crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

… Due to the relatively small potential contract values in restaurants, startups serving these customer segments have to build very efficient sales teams or online customer acquisition tools to aggregate many of them inexpensively. Let’s look again at our art marketplace example.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications. We are looking for a seasoned engineer with management experience to take ownership of our engineering team. We have a strong preference for candidates with experience working with advertising systems written in C or C++.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Simply sign up using your Google account, create a channel , and upload your video files. Suggested videos encourage people to increase their watch time not just on your channel but on the platform as a whole. But DailyMotion’s geographic distribution of users doesn’t mirror YouTube, especially within the United States.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2013

Evernote makes a great software product and distributes it through a free to upgrade approach. Products and services can be packaged and distributed through a multitude of channels and delivered in physical form, digital form and as one time purchases or ongoing subscriptions. This is probably the most common approach.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Here at Palo Alto Software, our mission statement is this: “We help people succeed in business.” You don’t need to be on every social media channel, but you do need to be on the ones that your customers are on. Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. In these examples I was selling enterprise software where the vocab matched perfectly.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

… You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis. And you also have, perhaps more useful, the industry wide acquisition strategy distribution.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Foundry Group is using their portfolio company Monday to aggregate portfolio companies’ job postings on their own jobs page; Point Nine Capital uses Recruitee for the same purpose. Private Equity Software and Services Directory.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

No NDA's to sign, no software to install, no IT resources required. The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. Here's the official definition: A value close to 0 indicates that this channel functioned primarily as the final conversion interaction. Awesome, right? Take a break.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

For www.ti.com the content clusters might be: Products, Applications, Tools & Software, Support, Community, Sample & Buy etc. Extra work for you to download the data and aggregate it, but it is very valuable data so put in the extra effort. The Ad Groups view is pretty helpful from an aggregated perspective.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Providing a legitimate alternative: A user resorting to using ad-blocking software cannot be blamed – most often he simply has no other choice. By detecting ad-blocking usage live and serving alternative ads that are beyond the blocking software’s scope, ClarityRay enables publishers to regain their lost inventory.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In 2013 Mazda started installing Stitcher – the second most popular podcast aggregator – in the actual dashboards of their cars. Look at the history channel, they’re doing shows like Ice Road Truckers and Monster Quest because they’re convinced nobody wants to watch even half-hour history shows. image source. Export mp3.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Gordonsville, Virginia-based PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter store-brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retailers in the mass, club, grocery and drug channels in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM. Net-Aye is a subsidiary of Bar-Tec Ltd.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

it’s really a software business, not liquidity driven) and that B2C marketplaces could not be built under the giant momentum of eBay’s “ network effect. Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

By way of crude example, if your building innovative trading software for Wall Street, be where you customers are and where you can best network. Location was an issue in two different ways. The first being that there has to be congruence between your startup’s concept and location. Location also played a role in failure for remote teams.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Download Software. In the above screenshot I have segmented Pay Per Click, Direct and Affiliate Marketing (my core acquisition strategies) and customers who originally come from each of those channels show a dramatically different propensity to "convert" (remember conversion can be non-ecommerce). Form submissions (leads).

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Content, including articles, guides, and case studies, can still generate prospects and customers consistently—you just need to approach distribution from a different angle. Instead, they were shared in company Slack channels, emailed between VPs and investors, and featured in industry newsletters. It created powerful network effects.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. This is the blog post I needed to read.

Technical Review 84

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Ceedo Technologies. Data mining-based Customer analytics.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Teams know how many tickets were distributed; however, they do not know in “real time” how many people are in the venue or stadium during the event. which marketing campaigns, channels, touches, behaviors, and demographics are contributing to a business outcome, a form of “machine learning–based attribution.”. customer churn.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In this case, a simple distribution of overall search traffic and the amount that is coming via paid search. You can get the overall traffic numbers… Which gives you a sense for how strategically you are treating this channel, and how your competitors are doing it. It shows Traffic Share and distribution of the share.

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MARCH 11, 2013

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