The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You are not alone, and you definitely are not in unchartered waters. If you pick one vertical and do it well, other folks will find you. When I started Shapeways, complex software needed to be built and when I first reached out to developers, a lot of them laughed and told me it was impossible. Find your niche. Don’t listen.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

The initial consumer research that starts with “coffee grinder” may yield follow-up queries like “conical burr grinder reviews” as the searcher progresses toward a purchase. passive intent) for other information like maps, trail reviews, and photos. For example, “portable phone charger reviews” is pretty straightforward.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization , too. Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client. What I’m looking for are common trends within that vertical. reviews, trust). The lean, aggressive ones do.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

– and you can definitely use it for UX and conversion optimization, too. Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client. What I am looking for is common trends within that vertical. exactly what software tools they are using. The lean, aggressive ones do.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Inside the covers of these publications our customers had said that it was the product reviews that most influenced their buying decisions. Now this is worth stopping and thinking about for a second.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Kim Spalding: Google My Business tool is definitely something I want every small business to either claim their listing if they haven’t done that yet, or if they have, really make your profile your own. Upload more pictures, respond to reviews, make sure all your unique products and services are captured there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

So let’s turn our attention from what may happen in the future to what is definitely happening in the present. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Even if a self-published book was every bit as good as one published by a top-tier press, how would the reviewers know?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Apparently, you two met at an enterprise startup software called Bium, which helped lead an acquisition to, by Google, I should say, and they're both investors, startup advisors, and co-founders of Agency 18, A firm that helps mission-driven companies adopt the unsold mindset.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2021

And you definitely understand that if you get it wrong, it could turn people away and not towards your business. You can find those pieces and spark your imagination by reviewing other logos for inspiration, reading design magazines or visiting some great logo inspiration sites. You do, right? Oh, the pressure!

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

The recent introduction of their “Channels” feature allows website owners to create a series of related videos and display the collection on their website—no coding required. Display the video in 16:9 format for desktop viewers, then automatically resize to square or vertical for mobile viewers. Implementation is technical (i.e.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

The Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) at Wichita State University ran a study that examined the traits people associate with varying fonts. They create definition and form. Horizontal vs Vertical vs Diagonal Lines. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

JetBlue has had to recreate established models and vertically integrate where the adjacent experiences for the customer and courageous brand to reinvent an entire ecosystem in this way. Thanks to Ray Leon, Pet Insurance Review ! #20- Definitely a company I look up to for solidifying a brand identity and owning it! 20- Target.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. Note the "new".

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Just looking at my own career, a decade ago, you literally couldn't find subscription software that also handled one-time payments.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Let's define partnerships in your view because there's a lot of definitions. What makes it scalable and more of a marketing channel is that it's managed using software. His company — AccelerationPartners.com. RobertGlazer.com/outcomes. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We were founded by a gentleman named Bob Young, who was the original co-founder of Red Hat, which is a massive software company. And now I think it's definitely through technology, through, you know, a lot of advances in opportunities. And in many cases, that was warranted.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

The Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) at Wichita State University ran a study that examined the traits people associate with varying fonts. They create definition and form. Horizontal vs Vertical vs Diagonal Lines. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward.

Design 48

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Instrument Landing Systems – to help automate landings by giving the aircraft horizontal and vertical guidance. The flight management system also automates vertical and lateral navigation, fuel and balance optimization, throttle settings, critical speed calculation and execution of take-offs and landings.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This required convincing software vendors to move their applications to our unique machine architecture. I had hired the VP of marketing from a potential software partner who was responsible to get all this 3 rd party software on our computer. His real job – the action – was to get the software moved onto our machine.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). In order for your platform to be the “definitive” place to transact, you want industry leading pricing – which is impossible if your rake is the de facto cause of excessive pricing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You may also want to consider measuring social media engagement and keeping an eye on your online reviews. UserTesting.com is one of the better-known services that help companies run usability tests, and there are also many companies that specialize in testing how usable software or a site is. Understanding your customers. Typography.

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

So all of us have seen both “horizontal” functions — things like mapping, scheduling, and some of the visual processing — and also “vertical” plays, like managing golf courses and other large amounts of real estate, use cases for insurance companies, for news and entertainment, and so on.

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Learn Web Design, Coding & more! Ben Gremillion ● CSS3 , Learn to Code , Make a Website. They also have varying definitions of “mobile,” which I found while reviewing 15 responsive grid systems. I reviewed 15 responsive CSS frameworks to see how each approached the problem of adapting to mobile.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And sometimes we're just used to always thinking in a certain way about who that audience is sometimes within a vertical segment, other times maybe within a certain type of person that comes from a certain demographic background. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So definitely pay attention to AGI, pay attention to delivery margin, and then pay attention to what percentage of your AGI is going to overhead. So if you can imagine you have a vertical access on that access, you have high value at the top. Like this show?

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Debbie Howard (05:53): Yeah, it's definitely a hybrid approach, and certainly direct mail is still in the mix and is very effective. Debbie Howard (11:53): There definitely are pros and cons, and I think you would go crazy in a niche industry, John, you'd be like, I'm bored.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Plus, there’s that trick of freezing time (watch the video) that definitely could come in handy. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 33 Creative Uses of Vertical Scrolling in Web Design – [link]. Responsive Email Design – [link].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

That’s definitely a waste of time no matter who you are. Patrick: Definitely. So, my initial gut says that you’re definitely not going to want to go after the people with little money in their checking account. I actually sold lots of software to Intuit at Smart Bear. Cool, thanks. ’ Why?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Dragonera (2016) – AI based software development service.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

It may be that this stuff was only discussed in Engineering, or even Computer Science, but it is definitely part of the lore in those groups. Most of the ability to create a radio industry in the 1920s was due to the accident of ionospheric radio propagation. Farnsworth was also bullied to an early death by Sarnoff and RCA.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Innovation is almost insane by definition: most people view any truly innovative idea as stupid, because if it was a good idea, somebody would have already done it. Jobs not only killed all the commodity hardware and the horizontal strategy; he went radically vertical. Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the code base.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

They can easily see information that supports purchase, such as background information, reviews, and multiple images of products. That’s a big mistake, and one that is reminiscent of companies refusing to get online 20 years ago or the companies that refuse to accept that social media is a reality for many verticals.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2015

Billboards: definitely offline. Partner up with a vertical business for a joint campaign and share the costs for a premium billboard. Check online for influential bloggers and send over some products that they can review. Give away free product samples or discount codes for every lead you collect. Offer expert advice.

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designshack.co.uk

JUNE 8, 2011

Home Gallery Articles Accessibility Business Critique CSS Freebies Graphics HTML Inspiration Interviews JavaScript Layouts Navigation PHP Reviews Software Typography Web Standards Deals Submit Submit a Design Design Dilemma Why get an account? I’ll definitely be referring back to this in the future.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

What is your advice to someone who has financial strain due to a startup? I’m certainly not there yet, but my new definition is that success equals the quality of my relationships. Long days are not a matter of “coding for 14 hours&# or “writing for 14 hours&# or “ __ for 14 hours.&#

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. Oh, and F# programmers are by definition good programmers.

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