ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2012

What about when the product matches the customer’s needs and wants, and they trust the seller? Online purchases start with a Google or Amazon search. This applies equally to B2B - 71 percent of enterprise purchase decisions in the United States begin with research conducted on a search engine. Peer reviews matter.

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Social Media Technical Review Arlington Clickthrough 129

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

When starting out, many agencies blog about topics directly related to their offering. This is great if you’re creating success stories, but less so if you’re writing about high-level, tactical fluff. Your customers can provide you with pain-points to write about, as well as success stories to attract new clients.

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Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It’s helpful to seek customer referrals from non-competing organizations. Before the demo, prepare questions about the features that you know you’ll need. It’s also important to ready questions about the challenges that your organization faces regarding content management localization. Building Success With TMS.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Also, the non-profit will start offering their program outside the juvenile detention centers. The students are thus trained to become top frontend developers ready to compete at an international level, and ready to work on real-life projects from the detention center. ” About Via Codigo.

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Peru Non-Compete Web Development Switzerland 64

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

We’re excited about the Metaverse at Remagine Ventures and the potential it has to bring people together. Meanwhile Oculus Quest 2 drove 156% growth in Facebook’s non advertising revenue and is on track to be the first mainstream VR headset. It’s hard to make predictions about the future. that is the question.

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The previous post, part 4, was about Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem these are my final observations. It was interesting to learn about China’s digital divide – the gap between East China and Midwest China, and between urban and rural areas. WeChat may change the game for Chinese U/I and U/X experience. like WeChat.).

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 219

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. The talent benefits as well by being clustered as newer acts can be discovered by fans who are searching for more familiar content. Europe is roughly the same as the US. Build a Global Business.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns. There have never been more brands competing for attention than there are right now. If you spam the non-buyers with sales CTAs, you’ll only annoy them. Kantar research shows 68% of consumers expect brands to be clear about their values.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Board Effect

DECEMBER 20, 2019

They may be membership-based or non-membership based. Before conducting an executive search, the board needs to consider the organization’s needs, strengths, and weaknesses in considering the skills and abilities that a leader can bring to help the organization move forward. All organizations are unique in their own right.

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Software Review Due Diligence Non-Compete Programming 106

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ growth hacking ” and why I thought it was wrong that people were hating on the term unnecessarily. But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. I was talking with a colleague once about how videos go viral. Underbelly.

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SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

not all the other applications that were competing for user attention in Facebook). Next came search results based on people paying to be high in the result set. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. Why am I excited about in-stream advertising then?

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Earlier this year, at CXL Live , you asked us about voice search (a lot). More specifically, you asked the hard questions, like: How can ecommerce companies compete with Alexa? How will voice search work given the human urge to shop around? Are there use cases for voice search in B2B? This post has answers.

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B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Fortunately, in 2015, loans to small businesses are expected to increase; great news for small businesses searching for capital. A non-traditional lender is another option; many small businesses are borrowing from on-line lenders like On Deck Capital Inc. If you need money, one of the best resources available is the U.S.

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Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Non-Compete 100

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 isn’t about deploying sleazy tricks. It’s about making calculated, data-driven moves for fast growth. via Observer ]. Image source. Acquisition.

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

What we don’t often think about is that although there’s luck involved in becoming a “rock star,&# there are deliberate decisions a musician makes early in a career that will impact their level of success months or years later. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. 3 Brad on 10.11.10

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Software Review Germany RSS Software Developers 65

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. If you can’t raise — you’re dead. End of story.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Intel attempted to compete, (and actually owned an ARM license) but fell victim to a classic failure of ignoring a low-end disruptor and hobbling their own chances by deciding not cannibalize their own very profitable x86 business. And for long-term survival – Horizon 3 – search for and create new/disruptive business model(s).

Architecture 227

Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This is the magic of sales: by learning about each customer in-depth, they can convince each of them that this product would solve serious problems. They are closing orders.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Investors and smart hires will always do appropriate diligence before investing money and time, but they won’t bother doing that unless they are excited about your story. So this post is about storytelling, specifically about the four types of stories you’ll need to be able to tell well when fundraising for your company.

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Founder Technical Review Cofounder Non-Compete 120

Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

If you aren’t strategic and thoughtful about how you spend your money, you’re more likely to waste your money on campaigns and tactics that don’t work. . But the real challenge is not about attracting new customers—it’s all about earning their loyalty. Know your audience. This resulted in a massive, mainstream backlash.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Campaign Sales Cycle 109

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

What I find exciting about Freshdesk is that they may be able to do the same thing in customer support that Zoho did in CRM: a drastic downshifting of the price-point of a full-functionality, differentiated, cutting edge customer support solution. You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

It makes sense to think about these now, so that we can consider longer-term career, financial and corporate strategy decisions today. Fossil fuels won’t be able to compete on cost. Global e-commerce, lower living costs and higher living standards will create a renaissance for non-city places of great beauty.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

And every great company is raising at north of a billion dollars now so I need to in order to compete.” Fred Wilson immediately weighed in on her analysis , a meme was born and we were off to the races talking about “Unicorns.” Honestly, just searching the term yield many results. ” “Ok.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Non-Compete Software 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Tell me a bit about your background. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups?

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Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Steve Blank

AUGUST 22, 2011

Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten involved in hiring for two startups, a public agency and a non profit. In the last week I had four separate groups through the ranch all wanting to talk either about hiring a senior exec or a senior exec looking for a new job. Founders search, operating executives execute. Compare candidates.

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Hiring Non-Compete Search Customer Development 296

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

From our perspective, Facebook is both our friend (training hundreds of talented future entrepreneurs) and enemy (competing with our portfolio companies for top talent like Max.) You are searching for the largest one by starting at the beginning and iterating through, storing the current largest number at all times.

Engineer 138

Engineer Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 138

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Honeywell CEO Dave Cote also cautions against shortsightedness during economic downturns: I’ve been a leader during three recessions and I’ve never heard a management team talk about how the choices they make during a downturn will affect performance during a recovery. echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change. Live-for-today.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   Some people will talk about this as a “multiple,” i.e., “I expect ten times my investment back.”   I find this to be imprecise because it doesn’t encapsulate the element of time. An average of these ranges results in a pre-money valuation of about $4MM.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. THE STANDARD ADVANTAGES. This model certainly makes sense. – Proprietary sourcing.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco. THE STANDARD ADVANTAGES. This model certainly makes sense. – Proprietary sourcing.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2019

With that being said, how can you compete with the force that is Amazon if you’re a smaller retailer or a start-up, even if you are operating an e-commerce platform? The following are some things to keep in mind if you’re a smaller retailer and you’re looking for ways to compete with Amazon , or even just get your own piece of the action.

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Non-Compete United States Analytics Metrics 149

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. Be sure you find someone who is not just competent in understanding technology, but someone who is passionate about technology.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. Put simply – you need enough users in a segment who care about what you’re doing to dictate investing further in the product or in sales & marketing resources.

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Technical Review Startup Business Model Non-Compete 401

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So does asking people questions that indicate you care about them as individuals. People will feel positive when they feel cared about as a unique human being and when they trust their colleagues and managers/leaders. Google has studied what makes certain teams effective in the search for the “secret sauce” of high performance.

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Non-Compete Lean Leadership Employee 162

Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Please consult a patent attorney for more information about filing for a patent, and getting your idea to market. . The great thing about starting to see the world as an overstuffed library of ideas is that you couldn’t have any better proof that inventing is for everyone. We’ll talk more about this in step three. Your guitar.

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Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Non-Compete Naming 60

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m talking about small business marketing trends for 2022. Time for lots of folks like me to wax on about what we see out there on the horizon so that folks like you can perhaps be a little more prepared to respond to the coming shifts in marketing. 14:08] More about the importance of NFTs this year. Like this show?

Small Business 79

Small Business Marketing Audio Networking 79

Occam's Razor

MAY 4, 2010

So at the end of my 10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths blog post I requested readers who were interested in the scholarship to complete this simple task: Pick a site you love and tell me three things you would change about it, and why. We only care about what bothers us / what makes us happy. Seems straight forward right?

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Web Non-Compete Analytics SEO 112