Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Retention and low attrition are good signs of customer validation. 2M in 18 months.

Cofounder 429

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. For start, there are many types of businesses that are large or complex “considered purchases” that have higher close rates over the phone than on a web form.

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. On the other hand, web servers are not a blitzscalable market. Today, there is no one dominant player in web servers.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Mr. Allen Lin, eCommerce Strategist, Retention Science. Retention Science has developed the industry’s first predictive marketing technology powered by Artificial Intelligence, empowering marketers to turn customer data into actionable insights. And much, much more!

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence Retention eCommerce Web 48

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

This might look like building revenue projections based on the conversion ratios of web traffic to inquiries (phone, e-mail, text, etc.) to proposals, to sales, to retention, to ongoing revenue. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

Conversion Ratio 48

Conversion Ratio Venture Capital Business Model Retention 48

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 11, 2012

I concluded that this dynamic, which allowed a startup to take multiple “shots on goal” with a venture capital investment, was what had brought renewed investor interest to gaming, an industry that had largely been financed by publishing deals. This has changed dramatically. Game design has improved, as has design and art.

IP 111

IP Distribution Viral Mobile 111

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. And anytime you strike a deal for digital distribution of any content, insist that your creators be given real-time access to the big-picture metrics: not just downloads, but engagement, retention and replay. ideas (e.g. Expo SF (May.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? Do you think those customers would find that interesting and compelling? Would they be loyal? Damn straight it would. However, I know what you are thinking, “how would you ever fund such an endeavor?” It would cost a tremendous amount of money to run such a program.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Growthink Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

This might look like building revenue projections based on the conversion ratios of web traffic to inquiries (phone, e-mail, text, etc.) to proposals, to sales, to retention, to ongoing revenue.

Conversion Ratio 48

Conversion Ratio Business Model Retention Revenue 48

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I was just looking at your web site. I do everything from raw-metal machine language to experimental languages to all the usual web front and back-end languages, and am one of those “started programming at 12 years old” types who had 5 years of college by the time I was 19. March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm. I’m with Phil.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Intermix had acquired their previous online marketing startup, ResponseBase, and they remained a cohesive group. of MySpace, Inc. were paid their share of the proceeds of the buyout (but again, based on a $125 million valuation); Finally, MySpace employees who were hired after the spin-out in early 2005 received only MySpace stock options.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

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Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40