YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning. The “customer” in some cases can also be a collective market environment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Kickstart Your Lean Startup With Effective Feedback – [link]. Outstanding post about the history of diamond marketing and trade (from 1982) – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann will be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in October about all of this and more. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. Above that is product power, and for me that's about what is the path to getting to product-market fit? I've been in venture now twice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I changed that quickly when the market shifted and I had to lay off more than 80 people – many of whom were friends. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2021

We put together a (non-comprehensive) list of some of the best marketing books, both new and old, to help you become a better marketer—and a better person. Published in early 2001, Positioning remains as relevant and actionable now as it was then. That all assumes you can find the right book. We can help. Let’s dive in!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Of course, Excite also went bankrupt in 2001, so maybe five is a terrible number? Shoulder – not to cry on, but to lean on. At that time, Mac computers made up a mere 6 percent of the market and I argued we needed to focus on other areas. Skills – I do product, business, marketing. The last is a designer.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

There is a lot of talk about the lean startup and whether it works or not. Others claim that it’s unproven , unscientific and gets your product to market in a haphazard way that is ungrounded in quality. WebVan went bankrupt in 2001 after burning through $1 billion on warehouses, inventory systems and fleet delivery trucks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Why should a public market downturn determine an investment in a startup that has seven to 10 years to go before it can even think about an IPO? The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. The road ahead for entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

In a small team, a marketing associate will stay up all night to sharpen another team member’s presentation. Remember, lean and hungry is always better than fat and comfortable. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. It’s no surprise that the basic unit of the U.S.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But there is also opportunity in lean times. But overall this is a period where the IPO market remains largely closed to VC-backed startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

It has always been difficult to stand-out in a crowded market. Why should you consider adding surprise as a marketing tool in your business? Surprise is more effective than other forms of retention-based marketing. Surprise is a more effective marketing tool than nearly all forms of retention-based marketing.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2018

They create budgets, set sales goals, and document their marketing and sales strategies. Simpler plans— Lean Plans that can fit on a single page —get updated more frequently and are more helpful to these companies because they can review their strategy at a glance. I recommend starting with a Lean Plan.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Home document management software is a tool that can turn niche employees like consultants, freelancers, and independent contractors into powerful, market-disrupting professionals. Home document management software creates the efficiency necessary to remain competitive in the fee structure of the consulting market.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But there is also opportunity in lean times. But overall this is a period where the IPO market remains largely closed to VC-backed startups.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

We spoke recently about his path as a serial innovator, his beginnings in marketing, and what he’s been doing lately with his experience in teaching big companies how to transform themselves from the inside out. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

After leaving Razorfish in 2001, Craig spent a year immersed in food, including a stint as a prep cook at Babbo, Mario Batali’s flagship restaurant. I don’t like this place … “ … The other (mistake) was … not responding to the market and understanding how the market was changing and how quickly it was changing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

by Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard and author of “ The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success “ Avid market watchers know that the last two months have been devastating to fast-growth Internet stocks. They can see and react to technology changes, market upheavals, and new competitors. Absolutely.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. Cash is king and it's a developer's market out there right now. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. When they exited the scene, the small IPO market followed suit. Once you put a lot of money in, you're no longer lean and flexible and kinkin' and jivin' and trying to figure it out," he says.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These are the characteristics of an ideal marketing candidate—and they’re what keep Matt Schwartz hooked on his job. Despite those lean times, the new firm thrived from the start. These are the characteristics of an ideal marketing candidate—and they’re what keep Matt Schwartz hooked on his job. Our Guests. Matt Schwartz.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

One dimension is a pretty firm belief that starting financial services companies should not be as hard as it is, and that there is demand in the market for yet another venture fund focused on functionally day-zero companies in financial services. On Deciens’ Lean Operation. Dan Kimerling: There are a couple of dimensions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2014

But take a closer look at the classic fight between chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs). These new marketing channels mean CMOs command a growing share of their company’s investment in technology, and CIOs are none too happy about that. Hers is a rapidly changing world.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up, has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 15, 2016

The impaired cognitive function study goes even further to describe some of the other serious issues that they found with overtime: Long working hours are common worldwide; for example, in the European Union member states, 12%–17% of employees worked overtime in 2001 (1). Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2015

See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. They create budgets, set sales goals, and document their marketing and sales strategies. Simpler plans—lean plans that can fit on a single page—get updated more frequently and are more helpful to these companies because they can review their strategy at a glance.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

We were also arrogant in the sense of we have this idea of how the thing should work and we built it … This was a little bit before Lean Startup was very popular, so we just built this thing that we thought would work and lo and behold, it didn’t work. ” This was around 2001. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 22, 2019

They would say, “Sabrina, I’m not rural, but I really, really hope you can help me because the labor market here is crazy…what I have to pay to hire team members… I can’t afford it! When it comes to marketing, most of us know that spray and pray doesn’t work. We teach them to grow with lean and mighty teams.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It’s also long been recognized that Atmospheric Marketing - or ”the effort to design buying environments to produce specific emotional effects in the buyer that enhance purchase probability” – has been an effective way of increase purchases for physical retail locations. commercials, and 2-to-1 for print?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

While.NET can no doubt service the enterprise market, so can everybody else. Its called flamebait marketing, and this is *exactly* how it’s done. Big ideas and creative stuff either aren’t coming out of the.NET world, or.NET based projects/startups suck at marketing. March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm. Help your business out.

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