YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

You take that money and invest a good portion of it in traditional sales and marketing efforts — including product developers, creative people, and salespeople, all of whom are paid to figure out what buyers want and to say good things about your company — in a quest to get even more customers. In return, the customers pay you money.

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techland.time.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Search TIME. Over the past decade, she has played a vital role in strategizing the revival of the web site including being directly involved in edit, design, multimedia, product development, business development, strategy, personnel, budgeting, technology and infrastructure. Search for Jobs. Video Games.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Our goal is to find out whether customers are interested in your product by offering to give (or even sell) it to them, and then failing to deliver on that promise. Most of the time, the experiments you run will have a zero percent conversion rate - meaning no customers were harmed during the making of this experiment.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Alpaca VC shares their Master Agency List.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That’s where qualitative conversion research comes into play. Despite optimizing your lead gen form, which you suspect is the problem, you’re not seeing a major increase in conversions. You simply ask, “What prevented you from buying Product S?” Conversion research, qualitative or quantitative, is vital. What gives?

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Let’s face it, working on the product is awesome—seeing it evolve, figuring out new features, and witnessing them as they come alive. Selling a product is a tough process, full of “no’s,” whether they come on the phone with a prospect or as a low conversion rate on your landing page. 1x hacker in charge of product/development.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

A startup called Corpora made headlines for all the wrong reasons after tech bloggers ran an image search to find the company logo. You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell. There are three main factors to consider: Fit. The name needs to match the business.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 17, 2016

Just do a Google search. Downstream investors can potentially rewrite a lot of the conversion terms later, screwing over earlier investors. That being said, I still think it’s better to raise money in tranches on a convertible note / convertible security and defer your complicated conversion to equity later.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 17, 2019

Conversations with prospects or customers can improve practically every metric or user state model you’re aiming for. As Jen Havice noted here on the CXL blog , insights from customer interviews can: Accelerate the customer journey; Increase conversions; Drive more leads, sales, and revenue. you discover what they need in a product.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Id be honored to have you join the conversation. The Conversation - Harvard Business Review For most of us, the phrase management science conjures up a decidedly non-entrepreneurial image, and for good reason. Read the rest at The Conversation - Harvard Business Review. Id be honored to have you join the conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Increase the pipeline and the conversion rate. Real growth always requires real marketing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

The Five Whys for Start-Ups - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. The Five Whys for Start-Ups - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I suggested the best place to start the conversation is with the 21 st century definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. Lessons Learned.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Ever since that time, I have struggled to explain how the feedback loop in customer development should interface with the feedback loop in product development. Labels: customer development , product development 8comments: Sarah Milstein said. Im pretty excited youve written this post, Eric.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2018

Toxnot is a sustainable product and supply chain management software used by manufacturers and designers to eliminate problematic chemicals from their products. The second is to understand the desires of the end-users of his customer’s products. “We Consumers do not always know what is possible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Startups especially can benefit by using technical debt to experiment, invest in process, and increase their product development leverage. The biggest source of waste in new product development is building something that nobody wants. Leverage product development with open source and third parties.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. Read more: TechCrunch. Wildfire Interactive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 14, 2013

We’re starting here with a conversation about content with Stephanie Hay , the leading voice behind Lean Content , which she describes as “finding the ‘right’ words to acquire customers before building products.” How does lean content integrate into the rest of the lean product development cycle? Steph: For me, it leads.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Their product development team is hard at work on a next-generation product platform, which is designed to offer a new suite of products – but this effort is months behind schedule.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The screenshot at the top of this post captures a method that way too many people actually use to begin their agency search. A simple search for “app development agency” turned up more than 71 million results. By getting referred, you’re already starting your search with agencies that are trusted by people you trust.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

Take the search for a hat as an example. Use these conversations to understand the needs and desires your customers are struggling to fulfil. Uncovering what led them to search for X product or Y service helps inform the customer journey and buyer motivation. sunglasses, headband, hair tie, umbrella). Thanks, [YOUR NAME].

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

Like previous years, the 2015 conference will feature 100+ expert speakers on topics ranging from corporate entrepreneurship to analytics, product development, engineering, sales, marketing, and design. Specific challenges for our firm is the cultural piece of implementing these types of practices in a large company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Im excited that well get more than the usual few minutes of Q&A, so come with a healthy appetite for conversation. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring someone with a scholarship to travel to the expo and contribute to the conversation, please leave a comment or let me know. You heard me right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

The way forward requires getting everyone together in a room, and having a conversation about where were headed. My aspiration with the Lean Startup methodology has always been to provide such a framework, so that we have more intelligent conversations about what works and what doesnt for startups. Thats what this conference is for.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

The economics of these process trade-offs are discussed in the Principles of Product Development Flow.) Heres an excerpt: In a previous article, we called Toyota’s product development system the “second Toyota paradox.&# Labels: product development 5comments: new york web development company said.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These are the four stages of a product we’ll be focusing on. . However, on a more granular graph, the introduction phase would be preceded by a product development stage. This stage is used to determine the viability of your product and confirm when it should go to market. Researching your audience.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Geoffrey Moore Author of Crossing the Chasm and four other books, Geoffrey Moore has been thinking about high-tech product development longer than most of have been doing anything on a computer. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. An excellent presentation from a brilliant guy.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

He retrieved all documents by searching his email to find the one to which they were last attached, or, more often, he called me to re-send something and therefore move it up in his email stack. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. The rest will take care of itself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Way back when the money was doled out, the team made a compelling pitch about the large market that was going to adopt their new innovative product or service. Leave a comment or reply to someone else. Fostering that dialog is important.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles. It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. I think theyve succeeded. I think theyve succeeded.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 10, 2011

The VP of an operating division had run into trouble in product development; the product was late and getting later. The revenue plan had the new product baked into the numbers and it was clear that this division General Manager was going to crater his forecast (happens all the time, nothing new here.) Lie to My Face.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This gets me into trouble, because it conjures up for some the idea that product development is simply a rote mechanical exercise of linear optimization. You just constantly test little micro-changes and follow a hill-climbing algorithm to build your product. But where do those ideas come from in the first place?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Governor Cuomo, governor of New York State, USA, highlighted the quintessential issue with the coronavirus pandemic in his conversation with Howard Stern on 13 April 2020. Product development also occurs in small iterations or changes. It has also affected people’s mental, emotional, and physical health. Final thoughts.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

It slows product development. Lead generation sites can expect to double their conversion rates. For web-based products, user research can deliver quantitative measurement of on-site user behavior and qualitative insights from open-ended surveys and user recordings. For conversion optimization, user research is pivotal.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the video of our sllconf conversation is not online (due to technical problems), but we have a physical tape backup which we are endeavoring to get online soon. We were colleagues briefly at KPCB, where Randy has been working not just with individual companies, but also working to change the mindset of entrepreneurs everywhere.

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Venture Chronicles

JUNE 29, 2010

I was on vacation last week with my family and did not post anything but I have been wanting to write about a meeting I had with Accept Software a few weeks ago so I went through my notes and refreshed myself on the conversation, which was interesting in many dimensions. First let me give you some background on how this came about.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. Yet despite the remarkable power of this metric, it is alarming how few companies today truly understand conversion and how to optimize it. Basic conversion is easy to understand. Conversion Rate” is a misleading term.

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