Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I don’t think it matters what the obligation is — but rather — it’s an opportunity for the founders to supply their most passionate early supporters with information and ammunition to infuse into our conversations with downstream investors, potential candidates, and potential angels and BD prospects.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

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. Have you seen any? Aaron Weiche: Yep.

Software Review 67

Software Review Reputation Small Business Aggregator 67

Hunter Walker

JULY 19, 2017

From my perspective, a Scout should disclose upfront, either when requesting a first conversation about an investment or during that first meeting. What information about this investment do you share with the sponsoring VC? Information is power. Sometimes not until the wire transfer is in process. Sometimes post-investment.

Founder 69

Founder Silicon Valley Cap Table LP 69

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 20, 2015

If you just need the money, stick unknown angels in an AngelList Syndicate so they have more limited information rights. If the founders want to meaningfully increase that amount of work ongoing, 10x Angels have open conversations about whether they can assist and if so, how to make meaningfully valuable.

Cap Table 48

Cap Table Warrant Syndicate Syndication 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Meanwhile, individuals and smaller companies emailed by the hundreds to say that they wanted the features of custom channels, but the sales model—arranged like a media buy—didn’t make sense to them. “We don’t give you all this Pro plan information right away when you join SlideShare.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

ConversionXL

MAY 20, 2014

I understand you’re probably looking to make a little money, but wouldn’t that call to action be better served in the email sequence ? If your main call to action here is to get people to sign up for your course via email, why would you also try and take them away from the page? Finalist 4 – Mike Svystun, Vertalab.

Conversion 115

Conversion Stock Technical Review Design 115

ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

While testing is a critical part of conversion optimization to make sure we actually made things better and by how much, it’s also the tip of the iceberg of the full CRO picture. This comes down to the most important thing about conversion optimization – the discovery of matters. This is not where the difficulty lies.

Analytics 48

Analytics Technical Review Conversion Framework 48