Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2019

Image via Max Pixel Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. The proper training and support right up front is key to retention, the right attitude, and their ability to be influential in driving your business.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 25, 2014

Noam Fine, co-Founder and CEO of Widdit , providing app developers engagement solutions over the mobile and Web platforms. We read every day about new startups that have raised capital and have just recently launched their app or platform. Of course, user retention will also increase monetization. He’s absolutely right.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. Startups need to survive and thrive on a shoestring budget, which is why it’s based on rapid experimentation. Why do people think growth hacking in marketing is controversial?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Not all startups need outside investment to grow. What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Here’s the first 2½ years of a startup journey.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Furthermore, prospects will want to speak to founders that have high domain knowledge and the authority to reduce the fear of risk associated with a young company. Ideally, hire a candidate that has a proven track record of selling in startups.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

by Josh Fechter , co-founder and CEO of Squibler. By understanding employee engagement , you can enhance productivity, improve retention in demanding fields and deliver higher quality products and services. Josh Fechter is the co-founder and CEO of Squibler. Why keep employees engaged?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Manni Sidhu, Co-founder and CEO of Coleegs , and William Gilchrist , Founder and CEO of Konsyg. A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? Retention of Staff. Retention of Clients.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 10, 2013

Look no further than below and you’ll find a list of 13 excellent UX tips from startups like Square, Path, Uber and more. Many startups don’t test their product at all or only after release because they fear it would be too expensive and would take too long. Nadav Poraz, Founder, WhoSampled. Michael Cheng, Cofounder, Needle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. The proper training and support right up front is key to retention, the right attitude, and their ability to be influential in driving your business.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2019

Here are seven insights on SaaS metrics from successful founders and consultants. . Are you trying to grow an early-stage startup? ReferralCandy Growth Manager Darren Foong said the company found itself in a unique position when they launched their second SaaS startup, CandyBar , in 2017. Retention rate. Image source).

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2018

I spent years as a manager at a startup company. It is important to develop a retention plan right off the bat to keep employee turnover in your small business from becoming a very costly and aggravating expense. In my experience, the employees of a startup company represent the future and face of the business.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. JBara.com complements and extends traditional CRM software such as Salesforce to improve customer retention and satisfaction. Invest Midwest ended with a presentation by Jim McKelvey, cofounder of the mobile-payment company Square and a local St. Louis tech investor.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Hypemarks was a Los Angeles social sharing startup that after about a year of failing to gain traction and turn a profit, changed course, moved to San Francisco and became Tint , an embeddable social-feed service. Startup Act Update No Sure Thing. Startups are estimated to face more than a 90% failure rate. start-up world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

If you or your team sees you as an idea person, your first task as an entrepreneur should be to find a co-founder who can deliver. Finding a co-founder is rarely a bad thing, since two heads are always better than one in meeting all the startup challenges. Customer acquisition, retention, and support.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

According to Rolf Illenberger, co-founder of VRdirect, a virtual reality platform in Munich, none of the big European tech companies are currently relevant to the future of the Metaverse. Historically, European startups have lagged behind the US and Asia regarding nurturing unicorns.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Of the thousands of submissions, our team has poured through and highlighted a diverse grouping of Austin startup focused panels that we think deserve to be at SXSW 2019! Four successful female company founders?—?Shayna Vote ] 2.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Gamification] meant to improve user participation, engagement, and retention through the use of such tactics as immediate feedback, immersive design, badges, leaderboards, levels of increasing difficulty, simulations, and, of course, fun,” according to Xerox Learning. . Follow her on Twitter @Jlsander07 and connect LinkedIn.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2016

According to David Cancel , CEO of Drift , the optimal number of members in a product team at a young startup is three. In addition to the results customers achieve, you can see the results of these teams by looking at employee retention, as well as measure happiness with a regular NPS survey to the team. Worth the subscribe. ).

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. From all-time high to all-time low.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Having just retired from a career as an entrepreneur I had started thinking about why startups were different from large companies. And Jennifer is now my co-instructor in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class.). Over the last two decades Shawn has seen hundreds of startups use the Lean Methodology. The MVP Tree.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai This is John Jansen.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Fortunately, many of the top VCs share their thoughts on their blogs and are full of advice for startups, both big and small. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: 5 DIY Things To Do For Your Brand! How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. The Lean Startup fbFund Edition View more documents from Eric Ries. We tend to equate startup success with making money, but that is a poor choice.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

I’m sure you hear a lot of people in corporate talk about design thinking, user-centric design, innovate like a startup in order to move faster and challenge the status quo. You attend conferences, visit startups and read books. This is all great but at the end of the day, how do you execute like a startup within a big company?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He’s also the co-author of a new book launching in June 2022 — Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business. Listen to the female startup club, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. In my opinion, every startup needs to "pick a major" among these three drivers of growth. Choose one. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2017

He also offered an example of a customer journey map for “Telephone Repairs,” from the book he co-authored, “Service Magic: The Art of Amazing Your Customers.” Their customer journey maps the following path from Discovery to Sales, and Retention. Startups generally come prepared with an idea. .”

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Here’s my high-level approach for startups. No, I have many ideas.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

With the sheer number of startups, talent and investment funds within Austin or moving to the city, it is no surprise that the number of individuals relocating to the area continues to increase. The city was ranked number 6 on CBRE’s Tech Talent Report in 2020 out of 50 North American markets and is home to 5,500 startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2023

He is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Never Lose a Customer Again , an award-winning speaker, and works with organizations around the world ranging from small startups to major brands. By doing so, retention numbers can significantly improve. And you can listen to it all on your lunch break. For listeners and for brands.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. and Path Intelligence.

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