Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. Going from design to manufacturing is a long, imprecise, circular and human-dependent process (even more so than writing and deploying code!). Take the example of MP3 players.

Vertical 60

Vertical Widget Distribution China 60

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

Those companies and government agencies then design the chips into systems and devices (e.g. The revenue of products that contain chips is worth tens of t rillions of dollars. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools. The design of a chip may be owned by a single company, or…. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools.

Taiwan 436

Taiwan IP Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 436

ConversionXL

MARCH 22, 2013

Google is a strong advocate of responsive design. Mashable named 2013 “The Year of Responsive Design” But is responsive web design actually the answer to boosting mobile conversions? For the first time since 2001, PC sales were lower that they were the previous year. Responsive web design. Image source.

Mobile 115

Mobile Conversion Design Dividend 115

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. I couldn’t sew or draw so becoming a fashion designer was out. 17) Devastating Event.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Here’s how to grab and hold attention, and how to design your websites for short attention spans. Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read website content in an F-shaped pattern : two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe. How to design for F-patterns? Patricia Wolfe, Brain Matters (2001).

Caching 130

Caching Audience Vertical Sales 130