Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

It is 2018—why are there still light gray below-the-fold add to cart buttons? I mean developing and inserting a subtle collection of gentle nudges that can help increase the conversion rate by a statistically significant amount. Go look at your ecommerce conversion rate. Go look at your ecommerce conversion rate.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 12, 2018

To assess the State of the Conversion Optimization Industry in 2018, we gave a 26 question survey to 701 people who work in the optimization space. The female CRO population decreased from 27.6% (2016) to 17.3% (2018). Most respondents (51.9%) work exclusively on optimization of desktop and mobile websites. While 23.7%

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2019

According to Capgemini’s World Quality Report 2018-19 , Companies are now spending an average of 35% of their IT budget on QA and testing — a 9% year-on-year increase. You might have heard below conversation-. Hardik leads large scale mobility programs covering platforms, solutions, governance, standardization and best practices.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Here are four digital marketing strategies to keep in mind to improve your customer experience in 2018: 1. Think Mobile-First. Mobile User Friendly: Design your site with mobile as your top priority. What’s the customer journey like on mobile? How can you improve the touchpoints on the mobile journey?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you haven’t already checked it out, Headout is a mobile app that lets you book last-minute activities . It is a community dedicated to live, spoken conversation online. Their aim is to create a space for intelligent, empathetic conversation (which we all know can be hard to find on the Internet today). Placenote SDK 1.6.6

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Mobile App)  —  Shambrekia Wise , founder of FuzeU (Education Tech) The Friday, December 8 event occurs at the new downtown offices of Google (500 W 2nd St, 29th Floor). Networking begins at 5:30 pm and the pitches start at 6:15 pm. RSVP here to reserve your place at this free event.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

billion for 2018 sales though Apple and Google’s stores. Mobilizing that loyal audience is crucial because they’ll be more likely to purchase a direct offering. Agenda, an Apple design award winner in 2018, focuses on a direct offering first, complemented by an option to go to the App Store. What if it all goes wrong?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Understanding where your traffic comes from, learning about the spikes and troughs, and knowing where your site conversions come from can really help to shape your SEO strategy. Metrics : Keyword data, technical issues, coverage, sitemaps, mobile usability, schema, core web vitals. Google Analytics. Cost : Free.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 2, 2018

Austin, Texas June 1, 2018?—?HelloFund, HelloFund, a 100% responsive mobile and online fundraising platform, launched today in Austin. mobile and online?—?as Using HelloFund, organizations can swiftly and effectively create custom pages for crowdfunding, event tickets, recurring payments, membership dues, etc.,

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

This session will cover the mayor’s approach to tackling the “Downtown Puzzle” made up of homelessness, the Austin Convention Center, Waller Creek Linear Park, downtown mobility, and other community issues. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This is the fourth edition of our State of Conversion Optimization report. Process challenges aren’t new: “Establishing a process” was the top issue cited in open-ended responses for the 2018 survey. Skepticism or ignorance about conversion optimization affects more than the ability to prove ROI or retain clients.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

No matter how common or socially accepted they are now, phones still have a way of seriously disrupting conversation when they come out. As an added bonus, at the end of the night they’ll have a tangible reminder of you, rather than just a hastily typed first name and mobile number lost among hundreds of already saved contacts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. Perhaps your site’s ecommerce performance isn’t up to expectations, or you’re not getting as many conversions you’d like. You use A/B testing to determine if a change or addition will improve conversions. You aren’t getting the results you want.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 3, 2018

Its first use cases will be for trading and conversion of Bitcoin versus fiat currencies. based futures exchange and clearing house plan to launch a 1-day physically delivered Bitcoin contract along with physical warehousing in November 2018, subject to CFTC review and approval.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This is the fourth edition of our State of Conversion Optimization report. Process challenges aren’t new: “Establishing a process” was the top issue cited in open-ended responses for the 2018 survey. Skepticism or ignorance about conversion optimization affects more than the ability to prove ROI or retain clients.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) We would argue that our movies are world-class movies, just designed entirely for mobile.”

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

2018 was a bad year for some and to others, it was a great year. In the last few days of 2018, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Our best accomplishment of 2018 was the launch of our first collection. Thanks to Deepak Chopra, Clearbridge Mobile ! #4-

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

When it comes to payment choice, these days more and more consumers are keen to use mobile wallets and other mobile payment options to enjoy speedy processing, ease of use, and other benefits. To help you make your decision, read on for some top mobile payment systems worth considering for your startup in 2018.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2019

E-commerce giants like Amazon keep stealing market share from brick-and-mortar competitors by converting consumers through online especially on mobile ends. From our statistics, users’ clicks and conversion rates are highly improved after optimization. Holiday online spending increased by 16.6%

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 4, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event , 50 finalists from around the world will make their pitches before a panel of judges. Who are you aiming to network with at SXSW 2018? Great freedom of movement and full mobility leaves visitors in awe of how real the experience feels.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2021

Mobile and Web Views of Media Sourcery’s Cold Chain solution When my team and I look at blockchains, like many other developers we see different programmable constructs that we can integrate into existing or contemplated solutions to make them better. To see some earlier efforts at this, see this article I wrote in 2018.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

In my own view, this is awesome news — because I’ve been an investor in Aurora since February 2018 when I co-led its Series A round for Greylock and joined Aurora’s board. That’s why I invested in Aurora in 2018 — and since then, my belief in the company’s vision and execution has only grown stronger. The Road to AV.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Vision – what comes after the mobile phone. In his vision for 2020 , Mark Zuckerberg said it’s likely that AR and VR will be the next major platform after the mobile phone. It also turns out that embracing AR is very good for commerce conversion. The market is seeing a huge surge in demand for AR developers.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2018 SXSW has announced 50 finalists for the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

The 2018 edition of CXL Live brought together 400 practitioners from 22 countries and everyone was “locked in” at a beautiful resort for a full three days. Julian Gaviria (@juliangav) March 30, 2018. Stefan Koenig (@koenigst) March 30, 2018. — Tom van den Berg (@TomvdBerg1) March 28, 2018. And we’re off!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

No more scrawling notes from a phone conversation on a sticky or digging through your overflowing inbox for an email. The good news: whatever your needs, there’s likely a CRM out there for you, so let’s take a look at the best CRMs of 2018 for small businesses and startups. Zoho CRM offers web-based and mobile app support.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 7, 2018

Back and forth flame wars on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere register as “engagement” and high clickthrough on “new comment” mobile notifications. Maybe the most exciting roles right now at Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the like are about creating the metrics of 2018 and beyond. I’m hopeful.

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Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

In 2018, ATI made a shift to focus specifically on deep tech. This means that they are working hard at finding solutions to big problems while taking the time to nurture ideas and make real change in the world in areas such as Healthcare, Mobility, Energy and Circular Economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” We talk a lot about his schooling, his early jobs as a developer and then as a VC and we talk about his decision to spend winters in Los Angeles.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A look at some telling statistics show a litany of challenges—along with business opportunities for solutions: 32 states reported that there more than 59,000,000 total Medicaid NEMT trips between 2015 to 2018, for issues related to behavioral health, dialysis, preventative care, and specialist care. ADA-compliant vans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Even with instant two-way communication via the Internet and mobile phones, your greatest new solution or service won’t found or properly recognized without marketing. It’s time to be proactive in finding customers, engaging them in two-way conversations, and listening carefully to their message, as well as projecting yours.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The 2018 National Defense Strategy explained very clearly and effectively what needs to get done. Conversely, the things you measure well, with easily understood and visible metrics, tend to improve without much extra push. It was Nazi Germany with the V1 and the V2 missiles, and the Messerschmitt 262, the first jet aircraft.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Just the other day, on the flight home from a four-day roadshow, I found myself in conversation with my seatmate. How many conversations have you had like that: interactions that go through the motions but don’t have any real substance? iBirth was acquired in June 2018 by Babyscripts, Inc. How was your day at school?”

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Sample @ Hypergiant Over the past five years, the tech industry has pushed the implementation of conversational intelligence, but actual execution presents several challenges. This will no doubt be a lively conversation that fiercely debates diverse investment approaches. From Basic Bot to Extraordinary AI” with C.K. Technologist C.K.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Opportunity Hub (OHUB) | Inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship and investment for all Tech recruiter mentors HBCU@SXSW cohort on building soft skills during 2018 SXSW Opportunity Hub’s Growth and Mission Opportunity Hub was co-founded in 2013 in Atlanta, GA by Rodney Sampson.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

According to SmartyAds survey data , playable and rewarded ads excite many app marketers: 41 percent of app developers are going to spend 25% more budget on these creatives in 2018 than in 2017, with the preference given to full screen, (23%) and social units. With playable ads, the users will normally interact inside the mobile games.

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