Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. As as I’ve said before, I believe that getting things done is one of the major things that differentiates successful entrepreneurs from just reasonable ones. Many deals – VC or otherwise – didn’t close.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. The process does not differentiate between programs that are incremental improvements, versus those that are disruptive.

Technology 236

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 236

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). Mobile will drive new use cases.

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

There’s no differentiating Bob’s Fine Pork Bellies from Susy’s Free Range Pork Bellies – all the bellies go in the pit and get snapped up for that day’s price – end of story. I’ll often ask audiences I speak with to raise their hands if they provide good service.

Kansas City 63

Kansas City Small Business Kansas Marketing 63

YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2015

Fill a Need & Differentiate Yourself. It is because of this passion that Clickx was born in 2006. Staying on the right path, though, is essential to the future of your business. Here are five tips I’ve learned that can help you on your journey to getting your business off the ground and on the right path.

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Startup Differentiation Acquisition Cost 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. TechCrunch.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Before I started GigaOm (the company) in June 2006, I had never really worked for a startup. In May 2006 when folks from True Ventures gave me the check (with a message on the back saying “go make your dream come true”), I went into a panic mode. I am still not sure, but the trend was clearly my friend.

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Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

For example, only three brands that appeared in the top 10 in 2006 – Google, Microsoft, and IBM – remain in the top 10 in 2017. BrandZ identified 10 characteristics of disruptive, original brands : How does your company differentiate from the competition? percent global share of that market in 2016.

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Small Business Startup Global Design 53

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. I don’t know about you, but I feel like the major issue with many loyalty & rewards programs is that there is no real differentiation, there’s nothing there to make me feel special & therefore I can take it or leave it. million in 2004 to $6.5

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Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. I don’t know about you, but I feel like the major issue with many loyalty & rewards programs is that there is no real differentiation, there’s nothing there to make me feel special & therefore I can take it or leave it. million in 2004 to $6.5

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Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In 2006, Benchmark started spending time with Gary Swart and the team at oDesk. Instead of becoming a platform differentiator for Apple, Facebook is now aiding and abetting Apple’s only real competition. Here is another interesting story related to rakes. The Amazon situation vis-a-vis Apple is more severe.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ethan Beute: Well, the way that we started talking about it, we’ve been at this since the company was founded in 2006. ” And once we got them going on it, now it’s such a huge differentiator. Would you say that this is an offshoot of that or something completely different? We’ve been doing this for a long time.

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Video Technical Review Software Review Colorado 39

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When we talk about cloud computing we have to be careful to differentiate between open cloud (services the are provided solely to for the economic purpose of building a cloud business) and the “platform cloud&# where certain service providers offer cloud services wrapped around their core product.

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Venture Capital Software PHP Open Source 334

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. I don’t know about you, but I feel like the major issue with many loyalty & rewards programs is that there is no real differentiation, there’s nothing there to make me feel special & therefore I can take it or leave it. million in 2004 to $6.5

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. I don’t know about you, but I feel like the major issue with many loyalty & rewards programs is that there is no real differentiation, there’s nothing there to make me feel special & therefore I can take it or leave it. million in 2004 to $6.5

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) predicts that two-thirds of nurses in Canada will be working in the community by 2020, compared to 30 percent in 2006. Set yourself apart: Establish expertise credentials in certain areas of service to differentiate your business from your competition. percent from 2014 to 2020.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Bing is very open to 3 rd party elements in their index that create a differentiated user experience. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million. 49:35-51:30).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Expect to pay a premium Implementing a marketing strategy that allows you to carve out a clear point of differentiation and perhaps a narrow market focus, allows you to charge a premium for your products and services. If the business has to depend on you to make it rain, well, how can run it without you?

Marketing 63

Marketing Valuation Differentiation Lead Generation 63

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

For his doctoral work, his research focused on liver tissue engineering and stem cell differentiation. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University in 2006. Sunny received his Ph.D. from University of California, Davis in Biomedical Engineering. He received his Ph.D.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Engineer California 195

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

might have been a lot less differentiated. Since 2006 I have been lamenting what I see as “the Facebook problem&# – they are trying to lump me into one big social network. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0 We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2011

This can also create some distinct competitive differentiation as well. There is a strong psychological pull in this approach and some firms find that, although most of their sales come from one package, the existence of the other options helps to overcome resistance because people feel they get to make a choice.

Social Media 67

Social Media SEO Programming Engineer 67

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2011

Creating what ends up looking like an obvious innovation in an industry and then embracing that change as a marketing strategy is one way that companies create a clear differentiation. While that shouldn’t seem like an innovation it was in an industry that appeared to abhor actually talking to its customers.

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Small Business Engineer 72

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our As a VC, I do not differentiate between a seed investment and any other investment that I make.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

For his doctoral work, his research focused on liver tissue engineering and stem cell differentiation. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University in 2006. Sunny received his Ph.D. from University of California, Davis in Biomedical Engineering. He received his Ph.D.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Engineer California 120

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

I had the good fortune, I think it was about 2006, the folks at Automatic actually said, “You should be on WordPress.” As I kind of found strength and got more comfortable in my own skin, then I realized that, again, a real differentiator and a way of protecting our business from competitors is to build a community.

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Community Framework Ruby Architecture 40

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

The product was introduced in 2006 and created a whole new category of easy to use video cameras. The founders did a terrible job of explaining what the product did and how it was differentiated, constantly falling back on calling it “social media” as though that would explain everything.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 167

Austin Startup

JULY 5, 2017

Here’s part 1 from 2006. Rather than using that to differentiate its product, Tesla is selling that technology to its competitors ! Musk has talked about the importance of scale in battery manufacturing, but the importance of scale is even more obvious when you look at Musk’s master plan for Tesla. This is pretty astonishing.

Nevada 66

Nevada Global eCommerce Engineer 66

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Orin Herskowitz has been executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures since 2006 and is also VP of Columbia’s Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer. The agencies were all of differentiating ilk, and so they may or may not give us title.

Government 120

Government Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Silicon Valley 120

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

I'll share the same advice with you I'd shared about choosing a web analytics tool in Sept 2006… Get the nicest free tag management tool you can find. You can also of course use this strategy to differentiate between new and old subscriptions. How should you choose one?

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Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Or maybe you got booted from your job, like a lot of people got laid off in, I don’t know, 2006, 2007, 2008. First of all, so many other people are doing the exact same thing, so there’s no meaningful differentiation.

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Vertical Java Software Developers Software Development 44

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. Historically, both terms had narrower definitions related to telemarketing, which differentiated outbound versus inbound calls.) Lessons: Quick identification of the term doesn’t translate into quick adoption.

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Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

To differentiate their service offering and maximize the value captured, Saas vendors package their services by segment with different price point. ► 2006. (7). And to maximize economies of scale, they need to run a single instance of the application to cover all the customer segments. ► 02/11 - 02/18. (2). VC lifestyle.

Software Review 48

Software Review Internet Software Technical Review 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content. ► 2006. (7). To conclude, I would say that for $300, the AppleTV is an expensive gadget to port your iTunes library into the living room. ► 02/11 - 02/18. (2). ▼ 01/07 - 01/14. (1).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Video Europe 48

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

As a small business startup back in 2008, we knew we needed a name that stood out, to differentiate ourselves. This name came from the first pair of red shoes I bought in 2006. The name also had to represent confidence (because in 2008 there wasn’t a lot of that going around). Eventually we landed on Red Shoes PR.

Naming 48

Naming LLC Entrepreneur PR 48

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

Search is often Q&A but Q&A is not well suited for search and in an attempt to differentiate from Google several search engines, Bing most significantly, have invested heavily in advertising campaigns that highlights the shortcomings of search for answering questions. LinkedIn Answers.

Community 51

Community Search Social Network Social Media 51

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Letter differentiation and rate of comprehension in reading. Yet, there is a question : all these theories are based on ‘old’ papers, the newer is 2006 ? Reading from screen versus paper: there is no difference. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies , 28, 1-9. Poulton, E.C. Poulton, E.C.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

My-i Toolbar enables operators to offer a differentiated and branded user experience across mobile Internet devices, to increase awareness of new mobile data services by promoting operator and third party content, and to generate revenues from targeted advertising.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103