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Abstract launches private alpha to redesign the design process

Version One Ventures

Josh was previously the principal designer at Twitter. Abstract is building a common infrastructure to support the modern design workflow. If you’re a digital designer, you’ve probably run into some or all of these challenges: Your assets are disorganized and scattered across several places. Inconsistencies creep into the work.

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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

The Wall Street Journal opted out of FCF in February after a partial opt-out in January “result[ed] in subscription growth driven directly from content.”. (An An alternative to participating in FCF, a “subscription designation,” allowed Googlebot to crawl an 80-word snippet of an article, which served as the sole source of ranking material.).

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

Examples of Know queries from Google’s guidelines. IP address) can provide clues to search engines, as can search history, time of year, or time of day. It’s “the way you build your brand, convert users and ween yourself from being overly dependent on search engine traffic.”. Website. “ Visit-in-person. Image source ).

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

“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. 1000 Superfans or 100 True fans? The new Creators. ” Eric Feng.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

It’s possible that growth could accelerate in the future, but given the law of large numbers and fierce and unrelenting competition from Facebook —  read this excellent anecdote from a Snapchat influencer  — this seems unlikely. See the gray line in the chart below from Stratechery. It’s up from 40 minutes in July 2014.

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Your core competency and why not to stray

Berkonomics

Which of your IP assets is your core? From administrative services supplied by personal assistants located in India, to designers and producers of prototypes in China, to call centers managed and located in the Philippines, there are efficient, well organized solutions for virtually every process needed by a company to surround its core.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. By now we had found a few customers and learned a lot more about the market from them and other prospects.