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. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. End result? After twelve months Handspring’s revenue was $170 million. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. Though Dollar Shave Club’s organic strategy appears to be growing their following, there is an opportunity to improve by differentiating content across social channels. Where does growth hacking come in? Image source.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Reed Hastings of Netflix has said, “It’s not a strategy if failing in it doesn’t actually cost you something real.” Pivots can be high-cost, but they can also be high-reward. What all these changes (and more) have in common is that they aren’t simply cosmetic changes; a shift isn’t a pivot if it doesn’t involve substantial risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

was driven largely by the massively reduced cost of media capture through mobile phones with cameras, the Flip Video, the rise of digital SLRs and now the capture of videos through mobile devices. might have been a lot less differentiated. I’ve long been a believer in technology that “captures” new media types: photos & video.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

From the outside, they are vertically integrated challengers to decades if not hundred-years old incumbents. Ironically, they are most likely not the Ivy League or Stanford grads that Silicon Valley VC’s love to back. Instead of funding or founding enterprise software companies – these new startups are increasingly hybrids.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. Do you know how much it cost 2 days of “holidays” for the company? 31) Opportunity Cost.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Then, Silicon Valley collectively deplatformed Trump (a scary precedent even if you vehemently dislike the guy). Let’s explore the status and implications of each vertical. . Their biggest differentiators are 1) censorship resistance and 2) (theoretically) lower costs. But time will tell. .

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

At first only the national laboratories and the largest companies could afford to buy supercomputers, (the Cray-1 cost ~$9 million) but over time scientists and researchers were also starting to use them. Reply Idont , on October 16, 2009 at 9:12 am Said: How can you differentiate if you copy-paste the well established leader.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

A bit like Silicon Valley. And while we feel a bit uncomfortable, we still engage because the cost of non participation is currently higher than the price of privacy. A Move back to vertical living – Years ago we used to live above the store, or behind the craftsman’s workshop. This might just change.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Rising tide When I was in Silicon Valley, I spent most of my time investing in SaaS companies. Europe is underrepresented in vertical SaaS solutions – 17% of the companies vs. 23% in the US. Vertical solutions are typically a sign of a more mature ecosystem.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Some of the investments defy explanation… Money poured into something that no one has yet been able to monetise, with a competitive landscape that is over-saturated, and with no real differentiation from what’s already out there. The cost of money is steep, and only works in certain verticals, of which software is NOT one.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists. I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-.

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