David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. Our customer is ultimately the startup. 3 specific issues: 1.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 15, 2014

I’ve just re-read Jeff Bezos 1997 letter to shareholders. The title of this post is a bastardisation of this quote from the letter: Today, online commerce saves customers money and precious time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Your website is designed for you, not for your customers. Redesigning just a section of your site, or reevaluating how your customers get from point A to point B (also known as a “user flow”) might be all you need. The results: The number of customers purchasing went up by 45%. You aren’t getting the results you want.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2012

By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. strategy.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., What it has managed to do is take something which is ordinarily very technical, in this case domain registrations, and make it appeal to a wide range of customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

A successful product quickly acquires new users/customers and delivers consistent value. It’s not surprising that companies with successful products grow their customer base, increase their revenues, and outperform competitors. After all, many successful products adopt psychology principles that influence customers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2015

Rather, effective marketing begins with deep customer insights that translate into a great brand idea that is media-agnostic. While there has been a greater cynicism of big brands in the Western worlds, strong brands still continue to outperform the stock market, draw loyal customers, charge higher prices, and save on media spending.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2018

As Jeff Bezos stated in a 2017 statement to shareholders, “… customers are always beautifully, wonderfully dissatisfied.” He goes on to say, “Good inventors and designers deeply understand their customers. Artful thinkers would agree with Apple designer Guy Kawasaki’s dictum that “Customers can’t tell you what to innovate.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it. Traffic is worth more if a site knows more about a customer. Sites like Google and Facebook have vast amounts of knowledge about customers, which makes their ad avails worth far more.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options. I thought when I call a potential customer I will get a faster response?—?while Yes, it is true?—?I so what do you do?”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. customers who paid for services often get burned. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. Our commitment to good ole’ fashioned customer service and dedicated work ethic instantly led to word-of-mouth referrals about the clean-cut, student-athletes’ impressive work.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. It’s done it in a series of evolutionary stages, each new one learning from the last.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

The transformation that turned Apple from a niche player into an industry giant started when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997. It’s even more important today because social media creates opportunities for companies to engage customers , but also adds a tremendous amount of noise to an already noisy marketplace. The misfits.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2016

Whether it’s a co-worker or customer, they’ll be able to tell when you don’t know your stuff. Leeds estate agents Linley & Simpson, for example, are a fantastic company for their Yorkshire knowledge, having been established in the area since 1997. Improve your communication skills.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In the years since, with massive customer launches like Snapchat and the Weather Channel, the horizontal scale of Mapbox’s platform is now much more obvious. Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? I remember this lesson well. Steve, thanks so much for joining us today!

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2016

Although charge cards were basic, they were effective and make it possible for customers to make their purchase, without carrying physical money. In 1997, Coca-Cola developed and released vending machines, which were able to accept payments through text messages. Online Shopping. Mobile Payments.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2013

Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one of the first online travel agencies, which went public in 1997 and subsequently merged to create Travelocity.com as an independent company. Align and train mentors to embrace customer development. Today he is the co-founder and Chairman of Triporati, LaunchPad Central.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. They can use Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad approach to get out of the building and actually incorporate customer development early into the definition of their business. And I don’t think I have since then.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Industry Week’s Feb 11th, 2006 article reported Maytag’s “quality nightmare” with it’s Neptune washing machine back in 1997. Branding Customer Service Marketing Strategies Prospecting marketing maytag product' And we did. But not anymore. Things are different. So what happened? If you tout long lasting… it needs to be that.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

After many years of giving up when things went south in the business, or blaming industry shifts, the one thing that has helped me boost my motivation as an entrepreneur, is to take a break from the routine sometimes and talk to some of your past customers. Thanks to Tara Sundaram, Chennai Dream Homes® ! #19- Photo Credit: Artur Meyster.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. It’s done it in a series of evolutionary stages, each new one learning from the last.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. .” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Support.com — On 2.5m

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

In fact, at the time (1996-1997) we offered both a downloadable product, that our customers could install on their own servers, and a “hosted-offering”, which came to be known as “On-Demand”, then the “ASP” (Application Service Provider) model, and today we call it “SaaS” (Software as a Service). Today, we call that an “Embed-Code”.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since 1997, women-owned businesses rose by 68 percent. None of us gets far at all if we don’t care about our customers. And here’s more good news: Women are launching more businesses than ever – 1,288 a day, according to a recent analysis by American Express. That’s up from 602 in 2011-12.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. But RIM decided to hide all of that from their customers. While phrases like “mobile email and packet switching” didn’t mean a thing to RIM’s first customers, the “interactive pager” positioning proved important in attracting early adopters.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.)

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This week we again present Steve Jobs, arguably the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived, from the 1997 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. My favorite quote: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.” I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott [link].

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Get and keep customers with affordable online marketing tools. Why customers watch videos. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Strategy and Planning.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. Customers value and benefit from the convenience, price, and selection of Amazon, which is why the company is, by a wide margin, America’s largest bookseller.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Back in 1997, Jeff Bezos was talking about frictionless shopping when most companies were just thinking about getting serious about being online. About 10 years ago they saw the customers were struggling with these packages. Well, many times customers can’t articulate that there is a problem. Even things like packaging.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2011

Since 1997, he has led an independent consulting practice focused on helping businesses of all sizes elevate performance and achieve healthy growth. Unfortunately, a lot of passionate founders get so wrapped up in their products and services that they lose sight of what customers actually want, and why.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. Small business live and die by great customer service and great marketing. My goal is to add positivity to my customer’s day. Basically, customers want instant gratification with little effort.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. Because this strategy entails making a better product that they can sell for higher profit margins to their best customers, the established competitors have powerful motivations to fight sustaining battles.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

Customers will be unforgiving and brand image negatively affected if manuals, websites, campaigns and software are not sensitively reproduced in the local language and culture. A brand`s business can only expand globally if the product or service resonates with the customer locally. Localisation reduces risks and costs.

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