Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 3: Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster. as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. ——-.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin. > 36,000 public channels . > In the world of cryptocurrency, only payment channels like Lightning allow for that level of optimization.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

Product/regions/channels. You have the start of a fabulous in-flight optimization engine. How does the portfolio of all our activities – owned, earned, paid media, promotions etc. – work together, and how do the channels complement each other? Tactical strategies. Ad unit types. Meta-analysis.

Analytics 131

Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

To kickstart your career, set up a profile on popular freelance websites like Upwork and Freelancer and start building your portfolio. If you’ve got an eye for design but no formal web design training, you can still break into the industry with a little informal education and a good portfolio. SEO consultant. Business coach.

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Social Media Portfolio SEO Web 60

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

As an analyst, I was upset that this change would hurt my ability to analyze the effectiveness of my beloved search engine optimization (SEO) efforts – which are really all about finding the right users using optimal content strategies. We are headed towards having zero referring keywords from Google and, perhaps, other search engines.

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Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 Here’s why.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company).

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

To move innovation faster, we now have 21 st century tools — Business Model Canvas , Customer Development , Agile Engineering – all adding up to a Lean Startup. Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.)

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While cloud based call center software does offer the ability for a caller to be engaged with a customer service agent over voice channels, many call center software solutions offer other options for customer interactions with your business as well.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

We were fortunate to host very talented speakers from our portfolio (Ilya Sukhar from FB/Parse, Steve Marx from Dropbox, Bill Ready from Braintree, Ali Rayl from Slack, Eric Wittman from Atlassian, Sam Mac Donnell from HotelTonight.)

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2018

Entering new markets can be a great way for your business to expand its portfolio and diversify its product offering. Identify Distribution Channels. In terms of actually reaching your customers with your message, you need to identify the channels and media they engage with most. Search engine optimization. Minimize Risk.

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Jacksonville Due Diligence Exit Strategy Marketing 189

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels > Assisted Conversions. If email assists, can we understand its order in the conversion process and which channel it most assists?

Analytics 159

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Under Nadella, Microsoft has already open-sourced PowerShell, Visual Studio Code, and MSFT Edge JavaScript engine, among others.]. Microsoft will offer its tools in the GitHub marketplace and integrate GitHub’s enterprise services (such mapping developer attribution to LinkedIn or with Azure for cloud services) with its own sales channels.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Jeff Clavier was the first tech investor I ever met; he was introduced to me years ago by some hip engineers in a bar as "one of the few cool VCs." You should do your homework and not pitch investors who have competing companies in their portfolios. Clavier says this much: alpha release of product/service potential funders can touch.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

View from Seed

JULY 21, 2022

For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions. We call this the Creative Gig Economy and it is made up of creative service providers who need tools to hone their craft, book jobs, and build their portfolios. And your least? Honestly, I get the hype now.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Are you passionate about creating great user experiences within a product? Both internal and external.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Omni-channel messaging will become even more crucial as more organizations adopt this strategy, especially during a pandemic. Rather than depending just on SEO, marketers will need to optimize picture sitemaps and employ descriptive filenames for photos that are identified by search engines. Thanks to David Wurst, Webcitz ! #4-

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

WP Engine, Bumble, Kendra Scott?—?but Not only are they amplifying the data behind why this is a smart business move, but also driving that forward with their portfolio. In Austin alone, the group has over 3K members, an active Slack channel and plenty of events. Connect with them: on their website and join the Austin channel.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. from ex-consultants and bankers or those who used to work in quantitative research or at hedge funds, with degrees from physics to finance to engineering to PhD in statistics.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

So, Google (and other search engines) are highly unlikely to penalize for A/B testing. Search engines don’t penalize them because that unique content is only found on their domain and no where else. You can usually tell this is the case when your SEO traffic converts well below other acquisition channels. Image Source.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. Partners can be a source of valuable product feedback – connect them with product managers and engineers for feedback from the front lines. Go against them – you will struggle. Selecting Partners.

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Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Yet startup companies have traditionally used this model to manage and pace not only engineering but also non-engineering activities. The flaw in this thinking is that “first customer ship&# is simply the date when engineering thinks they “finished” the 1.0 release of the product. before you ship.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. So Diego did what only a hacker who loves music can do — as a side project he built a search engine for MP3s – (2look4.com) These companies don’t have search engineers on staff.

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Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 93

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

This post takes you step-by-step through the process of building lasting and profitable relationships with channel partners. Partners can be a source of valuable product feedback – connect them with product managers and engineers for feedback from the front lines. Go against them – you will struggle. Selecting Partners.

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. So Diego did what only a hacker who loves music can do — as a side project he built a search engine for MP3s – (2look4.com) These companies don’t have search engineers on staff.

Pennsylvania 90

Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 90

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

It’s this elusive quality that helps organizations achieve more volume and value in their innovation portfolio. Create multiple innovation channels inside your company. Employees, suppliers, customers, and other constituents will all respond differently to various innovation channels. Measure it. Is this innovation?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

What guidance for your portfolio companies? I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. While they invest nationwide, their list of portfolio companies includes Mogl and RQX Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, Aldea Pharmaceuticals in San Francisco, and Framehawk in San Francisco.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 15, 2019

The Google Page Rank: Sergey & Larry said; ‘Yo, businesses out there, we are different to Yahoo and other searches engines (there used to be many). Just this week Australian TV news channels joined up with the Facebook platform to get their news to a wider audience. Get on board. So, do I practice what I preach?

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Channel Portfolio Metrics Search 48

View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

So in college, I studied aerospace engineering, joined Air Force ROTC, and eventually was accepted by the Air Force to go to flight school upon graduation. I switched career fields at the last minute and ended up serving as an Air Force engineer where I worked on a few drone programs. My goal was to become an astronaut.

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DC Cambodia eCommerce Social Media 156

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 3) Developer Driven Sales.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2016

First, blogging keeps your site updated, and when you include longtail keywords, this helps your site with search engine rankings. Create a YouTube Channel. A YouTube channel is basically a video version of a blog, or as the trend has come to be known as, a vlog. Second, a blog is your way to connect with your audience.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

Optimize your website for search engines to increase your visibility online. Display these testimonials prominently on your website and social media channels. If you’re an investor, you could diversify your portfolio by exploring different property types or locations.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Social Media Networking Differentiation 153

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

With a plethora of digital media channels at our disposal and new ones on the way every day(!), How do you figure out which channels to invest in more and which to kill? Oh, and the killer question… if you invest in multiple channels, how much incrementality does each channel bring to your bottom-line?

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.Net Campaign Analytics Channel 119

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future. What makes it scalable and more of a marketing channel is that it's managed using software. John Jantsch (05:42): Is, is as opposed to just another channel.

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 89