YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2020

But now the alarming news regarding the spread of the coronavirus and its impact on the economy could easily create the opposite effect, an acceptance that the markets are out of control and the bottom is about to fall out. Without specific economic insights into your market segment, you might make the wrong move, and end up a bust.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. Voice-of-customer (VoC) research, user research, competitor research, and insights on jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) can inform your marketing strategy. . Market share. Brand tracking is how you measure if those efforts are paying off.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

to nearly 5% of the total retail market, with a forecasted continuous increase. And while 5% of the total retail market seems like a relatively small piece of the pie, eCommerce influences about 80% of that pie in most segments. That marketing, however, is dependent on capital, and that capital means Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” The first question to ask is: “Does your startup have market risk or is it dominated by technical risk?” Lean Startup /Customer Development is used to find answers to the unknowns about customers and markets.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

See step four in the process for creating your Digital Marketing and Measurement Model.]. If you want to learn about how to do simple forecasting and trend analysis, please see the official forecast function in Excel post on the Microsoft website, and this handy tutorial on trend lines and forecasting in excel.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology. What will the future of InfoComm Technology (ICT) be like?

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Apr-15: Head of Marketing (growth team). Lean marketing. 1x hacker in charge of product/development.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 1, 2011

As a founder who developed into a CEO, I know that there is no manual and it is a nearly vertical learning curve. This kind of yo-yo emotional state can rattle a VC who may hear a massively aggressive forecast for the business one day then despondency the next. So staggering that you might not even be sure what to ask.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

He has a wealth of experience in the data vertical, having served in previous roles at companies such as Intel, AllScripts, and Vision.bi. Others in that cohort included Zviki Shimon (CFO), Yair Areli (senior VP of global sales), Nir Mandel (VP of product management), and Aviv Canaani (VP of marketing).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. In the next few posts that follow, I’ll describe how thinking of a solution to this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

According to HubSpot , demand generation is “the umbrella of marketing programs that get customers excited about your company’s product and services.”. That sounds suspiciously like…marketing. For one, outbound marketing. Demand generation would not exist without the shift to inbound marketing.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Top management was trying to coordinate all of the operating details (sales, manufacturing, distribution and marketing,) across all the divisions and the company almost went bankrupt that year when poor planning led to excess inventory (with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash.) car market.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2017

monte carlo forecast simulations) are utterly, utterly useless. Focus on finding good-neighbor funding sources that add value by helping your company to grow in verticals where the angel/VC has both capital and subject expertise. Discounted cash flow models and complex valuations (e.g. Did they do what they said they would do?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Ironically, the model is a good fit when launching a new product into an existing , well-defined market where the basis of competition is understood, and its customers are known. We had no clue what our market was when we first started. If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment.

Silicon Valley 269

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 15, 2019

Transcript of Getting Salespeople and Prospects on the Same Side written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: Hey, this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast is brought to you by Rev.com. We do all of our transcriptions here on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast using Rev.com. Back to Podcast.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 18, 2022

Multiples dropped in public and private markets, growth expectations were cut, and business models with high spend for promise of future ROI became quite unfavorable. Do you understand your cost structure and can you manage to a forecastable growth rate. Note: I don’t want to hear seed companies complain about “the market.”

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel. Fortunately, on the side, the company had built up TripAdvisor.com as a demo site to show the prospective clients what a vertical search engine could do. billion market capitalization as of this writing. .

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When you pick your investment in a vertical you mostly have to steer clear of direct and adjacent competitors, especially if you were a lead check and/or a Board member. This is less of a problem when the entire vertical falls apart (think of the last generation of scooter startups). Opportunity Cost of Non-Investment in Competitors.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Asking founders to prematurely perfectly forecast the amount of capital they need to get to a Series A is an unnecessary constraint. Why should I expect premature precision in budgeting and forecasting the capital requirements? I don’t care – those are 90% marketing terms. A few reasons.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Venture Capital | Tagged: Steve Blank , Venture Capital , Entrepreneurs , Early Stage Startup , Tips for Startups « Customer Analytics – From Those Who Should Know SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot » 14 Responses Michael F.

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A Crowded Space

JANUARY 13, 2016

The founders of the company have experience as operators in this industry and rather than just copying Uber, they thought carefully about what really made sense for this vertical. The drivers cart tons of food around in their car and the company tries to plan accordingly based on forecasted demand in a particular area.

Demand 60

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Ramping Your Brand For Exponential Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Dr. James Richardson. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Dr. James Richardson. More About Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Check it out here.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There are now eight software companies north of a $100 billion market cap, representing $2.7 trillion of market value. If we zoom out and look at the overall cloud market, we can see momentum building. 2020 Cloud Market: Is The Sky the Limit? The momentum of Cloud companies is also seen in the public markets.

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Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Gartner forecasts enterprise software spending will total almost $572 billion worldwide by 2022. Market maturity: Conversely, competitors are investing in a new featureset and thus, they’ve become table stakes. Market share: You may already be a category leader, and growth requires you to expand into new verticals.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Similar tools are available from Microsoft: Entity Association, Keyword Group Detection, Keyword Forecast, and Search Funnels (all at Microsoft adCenter Labs ). In all three cases, you can compare your performance to specific vertical markets (for example, retail, apparel, software, and so on), which is much more meaningful.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 over the forecast period (2022-2028). On the other hand, mistakes can be costly, especially in a tough market environment like today. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy, with $6.6

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

An AI leverages deep natural language processing, text analysis, and computational linguistics to gain insight into customer opinion, understanding of consumer sentiment , and measuring the impact of marketing strategies. This technique is helpful for market segmentation, image compression, etc. Examples: Brand24 , MonkeyLearn.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

While estimates vary widely, we forecast it may generate up to $5 trillion by 2030 Value Creation in the Metaverse, McKinsey June 2022. I love landscapes as they help organise the categories needed to define the vertical. This adds up to substantial potential economic value for the metaverse.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

The growing impact investment market provides capital to address the world’s most pressing challenges in sectors such as sustainable agriculture, clean technology, microfinance, and affordable and accessible basic services including housing, healthcare, and education.” –the Global Impact Investing Network. Source: Fundera .

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