Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 25, 2011
And, most importantly, the Lean Startup idea is starting to take root in industries and contexts very different from it’s Silicon Valley roots. Brad Smith is the CEO of Intuit, one of the most successful software companies in Silicon Valley. No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. Growth hacking in marketing incorporates the five stages of the customer lifecycle into the “ AARRR Framework ,” otherwise known as the “Pirate Metrics model.”. But it’s not a channel you can scale as easily as LinkedIn , which offers a similar audience.
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SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Founder Institute is the brain child of Adeo Ressi , a super passionate and successful serial entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, probably best known for founding TheFunded.com.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Growth hacking and growth teams are so commonplace today, at least inside Silicon Valley, that it’s easy to forget that “growth” (as we know it now) is a relatively new phenomenon. That’s because every company has its own strategy and metrics that mean something to one company won’t necessarily mean anything to another.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. I spent most of my time with TechStars, who were my hosts for the trip.
Reid Hoffman
DECEMBER 10, 2020
When the Airbnb founders walked me through their model, how the hosts were also guests, how their community was developing, and what they’d learned from different markets like Barcelona and New York, it showed me that they were on top of Airbnb’s key business challenge, which is to build powerful marketplace dynamics.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Mayfield recently hosted a Mobile Marketplaces dinner with leading entrepreneurs, which yielded several insights. In the early days of e-commerce, sales were typically the most important metric for success. It’s easy, especially in Silicon Valley, to get hung up on all the whizbang new technologies available to developers.
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