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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples. – PEOPLE. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board.

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Times Square Strategy Session ā€“ Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? I gave my boilerplate answer, ā€œIā€™m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Dave McClure has some great metrics…ā€ It was an honest but vaguely unsatisfying answer.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. Has the U.S. Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. Has the U.S. Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1

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Two Overlooked Aspects Of Your Site Design That May Be Hurting Conversions

ConversionXL

As an informal observation, it’s not uncommon to see different companies in the same vertical adopt a “me-too” approach in their design aesthetic. Cheskin Research & Studio Archetype found as far back as 1999 that the 6 most important factors in building trust with an eCommerce company are : Brand. Navigation.