500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence we designed 500 Startups with these evolutions in mind, altho none of the required strategies have been easy to execute and we are still refining our approach. Another new firm that is growing non-investment resources is Google Ventures , which has specialized in several areas including design and data analysis.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

When designating a metric as a KPI, this is your foremost consideration: depth of influence. Analyzing these metrics not only fundamentally changes marketing strategy (think tens of millions of dollars for large companies); their insights can change your company’s product portfolio, your customer engagement strategies and much more.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

When you introduce a new product, service, or design, the best way to wow your audience is to show rather than tell. Your mockup designs should also be part of the printed pitch deck. always keep your portfolio accessible. Ultimately, you won’t be the first person distributing freebies at the end of a presentation.

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View from Seed

APRIL 7, 2015

Dirty Secret #1: An early-stage startup’s design actually does matter. Of course, nice design and glossy materials is not what gets VCs to invest (hopefully), but the opposite of this hurts more than one would think. Instead, they just used a page that pushed users to download the app. Okay, so this isn’t always true.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. A year ago we published an article on 11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout design here at Smashing Magazine. JavaScript. Techniques. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad. Illustrator.

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Transformify

MARCH 24, 2020

Examples include online distribution of makeup that requires job seekers to pay a small amount for a makeup test kit and the like. The best practice is to provide links to an online portfolio if you have one. Web designers, graphic designers, copywriters, bloggers, etc. Avoid Remote Jobs That Require Upfront Payment.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

But how do we distribute credit for the conversions across all those channels? The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. You can even get great first-step guidance about how to rebalance your portfolio from that last column.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

Because if you can generate an income from your investment portfolio it can fulfil a number of roles. Some people refer a growing income, others – especially those that want to make use of it straight away – prefer a high income. And when it comes to our personal investments high yielding assets can also be a good strategy.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Disclosure: * denotes a current or former Greylock portfolio company.). Distribution. A good product with great distribution is more likely to win a Glengarry Glen Ross market than a great product with poor distribution. Distribution. For reference, Apple’s gross margin is 38% , and Alphabet’s 56%.

Silicon Valley 53

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Lean Methodology consists of three tools designed for entrepreneurs building new ventures: The Business Model Canvas – to write down all the hypotheses about a new business; Customer Development – a process for testing those hypotheses outside the building; Agile Engineering – to rapidly build minimal viable products to test product/market fit.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JUNE 11, 2012

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. Progressive enhancement, mobile-first and responsive design can help lead us towards a more unified, future-friendly Web. Let’s face it: designing responsively takes longer and costs more. JavaScript. Techniques. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad.

Web 89

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

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Ben's Blog

JULY 13, 2010

This new sales force automation product boasted multi-tenancy, a native web interface, and an underlying operational environment designed for the modern era. Based on this design, Salesforce.com radically raised the bar for product and financial performance in the software industry. This architecture appears to be upside down.

Cloud 77

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

We rarely hold people responsible for Traffic Acquisition accountable, we rarely hold people responsible for Site Design and Merchandizing accountable. Question time for your Acquisition, Design and Merchandizing team. Learn how to use this metric to drive those two changes: marketing portfolio – people thinking.

Analytics 60

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

For the past eight months, Jen Mccabe has been leading Nimbus, the hardware investment portfolio for Tony Hsieh’s Vegas Tech Fund. In particular, she realized that entrepreneurs needed more help getting through the trough of sorrow/despair, a reference to the discouraging downturn section of Paul Graham’s Startup Curve model.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. 11 – Lesson Learned.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

SlideRocket – Design professional quality presentations and then deliver them in person or over the Web. It also allows you to track who referred which client and why. Oprius – A contact management software designed for independent sales people. zendesk – A branded online customer support system.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

So the opportunity to learn from other entrepreneurs and the companies that we’re seeing in our portfolio companies was really enough for me to take the plunge and jump on board. . I also really think startups are changing and they’re becoming more and more design focused. I’m going to be referring it.

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View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

However … An unfortunate side effect of this particular POTAJ is that, in many startup pitches, entrepreneurs focus so much on product or tech that they leave out one crucial, deal-making-or-breaking detail: distribution. ” Founders must address distribution in their pitches both overtly and succinctly.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur… My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. A small part of my portfolio is purely in speculative plays, but I believe in value investing over time. The arbitrage simply works.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

2010-06-19) # What about design mockups using eg. Perhaps 15 years ), probably your reader needs further references, and some hands-on experiences to appreciate your post. for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. He thinks the very nature of video is changing.

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