Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Do you have any thoughts on scalable customer acquisition in cases where a decent bit of knowledge work has to be invested into each customer? Since were offering a complete solution, which involves the development of a new product, there is design, prototyping, etc., involved before we go into production. April 15, 2009 3:48 PM Knowist said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. If your app has incredibly strong retention, you will probably do very well with the current PR/new app system of acquisition. So what can you do?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. To see proof of this, simply observe the results of the large majorities of corporate acquisitions of startups. A startup is greater than the sum of its parts; it is an acutely human enterprise.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

When you run an ad campaign, you don’t want to minimize the cost per click, you want to minimize the cost per acquisition. Aim for educated countries that speak fluent english instead like Norway, Finland, etc… Fine grained Facebook ads The Facebook ads platform is a different paradigm from Google Adwords advertising.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

In America, Silicon Valley’s cycles of creative destruction and renewal continuously spawn many new challengers– by funding multiple startups that compete relentlessly until they reach dominant self-sustainability, acquisition by a competitor, or bankruptcy.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Enternships.com, find your internship in a startup Breaking: Google Italy Country Manager resignes, will bring Silicon Valley to Europe theStartup Weekend Reading (and Watching) #9 Google Italys reactions after Magrinis resignation European Founders Capital, a 20m fund for european tech startups Today Venture Capital Deals in Europe Scoop: Passpack (..)

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

When you run an ad campaign, you don’t want to minimize the cost per click, you want to minimize the cost per acquisition. Aim for educated countries that speak fluent english instead like Norway, Finland, etc… Fine grained Facebook ads The Facebook ads platform is a different paradigm from Google Adwords advertising.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Why, we just unified acquisition and engagement! I do think the concept allows us to unify acquisition and engagement, and is important for that reason. helping you balance engagement vs acquisition. March 25, 2009 9:16 AM Jesse Farmer said. March 25, 2009 9:19 AM Eric said. It only makes sense in certain situations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. They get focused solely on growth. This isn’t helpful either, as countless companies have shown. They get focused solely on growth.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

This month’s trend continues to be acquisitions of Israeli firms by large US corporates. Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

We were trying to broaden the conversation beyond just viral customer acquisition. Today, I was comparing notes with Ed Baker (one of the gurus of viral growth). Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. The passionate early adopters who flocked to the product at its launch could not sustain this outsized burn rate. We can capitalize on new customers. The first version product wasnt easy enough to use, install, and pay for.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Today, HealthTab announced the acquisition of Q&A site Avvo Health specifically to increase the number of doctors within its network, doubling it to 30,000. The acquisition also brings a database of :hundreds of thousands of doctors and dentists across the country,” information that HealthTap previously licensed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

One of my jobs in the past was consulting measures and acquisitions. And you need to look at the data very critically, because the other side of the merger or acquisition is actually trying to frame all the information in a way that is beneficial to that side and against your side.

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