Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Small startups act the same way, simply cloning each other’s products. Unlike U.S.

China 327

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 327

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Small startups act the same way, simply cloning each other’s products. Unlike U.S.

China 219

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 219

Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Simply knowing how your business runs and what products or services you offer is not enough to plan your next marketing move. This statement distinguishes you from your competitors, explains how your product/service improves your market’s lives, and delivers specific benefits that consumers will get from your company.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Campaign Sales Cycle 109

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? The origin of voice search answers.

B2B 100

B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

not all the other applications that were competing for user attention in Facebook). Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. contextual text ads (e.g. So did the media.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

In the case of Freshdesk, their main competitor, Zendesk, is operating with a San Francisco - Copenhagen cost-structure and will find it harder to compete with this strategy. They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

By contrast, Staples closed down some underperforming facilities but increased its workforce by 10% during the recession, mainly to support the high-end product categories and services it introduced. echoes Labay’s sentiment: Search habits change. Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Search the tables of contents and consider which parts are relevant to your business. For example, you can get a free business plan template for a traditional business plan and a one-page business plan. If you say your product will be viral, you have to support this statement with facts. Few read 50-page business plans.

Business Plan 147

Business Plan Balance Sheet Non-Compete Forecast 147

ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2021

The technical elements of your website’s SEO are crucial to search performance. Neglect them, and you run the risk of pages not showing up in SERPs. We’ll also show you the tools you need to boost on-page and off-page SEO efforts and performance, and how to use them. In other words, where the page sits on your site.

Technical Review 162

Technical Review SEO Software Review XML 162

Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Coming up with an idea or inventing a product is a process that takes commitment, dedication, and self-belief. Ultimately, inventing a product or coming up with an idea means one thing: solving a problem, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. What product doesn’t function like people wish it would? Step 5: Protect your idea.

Non-disclosure Agreement 60

Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Non-Compete Naming 60

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Many other eCommerce businesses are also in the race to get more visitors and leads for their products. But you can make it happen by keeping a few do’s and don’ts in mind while encouraging customers to products from your eCommerce website. Therefore, if you want to compete in this competitive digital world, you need to stand out!

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Conversion Sales SEO 113

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

Their home page is a mess. I did a search on some of their products and they did not have page one search listings (on Google or Bing) for what should be their head terms. They did have PPC ads, which I click on the ad for specific product they land me on generic nonsense pages. That's sucking.

Analytics 99

Analytics Web Campaign PPC 99

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. Colin Wright , Ebookling. Jesse Davis , Entrustet. There is a difference.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Occam's Razor

MAY 4, 2010

Based on this my hypothesis is that reducing the size of the header will reduce bounce rate and increase click-through rate to key pages/products." If you want to understand the clickstream data for any website you could go to Compete (here's ESPN's data , or this blog's ). " See the difference?

Web 112

Web Non-Compete Analytics SEO 112

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

I recently did a webinar for the Search Engine Strategies conference (I am doing the opening conference keynote at SES London and SES New York ) and my Market Motive co-faculty member Greg Jarboe sent me this KPI via email: "Your webcast was a big success. How do you measure SEO performance on a page level?

Analytics 90

Analytics Search SEO Metrics 90

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Do a web search to find platform-specific tools. When you’re working with a freelance or contract developer, make sure you have all your paperwork — from non-disclosure agreements to invoices and beyond — signed and sealed early in the process. You also need to be sure you’re offering fair benefits and salary.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

You begin to do this almost without thinking (unconscious competence for those in know). Any non-personal website will work. It doesn’t matter if you’re involved with a non-profit, run an ecommerce site, sell ebooks, or have a SaaS application. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

Software Review 45

Software Review Non-Compete RSS Software Developers 45

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I sell thermometers and thermal imagers, and write reviews on popular products. That was the biggest caveat I considered when searching for a name. How to best describe our product and what we stand for? Vintage would be misleading, but About Vintage is a spot on description of how our products look and feel like.

Naming 56

Naming Baltimore PR Entrepreneur 56

Software By Rob

JULY 22, 2010

For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. I’ve added a subscription box to my demo page. BTW, do you have separate for lists members and non-members, for any given web app? BTW, do you have separate for lists members and non-members, for any given web app? #2 2 Rob on 10.19.10

Email 45

Email Software Review RSS Non-Compete 45

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

There are two primary reasons that startups fail: One, the execution of the idea is poor (wrong location, poor product, bad service, etc) and two, the startup is not making something that people want. Watsi - the first non-profit to receive venture backing from Y Combinator. Simply put, it’s not solving a real-life problem.

Startup 80

Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

But sometimes going outside our analytics tools can yield non-normal insights that can deliver a competitive advantage. In the second example there is no site analytics data, that bar chart will tell you that you might be celebrating success too early when it comes to Search while pinpointing for you how high the upper limit is.

Search 135

Search Analytics PPC Green 135

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Real-time search engine. Competes with McAfee , Thawte. But it’s a real phenomenon.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

Likewise, if you see the massive amount of traffic coming from SEO you have to know how many of those people are buying your product. As an example, Bidsketch is a product launched by a Micropreneur Academy member. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

Software Review 55

Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

ConversionXL

JANUARY 5, 2017

eCommerce product filtering, when done right, can solve both issues. What is eCommerce product filtering? eCommerce product filtering helps your visitors narrow in on the specific product they’re looking for and find products they might be interested in based on certain features (e.g. size, color, category).

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Product SEO Search 108

Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

A Product that Scales The author, John Warrillow, says that most businesses do not scale well. Repeatable In a traditional business a repeatable product/service is something that does not require a high level of expertise and customization every time you make a sale. You pay them less than you bill out, and you keep the difference.

Software Review 54

Software Review RSS Startup Vertical 54

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Build features for people who are likely to buy your product. The vast majority do not.

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Competing businesses. Competing businesses may click on each other’s PPC ads to waste money. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Loyal buyers of other brands don’t care about your ad budget or your search terms. If you can—great!

PPC 121

PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

We sell the winning designs to customers in the form of personalized wedding invitations, Christmas cards , and other stationery and photo card products. Product Passion - to many engineers, they have to be stoked about the idea to work there. Culture - a fun, collegial work atmosphere.

CTO 43

CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

Our goal is to help non-venture-backed, bootstrapped startups, microISVs and Micropreneurs. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. My new podcast launches today. It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us.

Restful 46

Restful Software Review RSS Startup 46

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Product naming is hard. About two months ago Patrick Thompson, a member of the Micropreneur Academy , was in search of a name for his speed reading eBook reader for the iPhone. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names.

Product Name 46

Product Name Naming Product Software Review 46

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.” Honestly, just searching the term yield many results. I try to remind people that raising money is about building rapport and you can’t build rapport wading through 60 pages of charts or showing 45 product features.

Valuation 150

Valuation Silicon Valley Non-Compete Software 150

Software By Rob

AUGUST 25, 2010

If they had done it for the money they would have stopped long before they became an overnight success five years of non-stop practice later. Find those people who need your product. If you can’t find this group of people, you’re probably building the wrong product. But they did it because they loved writing music.

Software Review 65

Software Review Germany RSS Software Developers 65

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They’re also shown to spend more and pay a price premium for products. That makes understanding needs and expectations table stakes for any brand looking to compete. Page speed , confusing design, lack of information, and too much choice can all alienate customers. Start by uncovering your shortcomings.

Retention 111

Retention eCommerce Channel Community 111

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months. What’s going on?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Neither Pablo or I have a technical background and therefore needed someone to build our product. Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. model of offering a more valuable product at no cost to the user (think Mint.Com). Post navigation.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Many businesses rely on patents for the defensive aspect of establishing and protecting a core technological competency, and as a valuable asset for valuation purposes. Before entering a market with a new product, a ‘freedom to operate’ (FTO) check can be done to identify potential infringement of pre-existing patent rights.

IP 62

IP Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property New Zealand 62