ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2020

Prior to using a mark in identifying a specific product or service, there’s a need to perform a clearance search. A clearance search or trademark search determines whether there’s an existing mark. Here is how to conduct a trademark search for a business startup in UAE. Make a Trademark. Identify Design Codes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Lets return to our team thats failing to hit their targets. Read the rest here.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

These don’t have to be big solutions like Google search or Amazon, they could be much smaller. Because I have so much jewelry, I have to stick thumb tacks in the wall to hold it all up. He calls it ‘ the secret of the market ’. When you play unicycle hockey, you typically use a unicycle, an ice-hockey stick and a tennis ball.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2014

It starts with product market fit. Specifically, if you’re an app or an website for example, your drivers are going to have to do with search engine optimization, keywords, paper click, conversion rates. And I’m also going to look outside of the sales projection for credibility in the projected marketing spend.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In theory, conversion optimization aims to improve the user experience, which, conveniently, is what Google wants to do as well with their top search results. You get more traffic, more conversions, more money – in an endless hockey stick shaped cycle. Of course, it’s not so simple.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Mobile Marketing Comes of Age: Retailers finally began to see the promise of location based applications and consumers changed their shopping behavior using their mobile devices. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2010

Not only did their sales curve look like a textbook case of a VC-friendly hockey stick, but their Lessons Learned funding presentation was an eye-opener.). They envisioned that their tiny startup was to going to be a $100 million/year company by creating an entirely new market – selling virtual goods. Take No Prisoners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Over time, they have found a formula for acquiring, qualifying, and selling customers in the market segments they have targeted. What’s the total available market? What’s the ROI on acquiring new customers?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

how big is the market? Most important slide: hockey stick Micro-scale results Key questions: who is the customer, and how do you know? Most important slide: hockey stick Micro-scale results Key questions: who is the customer, and how do you know? what is the potential market size? whos on the marketing team?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2010

." - Mark Peter Davis Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales recommended community building, Alexis Ohanian says Reddit targeted market leading blogs and Justin.tv Other examples include creating events, speaking at conferences, social networking, search engine optimization and publicity stunts.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s one school of thought that the paradigm has changed, and startups that achieve a market value of tens of billions or more will be more frequent than in decades past. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Multi-billion dollar valuations for late stage startups like Dropbox, et al. Previous Entries.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 21, 2010

At First Round , I often hear the term “product-market” fit. Since we often invest before the big “hockey stick” traction that bigger VCs wait for, a lot of times the company is still trying to tweak exactly what service or application will take off in a given market.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

Tracking metrics and making sure you know what’s going on with your business is crucial; it enables you to determine if your assumptions about your business are correct, if your financial and marketing strategies are working, and ultimately allows you to make the best decisions possible for your business.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 21, 2010

There’s no difference between having signed up two customers or ten customers when your market is potentially hundreds or thousands of businesses. No one wants to stop the hockey stick growth to fundraise—so if you’re product takes off right off the bat, you might raise a little more to let it run a little further.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2017

written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In this episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast I speak with Rob Greenlee. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Transcript of Is Podcasting for You? Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Is podcasting for you? Check it out.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2017

For example, missing crucial deadlines for finishing the business plan, or drawing hockey stick profit projections can repel potential investors. Lots of ideas seem great until you figure out that the market doesn’t actually want your product. Of course, there are obvious reasons that business plans fail.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

digital analytics, market research). What to do with AI: Predict churn ; Identify which offers to send to an individual; Accelerate innovation; Personalize content; Account-based marketing ; Algorithmic attribution; Forecast future lift; Predict blame. Product and marketing teams should be involved. Tell Don’t Sell.

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