Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new online platform startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?”

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

A high-level stakeholder can overrule research-based decisions, designers can clash with optimizers, and the bevy of simultaneous changes can make it impossible to identify which changes are to blame if a redesign performs worse than its predecessor. Flash) or one whose design is clearly dated. But first, a note on “radical redesigns”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. A badge is a simple graphic designed for fun, to show support, or promote certain standards online. Arnie Kuenn business content marketing entrepreneur startup' Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2017

Managers make widgets. Whether you run a startup, small business, an agency, or a Fortune 1000 company, your team is encountering daily obstacles that often make it impossible for the team to efficiently move forward. Successful startups and small businesses have been doing this for many years. Leaders have followers.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. Marketers following this practice start with a hypothesis, design and run an experiment, and interpret results to fuel future experiments. Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2019

Every startup has a mission. A part of the maturation of a startup should be the understanding and use of the tools available to run your business. Project Management tools boast a wide array of capabilities and features, designed to make work easier. Startups rise and fall on the backs of their team. Collaboration.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2019

Product Hunt is free, an added benefit for many startups. Product Hunt is ideal for a startup—it connects you with your first real community of users. A few core features, basic onboarding, nice design, and an intuitive interface are the minimum requirements. an early profile of your startup or founders). Description.

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blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Click Allow Click Install Now After downloading, Restart Firefox 5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups by Alex on December 18, 2007 · 13 comments Even 5 years ago an approach to infrastructure in a startup would have been different. This offering from the E-Commerce giant is a must-consider piece of infrastructure for any startup.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

Properly designed and produced videos are an amazing way to build strength behind any marketing campaign. Who makes your widgets and why do they love making them? Why did you start making your widget and why do you want to share it with the everyone? Get the word out, show the world your new widget! A little humor).

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The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Intercom – tasteful chat and help widgets for your site, plus good automated email triggers. Drip – email courses and signup widgets for your site. Mailchimp – newsletters and decent signup widgets. Fiverr – pay $5 (or a bit more) for tasks ranging from logo design to copywriting.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Applicaster - Company Website.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! In an A/B test, the variable changes as users visit the page; user actions are recorded and analyzed; and the developer (or startup) is able to take action based on the results.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 19, 2018

There’s always beauty in good design, but good design isn’t always beautiful. Good looks aren’t everything, as Steve Jobs liked to remind people : Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. That’s not what we think design is. Design is how it works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2011

Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. A badge is a simple graphic designed for fun, to show support, or promote certain standards online. Supplement text here with video and audio. All highlight you.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

One of the times I screwed this up it left a legacy of 25 years of questionable design in microprocessor architecture. It has to be little-endian or we won’t design your chip into our systems.” Little Indians and Big Indians At MIPS Computers , my second semiconductor company, I was the VP of Marketing and defacto head of Sales.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2018

If you are just beginning your journey into the world of business, you face more competition than startups in previous generations. Here are 10 ways to get your startup moving. If you’re launching a startup, you are likely moving into territory that has not been completely cleared away just yet—there are a lot of unknowns.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. So, today we’d like to highlight a few main points to consider when building your startup team. Startup’s can be stressful and there may be many times when people want to quit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2011

A question that I often hear debated these days is whether a new startup should focus on growth or profits. Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?”

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. This is the man you’ll need to impress should you wish to slice off a piece of the sFund pie for your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

Image via Max Pixel A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?”

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

If not, let me share with you the results of recent research about E-Commerce Startups. “90% 90% of the E-Commerce Startups fail within their initial four years.” Are the reasons for startup failure the same as they’ve always been? Why do so many startups fail? Is your E-commerce Store design lousy?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Another telling example, is when back in 2011 eBay acquired a 2-year-old recommendation engine startup , Hunch for $80 million. One thing to look out for, though: widgets in unfavorable locations (footer, sidebar) can skew these numbers (and, in fact, all others as well), this should be kept in mind during evaluation. %

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

Only several years ago, many startups and small businesses could not effectively compete against larger and better financed competitors. In this post, we’ll discuss five designs that startups and small businesses should crowdsource to further level the playing field with their better financed and larger competitors.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In any case, you need to see past the shiny objects in web design pitches and know how PWA technology will (or won’t) help you achieve your marketing goals. AMPs are lightweight HTML pages designed to load as fast as possible. And the first experience your visitors get with your site is neither design nor content.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Do not rely on SEO to market your product It sounds contradictory, but its true.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! How Competitive Startups Can Fuel Each Other’s Success – crowdspring.co/1yQkEpq. 15 awesome downloadable freebies for designers crowdspring.co/1D1UdMD.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2021

Do not make the mistake of creating a non-responsive design. Ensure that necessary widgets are present at the bottom of each page to enhance its sharability. Landing page design and optimization. Focus on fundamental tips on how to design good websites and reduce the overall bounce rate. Remarketing with paid ads.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We know that the idea of using a chatbot can be a little intimidating, especially for startups and small businesses. So if you’re using our Facebook Messenger website chat widget (see the MobileMonkey website for an example of this) the conversations are instantaneously being routed from your website, to the user, via Facebook Messenger.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. I pointed out to Bob the irony – in a large company “fear of failure” inhibits speed and risk taking while in a startup “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

According to XYZ Research, 30,000 people expressed a desire for Widget. However, there are no Widgets available. Make sure the venture capitalist understands you’ve done your homework, but avoid making grandstanding statements (“The Widget will revolutionize the world.”) Focus on your designated market area instead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

A question that I often hear debated these days is whether a new startup should focus on growth or profits. Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. A badge is a simple graphic designed for fun, to show support, or promote certain standards online. Supplement text here with video and audio. All highlight you.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

startups want to launch their products without at least trying to language-market fit. Brendan Sterne , who unearthed the above articles on Amazon’s process, notes that Amazon differs from the model advocated in Lean Startup, which “aims to put a concrete prototype in front of consumers to validate the product.”.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

It’s one thing for a company at the scale of Apple to be developing custom machinery for their processes, it’s a whole other ball-game for a tiny startup to take on something like this (I strongly recommend against it unless there is no other viable option for it). Industrial Design: Design matters.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

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