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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I learned a lot at Convergent, going from product marketing manager in a small startup to VP of Marketing of the Unix Division as it became a public company. As you may remember, I was lucky enough to have recieved, at your hands, the beating I so richly deserved back in 1997 while at ONETOUCH Systems. Everything else flows from that.

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Banner Ads Suck (and How to Make Them Convert Better)

ConversionXL

Steve Jobs loved simplicity and his products reflected that. Our cognitive process leans towards understanding objects in their simplest form. In 1997, I chose to suppress a similar finding: users tend to click on banner ads that look like dialog boxes, complete with fake OK and Cancel buttons. Image Source. Image Source.