Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. Warning sign?

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Know the difference between leading and lagging metrics. Identify the key indicators of a well-designed offline experiment. While it’s always necessary to keep track of lagging indicators to evaluate ongoing performance, as marketers we want to understand what causes those metrics to move either up or down. Why do we test?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2015

A good rule of thumb is 2000-3000 pageviews per design screen, and also per device (i.e. But the same study by PRS, showed that the algorithms are not sensitive enough to detect differences between designs, and are particularly poor at predicting the visibility levels of on-pack claims and messaging.”. Click Maps. Image Source.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) 19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) People, not just metrics. I'm a designer. I went to Rhode Island School of Design. And I was an industrial designer. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)

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ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

You could have an in-house user research lab with fancy neuroscience technology and 25 researchers, actively track 5000 metrics across 500 segments and what not – but it would not only cost a lot (likely way more than the profit from testing wins), it would be distracting and silly. It’s the same with conversion optimization.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Aerotel Medical Systems is a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet. Logia has the unique combination of being both a content aggregator and a billing aggregator. Aerotel Medical Systems.

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