Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

The key assumptions are: offering not just a product, but a complete service (installation, rebates, and financing when necessary,) reduce the manufacturing cost of current wind turbines, provide home owners with a cool and sustainable symbol (achieving “Prius” status.). is an ad-supported, web-based comment platform for daily news content.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2020

But that’s a conversation for another article. . The ability to have a third party finance a solar project and guarantee a fixed energy cost or amount of savings was a major development that helped bring about current market conditions. Given that these challenges are still very much present, the obvious question becomes: why now?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

Again, this goes for delivery people, administrative people, and finance-related people ( especially finance-related people). Your lead conversion process – everyone should know the next step when a prospect calls. Key marketing metrics – sales generated, leads generated, referrals generated, PR generated, social media growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

I had an interesting conversation with an entrepreneur last week about how he decided which VCs he was going to pitch. Reality is that we're probably connected in some way anyway through various social networks anyway and I'm very quick to figure out all of those connections to ask about you. Would you invest in it.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 12, 2016

However, we don’t believe that opportunity in social networking is dead. It seems like every week, TechCrunch writes about the launch of a new “Instagram for X” or “LinkedIn for X” where X ranges from doctors, teachers, finance professionals, academics, dog lovers, travelers, etc. In addition, verticals themselves aren’t static.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. Conversion Optimization Services. Conversion Research. It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Website Analysis.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

And yet, Pinterest is the third-most popular social network, with over 322 million monthly active users, nearly 50% of whom are in the United States. Even industries like finance can gain traction on Pinterest. They did it by: Focusing on personal finance, which allows them to showcase moving stories of individuals.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 14, 2010

In money raising, this is similar to “prospective customer financing,” which is asking your potential future customers to invest in your company now. I’m a huge fan of prospective customer financing, because not only do you gain investors, but loyal customers who also help market your business through positive word of mouth.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 20, 2013

How to Use Social Media in Sales written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Smart salespeople have learned to tap the power of social media, but sadly, many companies still see social media tools and networks as a pointless and even scary place for their sales teams to focus.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

People will notice and appreciate the effort to reach out away from social networks. - Aliza Sherman , Award-winning Digital Strategist, Author. Smaller, more niche networks engaged in meaningful conversation and focused on a particular topic or individual passion, will become more prevalent.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. Venture Financings we Discussed. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Between salary, rent, and every other relatively fixed factor in our financial lives, feeling in control over our finances can feel impossible. Here are 9 Proven Strategies Your Small Business Can Use to Increase Engagement & Conversion Rates | @crowdspring Blog – [link] #SMBs #MarketingStrategy pic.twitter.com/NNNd6kpdPF.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Venture Chronicles

JULY 30, 2013

I had this conversation with @andredurand a few weeks ago. Of course there are more but many of the things we associate with government, e.g. social services, are in fact choices that a citizenry has made rather than a core obligation of government as a necessary means to govern. What services does a government provide?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

I’m not talking about general social networking. This recent meeting may have been he first time I’ve heard a startup build its financing strategy strictly on the perceived availability of dumb money. Just deciding to put yourself in play gets the conversations started, and intriguing deals start popping out of the woodwork.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

They rate your business highly on Google and interact with you in social networks. Whether you are in finance or HR, you’re representing and marketing your company. Even something as simple as branded T-Shirts or coffee mugs for your employees can turn into conversations outside of the workplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2015

With LendingClub, loans are financed through investors. From expansion plans to equipment needs, SnapCap can help you finance it. The platform allows for owners and investors to get to know each other and discuss funding, and all conversations and possible deals are tracked through the platform. LendingClub.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

First, just to provide a foundation here, Bazaarvoice was named after Chapter 4 of “The Cluetrain Manifesto” (available for free online), “ Markets Are Conversations ”. Do yourself a favor and read “Markets Are Conversations” if you never have?—?it Finance tells a dramatic story since then. Blockbuster: Round Four (Lights Out?)”

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Finance, IT, Legal). The conversation shouldn't end after conversion. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 7, 2022

There’s certainly a place for single word answers, but when you’re building a business or teasing out an idea, you want to expand your thinking, not shut the conversation down. Asking an open ended question will always uncover something you hadn’t expected to learn and you need to be ready to go off script wherever the conversation takes you.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Eric Friedman: This is a great segue to something I was thinking about in preparation for this conversation. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. Why is that?

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Analyzing each step of who comes to the website organic, paid, conversions etc [SB] Having a bottoms-up model is helpful.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. Money and Finance Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. World Videos Featured: Facebook.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Analysts will almost always measure emails sent, and will often measure some type conversion signal. But it is rare that we obsess about what happens between the email click and the possible conversion. You can start with the most overused metric in web analytics: Macro Conversion Rate = # of One Big Thing / # of email campaign visits.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Requests - Expect 70% on request (e.g.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It could be a button color, a bit of web copy, an image — something extremely finite that may (or may not) have a measurable impact on desired actions, be they conversions or a simple click-through. The folks at Performable also recently added a new analytics backend that focuses on conversion goals rather than just testing alone.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter?

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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! million in venture financing. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Getting funded is hardly the end-all.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Step 3: Assisted Conversions. Attribution analysis will help you understand how to value Social Network AND the Direct channel AND Organic Search. You would think if you throw in Conversion Rate in there and you are ready. Step 3: Assisted Conversions. Digital Attribution's Ladder of Awesomeness.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

His quote on the subject, "no amount of finance will cure mismanagement". social network/web analysis/etc. Google+twitter give live updates, but its not very conversational. Reddit is conversational, but the format isnt quite right: its hard to follow where new conversations are happening. Shocking, I know.

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