YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2018

This means that the gateway you design should support remote configuration and management. Load balancing can be achieved by using a cluster manager which manages network data distribution. This ensures balanced load distribution and faster network response. Use Horizontal & Vertical Scaling. Changes to memory.

Vertical 159

Vertical Architecture Security Distribution 159

Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

They had an existing distribution channel and their dealers and customers thought they knew who the company was and what it stood for. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

Silicon Valley 157

Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review RSS 157

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. For example, How does sales differ from one market to another? Others you need to know when you execute the plan.

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Vertical Silicon Valley RSS Marketing 124

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Vertical Scalability. Vertical scaling websites are acquiring hardware with increased capabilities. Mostly vertical scaling has problems of its own. Bottlenecking usually occurs on vertical scaled configuration when the load increases. The increasing CPU memory and RAM improve the site speed and its performance.

Vertical 156

Vertical Hosting Bandwidth Security 156

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 7, 2022

Distribution Warehouse. If you’re in the business of shipping and distributing products, you’ll need to set up a warehouse. Here are some tips for setting up your distribution warehouse. Layout: A standard warehouse layout is divided into aisles and rows, with different types of products stored in designated areas.

Mezzanine 59

Mezzanine Vertical Distribution Operations 59

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This theme – distribution – involves companies leveraging the inherent scalability of the Internet and it’s key platforms in targeted, but extremely large markets. The journey to our distribution theme has been an interesting one, but one that’s typical of how we work at Foundry.

Distribution 74

Distribution Vertical Partner Internet 74

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Vertical integration is a strategy where a firm owns or runs several stages of production, including taking raw materials and turning them into finished products. Therefore, firms that adopt vertical integration own numerous parts of the supply chain. Vertical integration is capable of reducing cost through improving production.

Vertical 100

Vertical Technical Review Distribution Operations 100

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We want to see traction – specifically, how quickly you can capture the initial market or vertical** that you are targeting, and how engaged these early users are. After you demonstrate your strong sense of product design and development, we want to know how you will build a real business beyond just features. Amazon, eBay, etc.).

Vertical 167

Vertical Distribution Business Model Framework 167

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living” Kevin Kelly, 1,000 True Fans. ” Eric Feng. ” Eric Feng. Take Twitch for example.

Aggregator 207

Aggregator Vertical Audience Seed Stage 207

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Influencer Marketing defines it as: “…creating content that will be promoted through paid distribution channels like sponsored placements, advertisements, and pay-per-click campaigns. The split-screen design tells a simple story: using this system, marketers can take prospects from cold to hot. Images grab attention.

Advertising 131

Advertising Cost Customer PR 131

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We want to see traction – specifically, how quickly you can capture the initial market or vertical** that you are targeting, and how engaged these early users are. After you demonstrate your strong sense of product design and development, we want to know how you will build a real business beyond just features. Amazon, eBay, etc.).

Vertical 153

Vertical Distribution Business Model Framework 153

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Bootstrapped startup Omnisend carved out a $19 million niche in an already saturated vertical. Demand generation marketers create and distribute strategic content (mostly for free) to build awareness and demand for their brand or product. Demand generation vs. lead generation: Critical differences.

Lead Generation 107

Lead Generation Demand Audience eCommerce 107

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

The development of computer-aided design (CAD) previously revolutionized the design process. Today, retail is dominated by international giants with powerful supply chains and increasingly digitized distribution systems. It simply would not work on a global scale.

Global 189

Global Vertical Agile Engineer 189

Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. We have arguably the largest distributed workforce in the world. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Cofounder 40

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This theme – distribution – involves companies leveraging the inherent scalability of the Internet and it’s key platforms in targeted, but extremely large markets. The journey to our distribution theme has been an interesting one, but one that’s typical of how we work at Foundry.

Distribution 48

Distribution Vertical Partner Internet 48

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

We think it’s inevitable that this vertical will undergo the same digital transformation as every other major commerce category and we’ve made two investments behind this thesis ( Paintzen and Renoviso ) and will be expecting to do more around the construction and renovation space in the years to come. Source: Google Finance).

Denmark 244

Denmark Vertical eCommerce Internet 244

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

That was designed to allow information storage and manage customer contact information. After that, the adoption of the cloud as a more scalable and cost-effective approach allowed small/medium business to build CRMs around very specific market needs and establish dominance in new vertical segments. Contact Management: The Beginning.

Customer 92

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

When designating a metric as a KPI, this is your foremost consideration: depth of influence. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension…. Our last vertical slice includes metrics that measure performance across customer segments, divisions and channels, among other elements. Is the distribution optimal?

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Voice as an interface and an experience makes invisible design a reality. There’s still a long way to go to saturate – and potentially replace – software design on the client side. However, all the early Skills (I hate this term fwiw) for the various voice-powered hardware-platforms are 100% invisible once enabled.

Vertical 120

Vertical Differentiation Internet SEO 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. And as a new parent myself, I have first-hand experienced the consumer opportunity for great clothes with fresh designs.

Seed Stage 199

Seed Stage Cofounder Portfolio Curation 199

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Yelp, GrubHub, OpenTable, 1stDibs (for the designer) and Uber are all high frequency use cases, where the consumers can rely on the marketplace as a utility. Another repeated mistake is attacking verticals where a satisfactory supplier “match” end’s the customer’s need to re-enter the market in search of an alternative.

Aggregator 101

Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. Further refinement of Product/Market fit could be done locally by using Value Proposition Design. to understand distribution channel landscape, potential partners and rough cost of customer acquisition.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. However, the rise of the Internet equalized if not flipped the ratio as the web (and mobile) created a new product category and distribution platform.

Vertical 60

Vertical Widget Distribution China 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. The design was actually a negative drag on selling anything off a retail shelf. From grumbling skeptics, they all became packaging design converts.

Sales 120

Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. Nov-15: Graphic Designer (growth/product). They also love beautifully crafted design, or even exclusivity. Apr-15: Head of Marketing (growth team). Aug-15: Head of Sales (growth team).

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Someone from your company has to be designated the official competitive intelligence officer for this show. Everyone should have a chance to walk the floor looking for deals, technology, distribution, customers, etc. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. One of them is a loser. It isn’t going to be your booth.

Silicon Valley 132

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 132

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Let’s not let startups use this as an escape hatch to avoid customer development. Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk.

Customer Development 226

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 226

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) Education program must emphasize the need to start with customer needs and design your entire product development strategy around a customer development blueprint, as you put it so very well. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

Customer Development 243

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 243

ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

The interface is designed to keep people on the platform. But DailyMotion’s geographic distribution of users doesn’t mirror YouTube, especially within the United States. Of course, with Wisita, you must create the audience for your videos—there’s no inherent distribution network (unlike YouTube). billion videos per month.

Hosting 127

Hosting Video Technical Review Software Review 127

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

And I think you're right, you touched on the advent of technology surrounding publishing, as well as all the different things you can do now as a self-published author, as it relates to, you know, distribution channels. And again, for a lot of people, that's what they were concerned with was distribution. John Jantsch (10:45): Yeah.

Audience 86

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 86

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Blog at WordPress.com.

Silicon Valley 230

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 230

Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

You make several first order approximations about your business model, distribution channels, demand creation, and customer acceptance. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Faith-based Entrepreneurship At first, entrepreneurship is a Faith-based initiative. There is no certainty about a startup on day-one. Blog at WordPress.com.

Silicon Valley 228

Silicon Valley RSS Vertical California 228

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nuclear Weapons Laboratories used supercomputers to run their hydrodynamics codes for nuclear weapon design and the National Security Agency used them to decrypt codes. I had the only farm capable of nuclear weapons design. It involved two semi-trailers, $45,000, and a computer that could design a nuclear weapon. [.]

Silicon Valley 201

Silicon Valley San Diego RSS California 201

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

If we can assume that a searcher’s goal is to find the product that’s right for them, there are some essential principles that go into designing a search experience that will get them to the exact product they’re looking for with as little hassle as possible. Button design. Understanding how people view websites.

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

It’s more than just a distribution channel. You’ll likely have to make a case to get developer and designer resources and bring your asks into the right formats for product teams to push them forward. For inventory-driven sites, the website is a big part of the product. Anything behind a login or on a native app doesn’t work.

SEO 159

SEO Framework SCRUM Search 159