lot of conversation around retainers versus project work.

Framework 78

Framework Vertical Hosting Networking 78

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

And it’s harder than ever to differentiate consumer goods. What brand marketers must do is be part of important conversations with their audience. Dominant players like Walmart will continue to call the shots, and eat into suppliers business via backwards vertical integration. . • We can no longer buy an audience on demand.

Australia 93

Australia Distribution Asia Channel 93

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how TikTok Ads work and how you can create campaigns that grab attention and turn interest into conversions. Unlike Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where users often see content and ad formats shared across platforms, TikTok differentiates itself as a place to discover something new.

Customer 102

Customer Viral Audience Campaign 102

Austin Startup

JULY 5, 2017

Rather, Tesla will be a full stack, vertically integrated clean energy company. Rather than using that to differentiate its product, Tesla is selling that technology to its competitors ! Tesla may be a car company today, but Tesla won’t be a car company in 15 years. So Tesla is selling its batteries to other car manufacturers.

Nevada 66

Nevada Global eCommerce Engineer 66

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Fab’s differentiator is taste and you don’t develop taste overnight, the two argue. ”We’ve been successful, because we’re not kids,” Shellhammer said. Follow conversation. That’s the beauty of a great content business. ” Ditto a new company about to launch called TastemakerX.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2020

What about corporation-wide reporting for different brands, verticals, portals, or even companies within a multinational concern, all of which operate in different countries? The same applies to conversion optimization , SEO , or any other discipline. That saves a lot of set-up work—and even more maintenance work.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Aggregator 73

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued. No matter what method you use, make sure that you’re engaging with your customers in a conversation.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Some know how they do it, whether you call it your differentiated value proposition or your proprietary process or your USP. Using offbeat humor and a conversational voice, we play with language to bring joy to their work. We created Lemonade as a purpose-built, technology-first, vertically integrated and legacy-free insurance carrier.

Campaign 109

Campaign Social Media Audience Channel 109

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. 299/user for Vault vs. $0/user for Subversion? at 9:05 am [.] . #23

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The VP of Marketing looked at all the other PDAs on the market and differentiated Handspring’s product by emphasizing its superior expandability and performance. And the converse is true; Palm would have failed, burning through all their cash, using Handspring’s strategy. End result? Market Type changes everything.

Customer Development 212

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 212

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Because again, that’s a differentiated small town is their individual small businesses. And so, we always tell small business, compete on what you can be differentiated around. But also diversity of the kind of category or vertical of business. John Jantsch: So, my father was a manufacturer’s representative.

Small Business 40

Small Business Community Arkansas Non-Compete 40

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

VC Cafe: What would you say are your killer differentiators? We’re currently having conversation with partners in that area. We have indirect competitors in each of those verticals. It took me 10 years to build Walla. I’m not here to make a quick buck. It takes time. I’m here to make a big change, not another Twitter client.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84