article thumbnail

Entrepreneurs Are Needed To Make Web Searches Smarter

Startup Professionals Musings

He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine. If you add the next generation of natural language processing (NLP), you will be able to ask Google Voice Search or Apple Siri the questions right through your smart phone. Memorable personality.

Web 380
article thumbnail

The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. Until now, to succeed in search companies needed two things: 1) an index of the web 2) an algorithm to organise the results.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

10 Questions To Ask Before Selecting A Search Firm

Startup Professionals Musings

Hyman started his career at the preeminent search firm Heidrick & Struggles, and has built four companies, so he knows the ropes. Here are ten key questions you should ask in selecting any recruiter or firm: What are your search successful completion metrics? Numbers in the 80 to 90 percent range indicate market-leading efforts.

Search 181
article thumbnail

I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a long time ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Seed viral activity.

Viral 348
article thumbnail

Apple Vision Pro – Tech in the Search of a Market

Steve Blank

But the product/market fit of this first iteration is a swing and a miss. Marketing and capital expenses (new factory, high R&D expense) were predicated on consumer-scale sales. I got a preview of PhotoCD when I was the head of marketing at SuperMac , a supplier of hardware and software for graphics professionals.

Search 256
article thumbnail

Online Dental Marketing Checklist For All Startup Practices

YoungUpstarts

However, there are various things to consider when you think of crafting a business plan, and one of the most important is online dental marketing. But, it is often seen that most of the startup practices do not consider marketing. Therefore, to boost your new dental business success, start marketing first. Google Maps.

Marketing 183
article thumbnail

6 Cases When Quick-To-Market Should Be Your Priority

Startup Professionals Musings

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. If your product is highly innovative, and speed to market is critical, you won’t get it right the first time anyway, no matter how cautiously you plan. The target market is moving in unpredictable ways.

Marketing 302