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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market.

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Measuring Market Penetration with Brand Tracking (+ Metrics & Examples)

ConversionXL

For example, you could deploy CSAT surveys at various parts of the buyer’s journey (distributed across leads so as not to bombard a single customer with multiple questions). Take global brand Headspace , a meditation and mindfulness app. Short-term changes in brand awareness and perception are common.

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Out of the Crisis #10: HelixNano founder Hannu Rajaniemi on vaccines, suspending disbelief, and the power of stories

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries : But I do remember, and correct me if I've got this wrong, but that in 1918, in the last global pandemic that has any kind of resonance with this, it was the second strain of the virus that was more deadly. Hannu Rajaniemi : That is correct. The second wave was more deadly. Eric Ries : So why isn't it happening?

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