YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2020

Being able to emotionally connect, relate, and collaborate with others in positive ways that can result in caring-trusting relationships that enable you to have high-quality making meaning conversations with others that create or deliver value will be a key human differentiator. Thinking Excellence.

Artificial Inteligence 165

Artificial Inteligence United States Agile Differentiation 165

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

I wanted my company name to be a clever play on words, elicit conversation about our specialty which is GIFs, and reflect that we’re not afraid to break the rules and do things different aka reimagine how photo booths can be used as a marketing tool for brands. Thanks to Geoff Hoesch, Dragonfly Digital Marketing !

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Naming Entrepreneur Mexico Cofounder 124

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our fall webcast series concluded on a high note with three extraordinary conversations about the origins and implications of Lean Startup. Kent, a veteran programmer, a founder of the Agile method and the creator of Extreme Programming, came armed with anecdotes and lessons from his own experience, as well as a few questions for Eric.

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Lean San Francisco Cofounder Programming 165

Austin Startup

AUGUST 11, 2017

And I want to clarify this important differentiator. And while not more important than the other lines of our credo, I love when we put our minds to “be lean, be agile, and small teams kick ass. We must have talked about 100 different topics and descriptors, from integrity to ethics and autonomy to transparency, etc.

CTO Hire 48

CTO Hire Austin Cofounder eCommerce 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Just had a conversation today with a student taking Steve’s class. The board raises a collective eyebrow.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 232

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Each has its own iterative process: customer development and agile development respectively. Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. And how do you pick a new direction? Both are lethal outcomes. Great post Eric.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 167

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

So that’s something we need help with, to provide us greater agility. We have to build into the systems for acquisition a method by which we can be far more agile. It needs to be pushed down to an appropriate level to allow for units to be more agile and to adjust if there’s a change of mission. Advice to students?

Technology 250

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Operations 250

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

It’s important to differentiate between ideas that have been or can be patented and ideas thought up late night in a dorm-room. Key attributes of an entrepreneur on a founding team are passion, determination, resilience, tenacity, agility and curiosity. A couple of caveats about founders with “ideas.” FIgure out who you are.

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Cofounder Advisory Board Customer Development Leadership 335

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2013

Jubenville, co-authors of “ Zebras and Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle “ If you have just graduated from college, congratulations! Clearly, you’ll need to differentiate yourself from the pack if you want to get (and keep) a job in this cutthroat environment. Differentiate yourself.

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Agile Marketing Differentiation Hiring 154

YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2019

These organizations thrive because they leverage their key strategic differentiator: learning faster than the competition, and getting into action speedily. Using your knowledge of the organization and its culture, you can anticipate many objections and set the table for a conversation to get to the real root of the issue.

Leadership 113

Leadership Agile PR Differentiation 113

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

However, if you do make the investment and differentiate your business with great customer service, you can tap into this huge market opportunity. Naturally, it is more complex for smaller sized businesses that tend to be tight on time and resources. Old school customer service rules haven’t changed.

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Customer Singapore Advisory Board Asia 100

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 3, 2018

Its ominchannel focus features a conversational AI, Zia, as well as SalesSignals, which streamlines notifications and ensures businesses hit every customer touchpoint. An affordable SaaS solution, Agile allows a team of up to 10 users to manage a collective group of 50,000 contacts for free.

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Agile Artificial Inteligence Software Small Business 83

Brandanew

JULY 9, 2015

For a small firm, while there are advantages that come with being more agile, it is also harder to compete on uneven ground as they may not have large budgets. Your SEO needs to talk to your social team, and should not be a string of separate freelancers who may cost the world or conversely be cheap but have no real impact.

Marketing 100

Marketing SEO Metrics Agile 100

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Just like the low conversion rate from going to bars (unless it’s for that one night interaction), this is the same for finding a co-founder. Every conversation that I had was very high quality. We had comparable energy levels and great chemistry during our first conversation. In Conversation. This was the ‘one’!

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Strategy expert, Gary Fox , defines growth marketing as: “An agile and adaptive marketing methodology that focuses on how to get, grow and keep customers.”. This means it is less likely you’re going to be able to differentiate on features and stand out on price. You’ll also notice marketing turning more towards the competition.

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Product Marketing Software Review Social Media 142

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Of course a VC firm that has stellar performance will often attract new LPs interested in investing, or conversely one that performs poorly will have existing LPs drop out. 2) Differential Cost Basis – Suppose Acme Ventures III invested in the Series A of Startup X and then made follow-on investments in the Series B and C.

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LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Adding live chat functionality to your website allows customers to chat with a business in real-time to ask questions, get advice and build confidence during their shopping experience, while improving conversion rates for your business. Increase in conversions and average order values. Stand out amongst competitors.

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Vertical Social Media Programming Matching 151

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Rodney highlights the significance of selecting the right areas for transformation that can deliver a differentiating value, plus the importance of upskilling and reskilling existing talent within digital changes. It's something we have to invest in, but it's not, uh, competitively differentiating. Is it just an evolution?

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Silicon Valley Generative AI Arizona 63

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. Are your campaigns driving conversions? Unlike conversion rate formulas that produce statistically significant results, the ROI of brand awareness is less obvious and quantifiable. Do consumers know who you are? Take Tesla.

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Metrics Marketing Campaign Audience 157

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Youll need bundles, promotions, category and segment managers, and algorithms for upsell, cross-sell, and conversion optimization. The companies that own those brands work hard to differentiate their offering so that people who wear their clothes will be perceived in a certain way. In other words, a marketing department. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 68

market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Johnson & Johnson , for example, makes hundreds of highly differentiated products that serve doctors, nurses and patients. Means of Production Profits determined primarily by availability (uptime) of its differentiated or highly-efficient production capabilities. American Hospital Supply supplies hospitals with whatever they need.

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San Diego RSS Lean Elevator Pitch 40

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

Do it right, and your conversion rates might be as high as 20%. What differentiates this model from "free serves paid" is that the free users dont need to consciously do anything special to be valuable. Do it wrong, and your LTV gets very close to zero. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

San Francisco 148

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 148

Rob Go

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We end up making snap judgements about people and decide in a 30 minute conversation or presentation that “I like that guy!” And in a ridiculously competitive environment for talent, agility is a great asset and differentiator. No need to drag things along. Same thing with firing too.

Due Diligence 48

Due Diligence Agile Venture Capital Differentiation 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. And the converse is true; Palm would have failed, burning through all their cash, using Handspring’s strategy. End result?

Customer Development 220

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 220

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. With so many deployments how do you deal with database schema changes and data conversion for these schema changes? farazq : Awesome session @ericries. Expo SF (May.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 60

BeyondVC

MARCH 24, 2005

I also typically do not mind competing with the larger players as they are generally less agile and less innovative than startups. If you can differentiate on this level, it gives you a much better chance to win. In my mind that is a good sign because incumbents don’t enter a market unless they believe it is worth pursuing.

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Sales Cycle Portfolio Agile Differentiation 68

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I had conversations with two people in the previous weeks who were considering blogging for the first time, or at least taking it serious for the first time. No one can compete with that, so you always have a point of differentiation. Finding this kind of clarity is by far the hardest part.

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Non-Compete Internet Community Agile 97

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Intercom wants more of the nice people visiting your website to give you money, so they took a little chat bubble in the corner of a website and packed it with conversational bots, product tours, NPS surveys, all sorts of things that amplify your team and help you reach more nice people. John Jantsch: And now a little word from our sponsor.

Naming 45

Naming Connecticut United States Small Business 45

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued. No matter what method you use, make sure that you’re engaging with your customers in a conversation.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

He is a long time featured keynote speaker for things such as search engine optimization and conversion rate optimization, and I’ve had him on the show a couple of times, some of you may recall waiting for your cat to bark… maybe a call to action definitely [buyer legends 00:53] and a number of other books.

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Tampa Florida Customer Audio 34

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

Add to that 400 old and new faces, plenty of conversations, live music, and more than a few beers. When setting up interviews , call them “chats,” not interviews—and treat them like chats; anticipate where the conversation could go and listen, listen, listen. What a rush—24 speakers over three days at a picturesque resort.

Artificial Inteligence 114

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Metrics SEO 114

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2018

Can we skip conversion research if we know the repeatable patterns? The only repeatable pattern in CRO is doing the hard work of conversion research – it gets results every single time. The only repeatable pattern in CRO is doing the hard work of conversion research – it gets results every single time.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Agile Analytics Conversion 103

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 12, 2017

They'll have the mental agility to think smart and move fast. I've added a differentiated collection of links above to take you to sources, I hope they'll help feed your analytical thinking. Yet, towards the end you'll hear two loud silences in a conversation with Judge Richard Posner.

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Analytics Artificial Inteligence Marketing Campaign 136