Remove Distribution Remove PR Remove Product Development Remove Video
article thumbnail

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. Then one day it was over.

Lean 335
article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Leveraged distribution channels.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

Rather than sending text-based releases to media sites in the hopes of being published, brands are more likely to bring press releases in-house and generate video announcements of important company advancements. When press releases are required, interactive or video-based versions will be most effective. Photo Credit: Kevin Burke.

article thumbnail

The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. Product development. Product development allows you to expand your existing market share by developing a new product for that audience. New channels.

Marketing 115
article thumbnail

How to get your mobile app discovered in 2021

VC Cafe

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? Blogs/ press – to get consumers to learn about your new app, PR remains a viable source, especially when it comes to buzzy/social apps. Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app.

Mobile 190
article thumbnail

What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

Instead of paying ridiculously high rent in San Francisco or London, startups and small businesses can spend on product development and marketing, thus tremendously increasing the chances of successful market entry and expansion. Work from home and remote work also significantly cut office costs.

Hiring 98
article thumbnail

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Expo SF (May.