Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Srivastava leads Verizon’s innovation outpost (their Silicon Valley R&D center) in Palo Alto focusing on building products and services powered by big data and analytics. Today Evangelos invests in early- and growth-stage companies focusing on the enterprise in the areas of data and analytics, SaaS applications, and mobility.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Unusual or Commoditized Products. These products compete on individuality and aesthetics more than price. Lifeproof , a line of waterproof and shock-resistant iPhone cases, aligned itself with Best Buy for this very reason, and it was able to penetrate the mainstream audience, whereas before it was simply a niche product.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? Have an account? Here’s Help [INFOGRAPHIC] The Rise of the Social Food Truck [INFOGRAPHIC] Survey: Cellphones vs. Sex – Which Wins?

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Naturally, the cash follows and online video advertising became the fastest growing segment in the advertising world, doubling every two years. Regardless of its sources, this kind of growth is great news for the entire online video ecosystem, including owners, publishers, advertisers and video related startups. A revolution!

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Have an account?

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. It will be important that your CTO can execute on big projects, too, hacking away to build an amazing product that is agile. Have an account? Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc.

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

David Schoenbach is vice president of product management at Exadel Inc. There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. As businesses ask “What’s our mobile strategy?” Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

It’s based largely on my personal experience naming several tech products as well as the themes I’ve noticed in great startup names. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Since the 90s, Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has been making his mark in the media industry, working in areas that include television production, film, marketing and advertising. Games On Wheels is the largest mobile video game truck business in the country. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

For the majority of the naming process, you’ll be iterating on two steps: creating a list of words that are related to your product or service, as well as creating permutations of these words to determine the final name. Example : Pinterest, Etsy product search, Google image search. Today in Mobile. Generating the Root Word.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. With that in mind, here are four tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand globally.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Today in Mobile. How to Promote and Advertise Your Mobile App. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

SEO, as relevant as MySpace and Google Buzz in the 2nd decade of the 21st Century mobile marketing era. social media = we were an advertising or public relations firm in 2010. Today in Mobile. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has a Not-So-Amazing Bing Product Placement. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

And often, businesses suffer from a “set it and forget” mentality, in which a product manager will slap a Facebook Like button on his sites and declare the business’s website now social. Today in Mobile. Glamour Print Ads to Feature Mobile E-Commerce. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising. Focus on traction.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Some use the display advertising options on YouTube, but are not sure what value those ads deliver (and how to think of them in context of web display ads or even TV). It is a pure advertising platform (like every site on the world). What's advertising/marketing/participation on YouTube? How to measure (success)?

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. dog products ? This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. If your startup is in that boat, it’s really not a matter of figuring out how to pitch your company — instead, you may want to consider improving your product before hitting the pavement. Screenshots of the product.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Buzz Is Great, But Substance Matters Most In the end, if a startup’s product sucks, it doesn’t matter if it has four users or 4 million when it launches. Start blogging, talk about the problems that you’re facing and how your product is the solution. Now to get the product out to people! Have an account?

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Today in Mobile. LinkedIn Plans Mobile Ads This Year. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Advertising. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox. Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. Announcements.

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Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

This closeness of the entire team allowed for the company to rapidly react (see next point) in fast moving ad-tech space, empowering them to hone on product-market fit and begin scaling much more quickly than I’d ever seen before. Within a matter of months, a retention marketing service, namely mobile retargeting, was launched.

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Founder Syndicate Syndication Mobile 142

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Have an account? instead of having to travel home. Let us know in the comments below.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

” Along these lines, a strong brand or product can overcome a potentially ill-conceived name. I thought is was a US product, but looking into it now it may only be an Australian product. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Productivity Lists. Just imagine the initial reaction to the name “ Google.”

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps. With all the hype about consumers using mobile devices for information, I. A fully mobile responsive website can be more beneficial in many cases by ultimately offering a better experience for the end-user, and higher conversion for the business. Avoid Mobile Websites.

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Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Several years ago I wrote a post about the three business models of the consumer web : commerce, advertising, and user-paid premium services. At the end of the day, the actionable insights that come from various forms of data are capitalized through existing business models like commerce, advertising, and to a lesser extent premium services.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. We do a lot of soul searching around how do we built this product, when nobody knows it exist. We built a product two years ago that’s been very successful for us.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Avoid Making Your Own Mobile Apps. With all the hype about consumers using mobile devices for information, I. A fully mobile responsive website can be more beneficial in many cases by ultimately offering a better experience for the end-user, and higher conversion for the business. Avoid Mobile Websites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly What does that mean? It is the town hall.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles. Mari Holds a B.A. Now practically everyone is getting involved in Series A.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Here’s why: Virtually all of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising. And Twitter CRO Adam Bain is focused primarily on growing this advertising base. Twitter’s data is valuable primarily for advertising. But frankly I can’t see Twitter as anything but a media company. Hootsuite, CoTweet, etc).

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