crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Photoshop & CSS Tricks for Killer Web Designs – [link]. The Dying Art Of Design – [link]. 30+ Excellent Photoshop Web layout Design Tutorials – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Photoshop & CSS Tricks for Killer Web Designs – [link]. The Dying Art Of Design – [link]. 30+ Excellent Photoshop Web layout Design Tutorials – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

A Crowded Space

APRIL 16, 2015

The conventional wisdom is to say that horizontal marketplaces will be replaced by vertical marketplaces. And why not – if you are designing a vertical marketplace you can have the user experience custom tailored to that vertical and provide a better experience. Now, let’s look at a different vertical.

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Vertical Acquisition B2B Framework 60

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Finding the right engineer, UX designer or marketer can make all the difference for your start-up. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. If you are looking to build out an entire team or department, you can always look into making your own acquisition.

Canada 67

Canada Acquisition Vertical Hiring 67

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers. Just as Durant had multiple interests, Musk is not only Tesla’s CEO and Product Architect, overseeing all product development, engineering, and design. The next year, 1910, trouble hit.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018. The acquisition opens the door into a new vertical, allowing the co-founders to accelerate growth and lay the foundation for additional vertical expansions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

They walked through 4 minutes of PowerPoint garble (of a 5 minute pitch) before unveiling a beautifully designed UI. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. As I’m sure Pip.io

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San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. One got added to the latter category Tuesday: design firm Cuban Council, which will be shipping off a portion of its team to help improve the look of Google+.).

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

However, Cabinet members who are responsible for vertical portfolios still manage the government’s large functional agencies, and there continues to be significant overlap between those who handle commercial, defense, and diplomatic policy. It is this organizational design that creates blurred bureaucratic lines and weakens U.S.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here’s Proquo’s lead generation landing page: By doing this, they’re able to progress prospects through the funnel more quickly, reducing cost per acquisition. The copy serves as a call to action that resonates with the brand’s target audience of creatives, including designers, graphic designers, and video editors.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

Those informational queries are often the highest volume terms a site targets—key drivers of awareness and acquisition. It can also guide on-page content choices, content strategy, or web design. Tracking based on intent is a smarter way to prioritize content expansion, new page creation, or page design tweaks.

Search 126

Search Aggregator SEO New York 126

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. Nov-15: Graphic Designer (growth/product). Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

On the heels of seeing the 10% influencer base increase the referrals process yielded, the team at Intellifluence pushed to create a brand-to-brand referral program as well, intent on creating user acquisition flywheels wherever possible. Thanks to Mac Fadra, MAXiM Hair Restoration ! #12- 12- Officially Incorporated and more.

Entrepreneur 114

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

An alternative to participating in FCF, a “subscription designation,” allowed Googlebot to crawl an 80-word snippet of an article, which served as the sole source of ranking material.). Paywalls, by default, are a barrier to organic acquisition—they stop some users from accessing some content. Metering vs. lead-in. Metering. “As

SEO 122

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Bellroy has designed a range of slimline wallets to solve this challenge. This is particularly true for complex verticals such as B2B SaaS products, where product marketing’s ability to pinpoint users with the most need and educate them on product features and benefits proves useful. Take Bellroy , a leather accessories retailer.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. Very cool concept, designed by an energy scientist, upon which J.J.

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Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2019, I want to take that to another level by setting specific goals to develop the expertise of our staff members and to further cement our authority as the digital marketing experts in our verticals. Our staff will improve their expertise through more in-depth research and training. Thanks to Dan Goldstein, Page 1 Solutions, LLC ! #11-

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Entrepreneur Social Media Vertical SEO 116

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. YouAppi (2011)- YouAppi creates adtech to streamline mobile user acquisition.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon. Why did you prioritize finance over another capability?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In “ Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World’s Most Inspiring Online Design Community ” it’s documented that the company’s revenue jumped from $1.5 Much of this success can be attributed to their acquisition campaigns that often combine humor with a serious tone that let you know they take pest control very seriously.

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

He also shared his perspective on M&A (including Uber’s recent acquisitions of Postmates and Drizly), autonomous vehicles, the complexities of working in highly regulated industries, and how his personal and professional background shaped the way he approaches leadership today. They were actually system designs that we started with.

Iran 39

Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 39

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. Further refinement of Product/Market fit could be done locally by using Value Proposition Design. channel partners and Chinese manufacturers and customer acquisition and activation programs outside their home country.

Global 335

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In “ Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World’s Most Inspiring Online Design Community ” it’s documented that the company’s revenue jumped from $1.5 Much of this success can be attributed to their acquisition campaigns that often combine humor with a serious tone that let you know they take pest control very seriously.

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

The development of computer-aided design (CAD) previously revolutionized the design process. Plangrid and Building Connected have made headway penetrating the market, and their recent acquisitions by Autodesk means they will be taken more mainstream with such a strong backer.

Global 176

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In “ Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World’s Most Inspiring Online Design Community ” it’s documented that the company’s revenue jumped from $1.5 Much of this success can be attributed to their acquisition campaigns that often combine humor with a serious tone that let you know they take pest control very seriously.

Retention 105

Retention Developer Customer Programming 105

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid. billion.) So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In “ Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World’s Most Inspiring Online Design Community ” it’s documented that the company’s revenue jumped from $1.5 Much of this success can be attributed to their acquisition campaigns that often combine humor with a serious tone that let you know they take pest control very seriously.

Retention 98

Retention Developer Customer Programming 98

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

What’s the customer acquisition cost? The Customer Development Model is designed to minimize the risk of launching a product for a market that does not exist. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Who influences a sale? Who recommends a sale? Who is the decision maker? Who is the economic buyer? Blog at WordPress.com.

Lean 244

Lean Silicon Valley Startup RSS 244

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Marketers following this practice start with a hypothesis, design and run an experiment, and interpret results to fuel future experiments. The growth marketer would design and run an experiment (ideating, drafting, and sending the email), and then review the data to confirm or disprove the hypothesis. What are “pirate metrics?”.

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We want to see traction – specifically, how quickly you can capture the initial market or vertical** that you are targeting, and how engaged these early users are. After you demonstrate your strong sense of product design and development, we want to know how you will build a real business beyond just features. How can you expand TAM**?

Vertical 167

Vertical Distribution Business Model Framework 167

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel. Fortunately, on the side, the company had built up TripAdvisor.com as a demo site to show the prospective clients what a vertical search engine could do. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. TripAdvisor’s Future.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We want to see traction – specifically, how quickly you can capture the initial market or vertical** that you are targeting, and how engaged these early users are. After you demonstrate your strong sense of product design and development, we want to know how you will build a real business beyond just features. How can you expand TAM**?

Vertical 153

Vertical Distribution Business Model Framework 153

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

When designating a metric as a KPI, this is your foremost consideration: depth of influence. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension…. Campaigns can be optimized based on real-time impressions, clicks, visits, page views, cost per acquisition etc. Finally, we have the pinnacle of analytics achievement.

Framework 93

Framework Analytics Metrics Green 93

Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Meanwhile my partner was in heaven working with his newly hired group of game designers directing and producing our first games. Stop annoying our game designers and start working on selling and marketing the games.” Quick acquisition by a Sega or EA I suppose. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

Silicon Valley 207

Silicon Valley RSS Video San Diego 207

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Bootstrapped startup Omnisend carved out a $19 million niche in an already saturated vertical. Lead generation strictly focuses on designing valuable offers that prospects would get in exchange for their contact details (typically an email address). Leads then get scored (prioritized based on purchase intent indicators) and nurtured.

Lead Generation 107

Lead Generation Demand Audience eCommerce 107

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. For our content creation, we use tools such as Canva (graphic design) and GoToStage (webinars platform) to create and share content for prospects to find.”. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.” 3) Raise capital. 10) Report.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Our company’s graphics boards were designed to speed up a key part of the Macintosh graphics operating system called QuickDraw. I need to look at working in Market Types, however, since the cost of market share acquisition differs drastically, even if the cost of customer acquisition were the same. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Silicon Valley Marketing RSS California 141