Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

I mean developing and inserting a subtle collection of gentle nudges that can help increase the conversion rate by a statistically significant amount. Sometimes, by using one of the multitude of price aggregators, you can have an understanding of where your pricing is at an item level. Social cues to the rescue. It is not.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. And yet when they started startups, they decided to build recipe sites, or aggregators for local events.”

Startup 130

Startup SCRUM Cofounder Aggregator 130

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. That’s not acceptable. But what is industry standard? In 6 months?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. produced this analysis of engineering representation within VC firms: Selected VCs with Highest Representation of Developers in Workforce. VC Firm. $ 17% (13 / 80).

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2011

View an aggregation of customer reviews and online mentions. Respond, re-tweet, take actions or create a new conversation on major social sites. And here’s yet another: American Express OPEN launches YourBuzz , a free tool to help small businesses manage their online presence. View existing business listings.

Small Business 162

Small Business Management Aggregator Social Network 162

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat. Back to Snap.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 19, 2022

A social wall is an interesting tool that permits you to bring social media to your event. Whether your event is virtual, hybrid or face-to-face, the social wall is compatible with all formats. When your participants use the filter, they will be captured and published on their social networks. Let’s Call It a Wrap!

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Campaign Aggregator 52

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In aggregate we have a ton of great developers but we need a better feeding system into our startups. Of course nobody really knows what the future of social networking is and anybody who claimed to know would be a shyster (yes, a little bit too close to my last name for comfort.).

Baltimore 222

Baltimore DC Social Network Aggregator 222

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

Starcount , he explains as he demonstrates the site via his laptop projected on a large TV screen, is a social media measurement engine that aggregates and measures social media popularity on a global and local scale across any genre. “Depending on how fast we scale, that may happen by later this year,” he adds.

Social Media 187

Social Media Media Singapore Aggregator 187

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

People end up developing banner blindness (which happens on all display channels). Declaring success based on measuring Likes in aggregate is like declaring success after getting a lot of Visits to your site. But not, ever, in aggregate.]. Aggregate impact on your Facebook brand page? But it is an option. Too strong?

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

It feels like we are in the early/mid 1990’s again, or, more appropriately, like we are on the cusp on the second industrial revolution where we saw massive developments centered around the foundational innovations of steel, the internal combustion engine, and electricity. But this is happening in massive areas that we never think about.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review SMS Internet B2C 61

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

When you first start a company, the corporate brand hasn't yet developed a reputation or any customer momentum, so most early-stage companies leverage the brands of the individuals involved for credibility. Representation is a large part of any social network, but some more than others.". Aggregate and curate to reinforce.

Elevator Pitch 144

Elevator Pitch Management Aggregator Curation 144

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Some of the entrepreneurs below stayed in school while developing and operating their business, while others dropped out in order to give their venture their full attention.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Seems an obvious fit.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice. TuneUp - iTunes plug-in that cleans up your music library.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2014

Develop Your Point of View and Methodology. I’ve been using a framework I call The Marketing Hourglass for years now as it perfectly orchestrates the stages of know, like, trust, try, buy, repeat and refer as way to view brand building and marketing campaign development.

Sales Cycle 73

Sales Cycle Social Network Aggregator Campaign 73

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2016

The team originally was developing tech-centric tools for foreign teams to consult with their American counterparts in real time to disarm IED’s, and to document key information about what they have found. Automated data aggregation (i.e. This week, the teams learned that you don’t need be coding to get customer feedback.

Social Media 134

Social Media Networking Naming Aggregator 134

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

critical knowledge that is at risk of loss, prioritizing what is at risk based on potential knowledge gaps and their impact upon overall organizational performance, and then developing actionable plans to retain that knowledge. Let me tell you a story,” began Jim Palmer, a partner with e-learning developers LeanForward.

Retention 128

Retention Technical Review Social Network Wiki 128

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2016

The team originally was developing tech-centric tools for foreign teams to consult with their American counterparts in real time to disarm IED’s, and to document key information about what they have found. Automated data aggregation (i.e. This week, the teams learned that you don’t need be coding to get customer feedback.

Social Media 120

Social Media Networking Naming Aggregator 120

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

From the results fo the aggregate behaviours, real time videos and heatmaps you can mend any deficiencies and make it easier for visitors to your site to become buyers. #4 . #3 Dan on 01.12.10 at 5:32 pm To optimise conversions you should employ a web analytics provider such as clicktale to show you how your customers enagage eith your site.

Software Review 55

Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

77% of Users Believe Social Login Is A Good Registration Solution… … and should be offered by any website, according to the same aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Of course, I’m a total social login fan, but at least offering your users a choice between filling out a registration form and signing up using their social account IDs seems like straightforward business sense. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2013

There are plenty of alternatives for reading RSS feeds and this should spark the development of even better ones. A growing number of people have also turned to RSS aggregator tools like Flipboard and Pulse that can spoon feed more visually appealing content based on chosen topics.

RSS 64

RSS Aggregator Social Media Curation 64

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

A 2014 study from Emergent Research revealed that there are four main forces currently driving the development of the next generation of small businesses: socioeconomics, customer needs, platforms and ecosystem, and technology and infrastructure. For example, social networking of payment service APIs are some of the most popular today.

Cloud 48

Cloud Small Business Product API 48

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We help clients deal with new marketing realities like constant change (which often requires repositioning) and the "online/offline marketing grid" (which lets you extend reach essentially for free using social media). Same goes for online business networking. landing pages, etc. Now, clients are able to do more in-house.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Recently, hes been engaged in a customer validation exercise around a new concept for a political action-oriented social network. 2gov.org automatically routes your tweet (aggregating it with everyone else whos expressed a similar point of view) to the right legislator or agency.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

Working with this dataset can be valuable in terms of understanding the underlying structure of Google Analytics data and experimenting with a number of advanced statistical and data mining techniques that can’t be applied when the data is in aggregate form (which is the norm with standard Google Analytics.). Conclusion.

Analytics 94

Analytics Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. . Rumored to be appox. Primarily targets SMBs.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2013

Around the time people started trading inside and outside of their village two models developed. eBay aggregated buyers and sellers of stuff, mostly stuff in the attic and garage, and took a fee on the sale. Marketplaces have been with us for centuries. photo credit: Bert Kaufmann via photopin cc. If You Liked This Post.

Channel 61

Channel Small Business Distribution B2C 61

VC Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

It hopes to be more than a user generated content site, by aggregating movies, games, recreational and educational activities from sources that were deemed safe for kids, operating on a Freemium model – offering free access to basic content and charging for premium media access.

Social Network 99

Social Network Networking Web Audio 99

Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

Network fragmentation. Facebook’s success is largely based on its ability to aggregate the biggest audience on the internet and understand and monetize that audience. Social networks should be incredibly robust because of network effects. Here are the major vulnerabilities that I see: 1. I don’t.

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2013

Employ a combination of free and paid tools such as Google Alerts, Google Reader, HootSuite and SproutSocial to filter, aggregate, follow and monitor your online presence and establish a routine of processing, acting on and sharing this information on a daily basis. Month 9 – Address Social Integration.

Social Media 78

Social Media Mobile SMS Social Network 78

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Social Media Monitoring evolved out of the explosion of non-traditional media channels developed in the last decade combined with the increased velocity of information flow as a consequence of viral information sharing.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Viral Channel 60