The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I can tell you that my startup ZEEF is awesome and that you should definitely try it out, but it’s much more convincing when someone else, who is not or doesn’t seem affiliated to ZEEF, recommends ZEEF to you. Getting good reviews about your product or webshop directly contributes to boosts in your sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. Shots on Goal was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. That’s return, not exit price of the company.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

Satisfying passive intent, Kohn argues, is essential for user engagement and conversion. Aggregators? Blue links of aggregator sites with “Best Restaurants” lists. displays aggregators when you’re an individual site, or vice versa). It also implicitly asks (i.e. Or do they satisfy a range of potential intents? The lesson?

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Search Aggregator New York SEO 126

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” But Jason is one of the smartest thinkers in our industry so while style points in his eye-poking post might be low, he’s definitely scratching at something important.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2017

The Definitive Guide to Data-Driven Marketing written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Consider the following: 78% of organizations say data-driven marketing increases lead conversion and customer acquisition ( source ). How Does a Data-Driven Approach Impact Lead Conversion? Sound familiar?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The more well-known your company becomes, the harder it gets to directly impact primary KPI’s at the aggregate level because the majority of customers who buy are going to do so irrespective of if your button color is red or blue. This is especially true of big businesses: Chad Sanderson, Subway. How to test to ensure valid results.

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Chad Mobile Technical Review Aggregator 112

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

As you mature you start measuring things that really matter, macro and micro conversion rates , economic value , visitor loyalty. A good business analyst will measure how many clicks came through from Facebook, and she/he will also measure the conversion rate, revenue, etc., Having a conversion business impact was not the point.

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Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

I had a conversation recently about the investing business with Katina Stefanova , who recently left Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund in the world. My conversation with Katina below is part 3 of my series on disrupting asset management. Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates.

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Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

While it definitely feels like the accelerator “bubble” has somewhat burst, and their numbers are normalizing, I’m still often asked by CEOs for advice on how to assess various programs. The below outlines how I would approach the decision: Cash and Equity. Entrepreneurs often celebrate faking it until you make it.

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Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

You can read this post to learn how these tools collect data: The Definitive Guide To (8) Competitive Intelligence Data Sources. No keyword-level conversion analysis. Bounce Rates, % New Visits, Visit Duration, Goal Conversions, Average Order Value. Aggregated search engine level analysis. I really loved having this data.

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Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 24, 2022

Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. And if most of them allow for you to be in the sweet spot, then you can say in aggregate, you're in the sweet spot. Whitney Johnson (15:41): Then it definitely is.

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Leadership Technical Review Fractional CTO Utah 78

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Unlike other companies, we are a true digital record label, not aggregators. Dance – Definitive top charts dance tunes, special exclusive remixes and club hits. How do we do this?

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 18, 2022

And if most of them allow for you to be in the sweet spot, then you can say in aggregate, you're in the sweet spot. And then have a conversation with a person, a colleague, a person on your team and say, where do you think you are on the S now we have an assessment tool that you can use, but you ask me a simple way to start.

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Leadership Utah Portfolio Technical Review 73

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs. almost be definition you should be scratching your head. Some prefer to get in, buy cheap and show a big multiple. particularly as you achieve scale.

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IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

Aaron Weiche: We definitely see a very strong signal from the biggest window into the web through Google, that reputation really matters, and they are bringing it to the conversation right in that search result, very high, and very visible for a user to interact with. Definitely focus on being great, consistently over and over again.

Software Review 65

Software Review Reputation Small Business Aggregator 65

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Over the next two weeks, I set out to build my own Mattermark / CBInsights by aggregating the APIs of Crunchbase, AngelList, and Twitter, as well as any other relevant datasets I could get access to. The next challenge is that all the various data sources have different definitions and labels (leading to inconsistent data).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 12, 2017

That’s where web accessibility comes in, opening you up to conversion opportunities you didn’t even know you were missing out on. million people, that’s 19% of the population, had a disability in 2010, according to a broad definition of disability. As mentioned, the definition of disability is broad.

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Web Software Review Technical Review Canada 48

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

By now we’ve discussed the fact that you should first plug your funnel , then improve conversion rates , then work on sending as much traffic as possible to your website. But we haven’t talked about how big of a role traffic quality plays in determining your conversion rate. This is because the quality is so much better.

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Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

They’re a carefully-curated clothing aggregator, with an emphasis on creating customized shopping experiences. Rajya: I think it’s definitely hard being a student founder. Learn more about their experiences as student founders balancing startup life with school work, and what their goals are for Swayy’s influence with the environment.

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B2C Startup B2B Cofounder 62

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

So with a panel of 5-6 people and 30-45 minutes it’s hard to have a real conversation. Every speaker wants to get their points in so the conversation often lacks rhythm. In aggregate we have a ton of great developers but we need a better feeding system into our startups.

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Baltimore DC Social Network Aggregator 222

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We had a conversation. We definitely encourage you to read the article, and also the “ How to Turn Your Hobby into a Business, ” if you’re interested in that. How do you have that conversation? Jonathan: Yeah, we’ll link to that definitely. Time to purchase, conversion rates, those kinds of things. Let’s talk.

Small Business 60

Small Business Email Startup Aggregator 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

You can find my conversation with Sam in that format below. I wanted to start with a recent conversation I had with Sam Altman. Our conversation focuses on what investors can do, but also what all of us can do to help lead in a time like this. Here's my conversation with Sam Altman.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Unfortunately, most decisions that confront startups lack a definitive right answer. It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Decision expert (and leading poker player) Annie Duke comes back on the a16z Podcast — after our first conversation with her for Thinking in Bets , which focused mainly on WHY our decision making gets so frustrated — to talk about her new book , which picks up where the last left off, on HOW to Decide: Simple Tools for Better Choices.

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San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Pointless.

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Pointless.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

A landing page, for instance, can be analyzed relative to conversions. Maybe you don’t have a way to definitively say how much an article share on Facebook is worth to your organization, but if you can demonstrate improvement in engagement, it shows that the strategy is working the way it should. Most definitely.

Marketing 48

Marketing Metrics Aggregator Social Media 48

The Next Web

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Its lead scoring feature finds your hottest leads based on your definition of a “good lead” and pushes them to the top of your sales team’s attention automatically. Contactually helps aggregate all of your networks and contacts into a central hub that tracks your relationships. John Hall , Influence & Co. . Contactually.

Sales 136

Sales Product Aggregator Database 136

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s definitely something that we get a lot of exposure to and really just want to share some advice, hopefully some useful insight that we’ve seen from the thousand companies across the many industries that we serve. There’s definitely things you have to do yourself but it’s not everything. Two, revenue.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Stories like these are what has led me to this definition of progress for a startup: validated learning about customers. Ive definitely felt some of this pain in our startup. Great post! Great post!

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Their efforts in this crisis have been admirable, but as Jake and Irma made clear in our conversation, this is not enough, we need a widespread, fully funded WPA scale effort to put Americans back to work. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. They are now operating in nine States. We should do something about it."

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Long story short: Server Density is a UK company and there are conversion issues from GBP to USD and back again. This is pretty much the way that normal distributions show up in nature — through aggregation. Needless to say, definitely will look at that option with a finer tooth comb in the future. Conversion Rates: Up.

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Revenue Distribution Software Non-Compete 62

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

HN and Techmeme are the main two tech aggregators that I frequently skim. See definition: ad hominem. But I don’t want to be bullied into not furthering the conversation. It humanizes everybody and drives more civil conversation. This is what many of the comments descended into. one of your 10000+ haters&#.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There’s nothing quite like exploring a culture through its buildings and aggregates of man-made structures. I would most definitely be designing buildings…because I’m an architect! This year we aim to serve 50,000 new customers and launch with five new brands. Tell us about something you love. I go for a jog around Lady Bird Lake.

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Architecture Los Angeles Austin Angel Investor 62

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. In fact, we can expect constant re-definitions of what we thought was right as a new maxim in the coming years. Conversation has overtaken contemplation. Now that we all have access, everything is up for grabs.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

An example of that would be aggregating supply instead of building it. I definitely know that if you don’t have that network yet, which a lot of people don’t (typically minority and low income), you’re not going to grow up with that network because your parents don’t have it. Our next milestone is to get ourselves out of Texas.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 8, 2015

Content marketing , of which blogging is a subset, is surrounded by lots of noise today, so we need a simple definition. My definition is as follows: Content marketing is just solving the same problems that your product solves through media you create and promote. Through this definition, everything gets clearer.

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