VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

The reality for startups is that it’s not enough to build, design and ship a great looking app – marketing and distribution are critical to success. Ask customers about their pain points and share product ideas and designs early and often. I LOVE Brian’s story of designing an 11-star experience.

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Mobile Distribution Social Media PR 190

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 5, 2011

I am not just delegating but working in the trenches, honing the design, optimizing conversion, testing usability and adding functionality. WebDesignerWall.com : Blog for Web Designers What? Design, usability, code and trends blog for web designers. They range from inspiration to graphics, content to money.

Web 81

Web HTML Software Review SQL 81

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Want to learn how to create a demo video in Apple’s Keynote ? The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. ” Udemy. Learn how to market and brand your small business ? Master leadership skills ?

Programming 73

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 73

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2013

Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. This is tricky, since you have to do realistic marketing to see realistic results, but don’t roll out the big viral campaign yet. If you are on the Internet, try one city.

Business Model 235

Business Model Product Advisory Board Angel Investor 235

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

I still run the research group in Cambridge with 11 post-docs and grad students, where we work on machine learning, algorithms for drug design and molecular design. This recipe generating process has always been a very determining status, a stumbling block in drug design. Alpha Lee : Yeah, first ever virtual demo day.

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Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 22, 2010

A small favor you do on Twitter results in a viral post seven months later. Like, if you thoroughly thrill one person in a product demo, that's more money in the bank than 1,000 people hitting your website and getting "branded" that you're "trustworthy" because of your steel-blue color palette and stoic font. What are your thoughts?

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Madagascar Sales Viral Argentina 227

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2012

Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. This is tricky, since you have to do realistic marketing to see realistic results, but don’t roll out the big viral campaign yet. If you are on the Internet, try one city.

Business Model 248

Business Model Advisory Board Entrepreneur Angel Investor 248

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Want to learn how to create a demo video in Apple’s Keynote ? The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. ” Udemy. Learn how to market and brand your small business ? Master leadership skills ?

Programming 48

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2011

Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. This is tricky, since you have to do realistic marketing to see realistic results, but don’t roll out the big viral campaign yet. If you are on the Internet, try one city.

Business Model 234

Business Model Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 234

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The new design improved on the old one in several ways, but these improvements didnt translate all the way through the funnel. Usually, I think that means youve lost some good aspect of the old design. The designers might be telling you that the new design looks much better than the old one, and thats probably true.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.) There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) Set up a booth, put up posters, run demos, etc.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2010

Before you design your new solution idea, gather evidence and estimates of how much money a customer is willing to spend (if any) to solve the problem. This is tricky, since you have to do realistic marketing to see realistic results, but don’t roll out the big viral campaign yet. If you are on the Internet, try one city.

Business Model 120

Business Model Advisory Board Channel Angel Investor 120

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Referral Marketing – This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics, and intentional referral generation (should be a must for any business). Online Events – This includes events such as webinars, demos, and workshops conducted using online tools. Competitors can also be a great source to generate ideas.

Channel 57

Channel Marketing SEO Social Media 57

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

To create visuals for your website, you don’t have to be a designer with Photoshop experience. Tools such as Canva, Pablo, Easel.ly, and Over are easy to use and specifically designed for this purpose. Or, try product demos at community events such as festivals and fairs.

Agile 60

Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

The Startup Toolkit

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The lean startup book’s engines of growth is a great starting point for picking good metrics: Growing virally? We once re-designed a site 3 times because “not enough people are using it.” My first company’s first product, Fuzzwich, was once demoed on live TV in front of 7mm ideal users.

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Metrics Retention Viral .Net 46

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Check out this quick demo video to get an idea of Optimizely’s services, which range from $19 to $399 per month: 2. Check out the demo video below to see the interface in action.

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

VC Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 Feature Highlights | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 from Unreal Engine on Vimeo. Designer Sandy Liang—the downtown darling known for her “clout fleece”—held an extremely exclusive pop-up sale. As the Last Dance went viral on Netflix, who doesn’t want a pair of Air Jordans?

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Jordan Maryland Washington Engineer 198

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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Developer HTML API Ruby 93

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. Now, the fully bootstrapped company is turning 60% of its demos into paid customers and hitting $2.5 million in revenue a year. . Pixlee spent $40k on their MVP.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. Now, the fully bootstrapped company is turning 60% of its demos into paid customers and hitting $2.5 million in revenue a year. . Pixlee spent $40k on their MVP.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality. ); //]]> Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account?

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Social Network 94

ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Big brands are spending tens of thousands on videos that fall flat while a lucky few are going viral. Using video demos on product pages increased Zappos’ sales by up to 30%. Revue is a tool designed to help create email digest newsletters. But even they struggle to repeat their original success. The State of Video in 2016.

Video 48

Video Conversion Mobile Search 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

Questions to Ask Yourself Before Designing a User Onboarding Flow. Designing a user onboarding flow that works for you is complicated. Informed, not reactionary: Are the things you’re having me do highly correlated with me getting value out of the product, or are you just offloading busywork because your design is broken?

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2019

You’re a designer. Try a demo and test it out at gusto.com/tape. It went viral as the kids say. John Jantsch: I’m sure you get this, and so I’m just going to toss this up here for you to like kick it right out of the park, but you know, you work in an art gallery. You work in marketing. Tania Katan: Yeah.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Campaign Software Review Agile 53

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

But on the very first sales call that I was doing, I was talking to the customer and showed them a demo of the oDesk platform, and they basically just took it away. I also really think startups are changing and they’re becoming more and more design focused. They were like, “Oh my god! This is incredible.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco Boston 60

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

You don't need a self-designated 10x imbe. Strong sense of product design , passion about building a great product, knowledge of the latest and greatest in design in your market. Or going to design classes. As a developer, I feel that design/creative is undervalued in the early stages of product development.

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

We’re testing a viral loop, direct sales, and affiliate marketing.&# 1) I do have a functional demo and FAQ at [link] !!! &# A: “I don’t know, I’m targeting a six month schedule.&# Q: “What will be your best channel for customer acquisition?&# A: “I don’t know.

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Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. Founders can make in-person connections, however, with Qualcomm Ventures at various demo events, conferences and trade shows. A killer demo can tell the story just as well as a perfectly honed PPT.&# “I’m always open.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2015

We just love sharing articles about fonts, logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Meet Nava, A Startup That Wants To Fix The Government’s Crappy Design [link] crowdspring.co/1MbGeIk Launching a New Product?

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Cuba 48

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Companies need to be prominent on the web (see my previous post on online marketing for more details) 2) Product evaluation and testing: From seminar and demo to free online trial The second element that radically changed in Enterprise software is how people evaluate and test products. for a demo. SAP understood that very quickly.

Software Review 48

Software Review Internet Software Technical Review 48

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. NET is designed to tightly integrate with and seamlessly extend the Microsoft stack in extremely powerful but ultimately incremental ways. Some us have evolved past the visual designers. Did you confused the Visual Studio WinForms designer with C#, then accidentally call it.NET?

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

We chatted with a panel of expert aesthetes in the space, including Spymaster designer Eston Bond , veteran creative director Rich Barrett , designer/developer Warren Benedetto , Mike Rundle of 9rules and Beak fame, and the Paul du Coudray Lowdown , the winner of this years Rails Rumble appearance category.

Web 42

Web Design Startup Flash 42