Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 29, 2013
'This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. We’re looking for speakers for the 2013 Lean Startup Conference. Last week, we announced that our short application form was live. Today, we’re following up with answers to frequently asked questions we’ve received since then , because the answers will help your app lication succeed.
ConversionXL
APRIL 29, 2013
'Most people won’t buy anything on the first visit, so you need to capture emails. And then what? In this article we’re going to dive deep into a discussion about creating content for your autoresponder campaign. We’ve talked about ReOptimizing your autoresponders and creating effective drip campaigns before. This article is about how to not sound like a robot and keep that personal vibe even when your content is on auto-pilot.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
APRIL 29, 2013
'In the first year of business, you have literally no data for making decisions and predictions. Even after the first hundred customers, half of those were serendipitous one-offs, not representative of repeatable, controllable customer acquisition, and the scale of the data isn’t statistically significant. One of the root questions you have at the start, which is supposed to be data-driven (but you don’t have data) is: What’s the maximum I should bid for CPC (cost-per-click) ca
deal architect
APRIL 29, 2013
'I found myself in Palm Springs, CA last week, and it is a marvel of greenery in the middle of the harsh desert. While people criticize it for being wasteful with over 100 golf courses in the vicinity, you have.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 29, 2013
'I’m a big fan of mentoring in business, and have been at different times on both the contributing and receiving end of the process. These days, I seem to often hear from entrepreneurs who are struggling to find a mentor, or complaining about their lack of effectiveness. Like any other relationship, it takes work on both sides to make mentoring work.
Steve Blank
APRIL 29, 2013
'Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 29, 2013
'Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley.
Genuine VC
APRIL 29, 2013
'Posts in the blogosphere, conversation on panels of/about VCs, etc. all talk about the best way for entrepreneurs to optimize their fundraising process with the end-goal of receiving a term sheet. It’s often spoken as if the second that magical term sheet document is in hand, the process is over. Unfortunately, that’s an oversimplification which should be recognized by savvy entrepreneurs.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 29, 2013
'Seemingly overnight, a bunch of parking spaces disappeared in New York City--replaced by bike share racks. Lots of car owners aren''t happy about it. For that matter, lots of people in the city have argued against bikes for years. Residents of Vinegar Hill signed a petition to prevent a greenway from going through their neighborhood--citing that "The Greenway would bring thousands of bikers from all over that would add noise, traffic hazards, and garbage to a neighborhood that currently has non
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 29, 2013
'You Don’t Get It, Because You Don’t See It. You don’t really get it. Nor do I. Nor does any entrepreneur. We think we know what it takes to build buildings. To write books. To fix computers. To do what we do. Yet we don’t. You don’t get it because you make it. You don’t depend on it. Eyes – Black And White by George Hodan.
The Next Web
APRIL 29, 2013
'“There are two rules to success: 1. Never tell everything you know.” - Roger H. Lincoln. Every now and then, the quote above pops up again. I’ll read it in a blogpost, or see it tweeted, or shared on Facebook. It is a cute quote and generally makes people smile. But is it true? It used to be true, for sure. You guarded your trade secrets, kept your business-plan to yourself and used your knowledge to your advantage.
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 29, 2013
'CityAM reported today on research from Barclays: Research from Barclays shows that firms that sell their products or services mostly online have seen revenues grow by on average 11.4 per cent in the last three years, over 50 times faster than GDP growth of 0.2 per cent over the period. The research shows that the expansion is being driven mainly by small and medium-sized firms.
Up and Running
APRIL 29, 2013
'Ask any marketer to explain his trade and he will say that it is all about placing the right product in the right place, at the right price and at the right time. Simple, eh? Well, it’s not as easy as it sounds. The right approach would be to arrive at a marketing mix that will help you consistently win new sales while sustaining customer lifetime value over a long period of time.
Life Beyond Code
APRIL 29, 2013
'Mini Saga #128 – Readiness. It was Dave’s first camping trip with his three friends. Tired after hiking all day, they wanted to sleep early in their tent. Seeing three pairs of earplugs in Dave’s hand, Sam asked him, “Why do you want three pairs of ear plugs?” Dave smiled, “They are not for me.” Readiness involves caring for yourself AND caring for others involved.
Hippoland
APRIL 29, 2013
'I’ve been writing a series of posts on how to sell. Previously, I’ve talked about how to write a cold-email , whom to target , and how to find your target audience for free. This post is on how to set up an efficient sales process. . From cold-email to phone call. In my experience, about 25-30% of people respond to my cold-emails, and almost all of them are willing to hop on a phone call with me.
Babbling VC
APRIL 29, 2013
'I was reminded of one pet peeve I had from my past in venture capital when reading about Spark''s newest development. I highly recommend that you read the article about these guys picking up their own legal fees. I too felt that it was always quite ridiculous to charge legal fees of a VC fund back to the portfolio company after you financed them. I hated this almost as much as VC''s who used to charge closing fees on top of this.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 29, 2013
'Remember the bull markets of the 1980s and 1990s, when everybody was making money in the stock market? Bad News: Those days are GONE… and they’re not coming back Click below to discover mine and Growthink’s exclusive report on WHY today’s stock market is broken -- and what you can do about it: [link] <-- Click here It’s almost hard to imagine how strong stock market returns used to be… Just look at the average annual returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1982 to 1989: • 1982: 19.6
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 29, 2013
'Few things are more confusing to business owners and marketers than the idea of marketing strategy. photo credit: HikingArtist.com via photopin cc I think that’s due in part to simple misunderstanding by many who try to apply the concept, but it’s also due to the fact that strategy is very malleable – that is to say, it can be many things. A very solid way to define business strategy is the effective use of resources to reach stated objectives.
SiliconHills
APRIL 29, 2013
'A year ago, TechRanch expanded its reach into Chile. It struck up a partnership with startups in South America to foster that region’s entrepreneurial base. Now, TechRanch, a coworking space and incubator in Austin, has expanded even further this time into Asia with a partnership in the city-state island of Singapore. TechRanch and Get2Volume announced [.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 29, 2013
'by Cameron Schiff. Freelancing used to be synonymous with “out of work” in business circles. But today working as a freelancer is a respected career track with many benefits the “day job” can’t offer — including a flexible schedule, the ability to choose only projects that interest you and the chance to delve into interesting topics and network with interesting people.
Andrew Payne
APRIL 29, 2013
'When the Blackberry first came out, it was quickly dubbed the “crackberry” because mobile email access was so addictive. Now with ubiquitous smart phones, we’re all email addicts to some extent. So it’s no surprise that now over 40% of email opens are on mobile devices , and mobile is on track overtake the PC this year. It’s pretty amazing when you consider the smartphone, as we know it, was launched less than 6 years ago.
Hippoland
APRIL 29, 2013
'I’ve been writing a series of posts on how to sell. Previously, I’ve talked about how to write a cold-email , whom to target , and how to find your target audience for free. This post is on how to set up an efficient sales process. . From cold-email to phone call. In my experience, about 25-30% of people respond to my cold-emails, and almost all of them are willing to hop on a phone call with me.
Jeff Hilimire
APRIL 29, 2013
'If you can carve out a few minutes to watch this, I really recommend it. Amazing to think that Carol Burnett may never have “made it” if it wasn’t for this generous offer from someone that believed in her. Truly inspiring.
aweissman.com
APRIL 29, 2013
'Well, I guess that it''s typical To cling to memories you''ll never get back again And to sort through old photographs of a summer long ago - Conor Oberst Back around 1991 or so, me, my brother, and a few friends had an idea for a television show. We were the children of MTV, its progeny, there when it began, avid viewers, disciples of music television.
www.startupspecialistnetwork.com
APRIL 29, 2013
'Startup Specialist Network. Home. About. Network. Speaking. Resources. Blog. Ask an Expert. Contact. A Tech Startup’s Guide to Navigating Insurance. by Jennifer Beever. on April 29, 2013. in Startup Ecosystem. Blog post written by Matt Carlson, CIC, Vice President, Risk Strategies Company. There are a lot of moving parts to a startup business. While all businesses need some amount of insurance protection, technology companies do have some special needs.
Andrew Payne
APRIL 29, 2013
'When the Blackberry first came out, it was quickly dubbed the “crackberry” because mobile email access was so addictive. Now with ubiquitous smart phones, we’re all email addicts to some extent. So it’s no surprise that now over 40% of email opens are on mobile devices , and mobile is on track overtake the PC this year. It’s pretty amazing when you consider the smartphone, as we know it, was launched less than 6 years ago.
Jason Ball
APRIL 29, 2013
'Just to qualify the title, the desktop is dead if you’re under 20 years old. Screens are migrating from living room to desktop to tablet to mobile. Depending on which generation you belong to, one of those screens is your home screen. I made a heretical statement 2 years ago in this post - “Facebook is going to be irrelevant in 10 years”, which was true, but the unspoken part which was omitted was “Facebook ON THE DESKTOP is going to be irrelevant” FB positions its
Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 29, 2013
'For there to be a deep and liquid exchange marketplace in Bitcoin, the primary Bitcoin exchange needs to be robust and performant, with millisecond trade execution timeframes under heavy volume. Right now, Mt. Gox, the primary place where people can exchange dollars for Bitcoin, is neither. It has suffered under repeated DDOS attacks and has seen protracted outages and trade execution times that stretch into minutes and even hours when it has stayed up.
Start Up Blog
APRIL 29, 2013
'Recently I’ve been lucky enough to attend a few events which have been centered around what’s next socially and commercially. So I thought I might pull all these thoughts together in a new edition of Soundbites from the Future – The 2013 edition. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions. A bit like our emerging and likely to be permanent business environment.
Occam's Razor
APRIL 29, 2013
'It turns out that Marketers, especially Digital Marketers, make really silly mistakes when it comes to data. Big data. Small data. Any data. In the last couple months I've spent a lot of time with senior level marketers on three different continents. Some of them are quite successful, sadly many of them were not. In the latter group I discovered that there were two common themes. 1.
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