ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Dip in Productivity. Mega brands like IBM and Google found that their productivity plummeted when they went all-remote. Upon closer inspection, I have identified a few factors that hamper productivity in remote settings: Less face-to-face supervision: Trust is an issue between remote cadres. Unhealthy Employee Morale.

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Technical Review Startup Belgium Software Review 200

ConversionXL

MAY 25, 2016

User generated reviews in general are tremendously influential in persuading people to buy. One study found that 88% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations and 72% of consumers say positive reviews make them trust businesses more. How Do People Consume Product Reviews?

Software Review 80

Software Review Conversion Video SEO 80

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. It was heavy on visual development capability but light on modeling and simulation, and we kept battling a competitor in the marketplace who had essentially the inverse strengths in a similar product.

Non-Compete 241

Non-Compete Merger Technical Review Software Review 241

Steve Blank

MAY 27, 2010

After being in business for all of seven months, one of our first deals at Epiphany was with a software company called Visio , (now owned by Microsoft.) After some heroics from our CTO in extracting data from SAP, the Visio CFO loved our product, thought we could save them a ton of time and money and wanted it installed ASAP.

CTO Hire 292

CTO Hire Fractional CTO Software Review Startup 292

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Fossil fuels won’t be able to compete on cost. Centralised energy production will go the way of centralised news and media – and mostly be replaced by user generated content (but this time it’ll be energy). Personal Operating Systems Will Arrive: Software systems will organise our personal lives.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Game streaming continues to grow in 2021 – According to StreamElements 2020 year in review , game streaming broke new records in 2020. Companies like iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, and Spotify are investing in and leading the evolution of audio, focused on music streaming (on-demand and lean-back modalities), podcasting and content production.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. It was heavy on visual development capability but light on modeling and simulation, and we kept battling a competitor in the marketplace who had essentially the inverse strengths in a similar product.

Partner 225

Partner Non-Compete Merger Technical Review 225

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Jeff has been promoting the use of Lean UX as an effective method to spur greater innovation, quality and productivity in startups as well as within teams in larger organizations. Now entering our third year with Agile we’re continually trying to improve the efficiency, productivity and velocity of the various teams.

Lean 165

Lean Software Review SCRUM Non-Compete 165

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

When starting a new business you should consider the potential industries your company may have the best opportunity to compete in. Every person, company, and product relies on transportation daily—creating a powerful demand. How to start a non-emergency medical transport business. Green products and services. Technology.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Green Silicon Valley Non-Compete 97

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

Publish now, see if Google likes it, then improve and optimize once it has the ability to compete for quality keywords. At Qualtrics, our mission is to create the Experience Management (XM) software category. Once we find a candidate, we update it for product and brand standards. Content gap analysis (CGA).

SEO 121

SEO Technical Review Software Review XML 121

Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

And Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo, discussed code quality. Chelsea started her first business when she was 12, and her first non-profit when she was 13. Unlike “traditional” departments such as Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, BD, Customer Support/Success, People is a relatively new leadership function.

Part-Time VPE 136

Part-Time VPE Software Review Salary Non-Compete 136

Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

You begin to do this almost without thinking (unconscious competence for those in know). Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Any non-personal website will work.

Software Review 45

Software Review Non-Compete RSS Software Developers 45

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. If you can’t raise — you’re dead. End of story. LTV is imprecise. The first input is CAC.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’re a non-profit…. If you’re raising money for a product or project (like an expansion)…. You must offer a product in exchange for the donations you receive ( a popular choice is to offer the product you are raising money to produce ), and you can’t keep the money you raise unless you reach your fundraising goal on-time.

Kenya 119

Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Laura has held leadership roles in product and operations with leading e-commerce companies, such as the NFL and Napster. 13:51] What are some of the effective ways that you’ve seen people merging digital and non-digital? [16:30] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! ConstantContact.com.

Email 94

Email SMS Marketing Channel 94

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

This being done in-house means more revenue stays with us, compared to hiring a firm or paying a employee who requires training and possible review process, slowing down the speed of business and still adding a layer of time effort to the management team. If you are unable to build your own tech product, you only have three options: 1.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 131

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Product naming is hard. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names. Regarding the product name, which was the original purpose of the survey, a list of 40 names was given to each respondent was asked to choose up to 3 names.

Product Name 46

Product Name Naming Product Software Review 46

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

It’s not easy to choose the right pricing strategy for a SaaS product. Your product improves with time, your business team grows, and so your pricing can’t stay outdated. Even if you are just starting to consider building a SaaS startup , you’ve probably used products with either freemium pricing or a free trial. Choose wisely.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. I recommend it. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I agree with Dustin.

Software Review 41

Software Review RSS Software Developers Software Development 41

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If late payments are putting finances under pressure, it pays to invoice as soon as your product or service has been delivered. I’d also encourage all business operators to systematically review aged debtors as this will allow you to identify slow-paying customers who need a follow up.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Stock Non-Compete 52

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The argument itself got me thinking a lot about design and its role in building products. But what about Commodity?

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

An amazing idea or product just isn’t enough to start a small business anymore. A non-traditional lender is another option; many small businesses are borrowing from on-line lenders like On Deck Capital Inc. Here are four of the top reasons small businesses fail within the first year: 1. LendingClub Inc. , Systems & Processes.

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Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Non-Compete 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

The surprising secret of happier, more productive organizations: conflict – crowdspring.co/1qscUpx. How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1lphhyB. The surprising secret of happier, more productive organizations: conflict – crowdspring.co/1qscUpx.

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Silicon Valley 97

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Some, on the contrary, say that the modern user is already experiencing app fatigue and that people tend to use just three apps at most , so competing for desktop attention still remains easier. What is your product goal? Validate your product concept with an MVP. As a new business owner, you may be overwhelmed by the choice.

Mobile 81

Mobile Application Development Web Software Review 81

blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Bemoaning that non-technical people are the first to filter resumes is silly because it’s not going to change. To sort facts from folk wisdom, I isolated some features that were universal among resumes and would be easy to spot by technical and non-technical people alike and then ran statistical significance tests on them.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 98

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We want to see and touch and smell and try on and (sometimes) taste the products we’re buying, and the eCommerce experience can only go so far. 52% of buyers say they’ve shifted more of their spending to online due to the pandemic. We have a lot of SKUs, and Shopify made it really easy to set up products and inventory counts.

eCommerce 155

eCommerce Cofounder Community Channel 155

Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

For three of the four, I’ve seen individuals successfully navigate the leader-type – never without scars though – and individuals emotionally burn-out due the environment the leader creates. To poke holes in the data/methodology (regardless of the Rationalizer’s analytical competence). They dilute the analysis with non-facts.

Leadership 79

Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

This being done in-house means more revenue stays with us, compared to hiring a firm or paying a employee who requires training and possible review process, slowing down the speed of business and still adding a layer of time effort to the management team. Learn to build the product yourself. Jerry Piscitelli , Portopong LLC 4.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 79

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s why Canva can call itself a multibillion-dollar platform and how ConvertKit pulled itself up to compete with goliaths like MailChimp and Campaign Monitor. Growth hacking is about caring for and optimizing the user experience to build trust and keep customers using your product. Growth hacking isn’t about deploying sleazy tricks.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We project to have multiple instances of our solution executing financial transactions in production environments across multiple OEMs and end user organizations. For us, it means separate organizations can collaborate in ways that previously were prevented due to the administrative complexities of sharing this information.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence Milwaukee Technical Review Startup 48

andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

The interesting part is when you get a couple months into your product cycle. You often end up with lots of half-done experiments lying around, an infrastructure that isn’t built to scale, and a mishmash of code that needs to be refactored. However, there’s the other side of the coin, which is the product design.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Design Las Vegas Product 47

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO. Be sure that the CTO is prepared to deal with a variety of personality and working styles.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Change who your product is for. image source.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126