Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

I said, “This category is going to be huge. Like most markets online it will likely be a ‘winner take most’ category so if you’re going to go for it … you better be prepared to win.” The photo in this blog (like many of mine) came from 500px. I’m sure of the value. And thank you.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Back in 2005, I was a lowly analyst at Union Square Ventures with a million product ideas that I'd blog about all the time. Oodle was trying to index lots of different categories of classifieds, not just jobs. The search results *were* noticably better, and the simpler site was quick and responsive.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Second, interaction field companies build a network of interactions, an architecture and governance rules in such as way that enables an entire industry or several industries to solve multiple consumer problems, industry or category problems and societal problems. The post The business model of the future appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

That great productivity drain that we somehow all buy into. So I ask you – if you’re being reactive to somebody else’s emails are you really being as productive in your company as you could be? You’re writing a freaking blog post! Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. ” Brilliant!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. But honestly 10 extra hours in the office each day we would be there is way more productive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Buyers will be also looking for publishers and content websites that spotlight the latest deals and advise on the best products and these sites should expect a huge bump in traffic. Influencer parenting bloggers are already putting together lists of their favorites items in these categories and sharing them broadly. Food Delivery.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product. Yet these seem to be the least effective attributes of banner advertising.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. That does not mean, however, that anyone else outside that category is unable to raise. Maybe the product needs to be tested? Something else is at play. That is a fact.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. FourSquare isn’t a “me, too&# location-based recommendation service – it led in the category with check-ins and badges. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s as good as it gets in personal productivity / life reflection. I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. That’s why productivity wasn’t tough for me as a CEO. I’m not. I visualized.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, our current linear economy produces enormous amounts of waste—and electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing categories to address. where we move away from wasteful practices, prioritize recycling and avoid dumping products into landfills. But how do we get there? ATM Lifecycle Planning and Asset Management.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

I've grouped them into categories to make things easier to scan, but keep in mind: the best ads don't always fit neatly into a box. The goal is clarity: show the product, show the value, and make it easy to say yes. Many blur the lines between formats, and that overlap is often what makes them work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The post How to thwart collaboration overload by working smarter appeared first on THE BLOG. What is dysfunctional collaboration? This makes following some of the practices I discuss in the book to streamline collaboration critical for both performance and well-being. Conversely, what is essential collaboration?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without industry-wide master unique identifiers for medical-surgical (med-surg) items, hospitals cannot easily compare products by their attributes to identify cost-savings opportunities, or map product selection to the best patient outcomes. In other words, an Amazon.com for hospital supply products is needed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

She is also the award-winning author of Material Value: More Sustainable, Less Wasteful Manufacturing of Everything from Cell Phones to Cleaning Products. That choice puts you squarely in the freelance category. Making the mindset shift appeared first on THE BLOG. How about you? The post Freelancer or entrepreneur?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

Whatever you’re working on now, the half-life of innovation is so rapid now that your product will soon be out-of-date. In this globally connected world product leads disappear in nano-seconds. I wrote an entire blog post about this in the past highlighting my belief that you should hire people who “punch above their weight class.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. I can sometimes fit into this category myself and VC partners and angels seem to all have at least one deal like this. I'm interested in their space, but they're kind of strugging to really get product market fit. Nice work, aplusk.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While conscious consumerism helped usher in the first wave of products, it didn’t turn the tide. That’s because many options have fallen short of expectations in taste and texture, stunting the category’s overall growth. Alternative Protein Evolution Consumers now know about plant-based products.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I like to see how they improve their products when there are obvious holes. What stage? What price? I hustled.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

Being busy doesn’t mean you are productive or effective; often you’re just focusing too much on things that don’t matter. Perfecting a productive morning routine is the best way to do that. There are few categories of things to put on your Stop Doing List. and more articles from the EO blog. with “busy”.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A few months ago, we did a blog post on how to get a CISO to buy your product. But, what will instantly make a CISO say no to your product? In this Dreamit Dose, Mel gives you 5 reasons a CISO may NOT buy your product. In this Dreamit Dose, Mel gives you 5 reasons a CISO may NOT buy your product.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter, and follow my personal blog for more content. I’ve been seeing a lot of startups recently that want the best of both worlds for consumers, and Getaway is no different — combining both an investment and an enjoyment in one product. Visual generation is not an existing software category.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It must be productive. (Or What would happen if you took 10 or 15 hours a week from those lower categories and put them into high-value categories? The post It’s About Time appeared first on THE BLOG. We equate being busy as being virtuous. When we’re maxed out, it feels safe.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Unless explicitly stated, we spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. I like to see how they improve their products when there are obvious holes. What stage? What price? I hustled.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. My earliest encounters with a personal computer, initial uses for the Internet, and 12+ years of product work [Second Life, AdSense, YouTube], were all driven by the conviction that everyone deserves the chance to be creative. A singer who wants to sing. An animator who wants to draw.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 10, 2021

This is a repost from the Launch413 blog. He was measuring revenue, customer success and product market fit. Simply put, the VIRAL Scorecard identifies where a company is situated in specific categories key to its future success, including the strength of its team, its market penetration, and scaling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? It’s different, because rather than focusing on building a product or a business, they’re thinking about building a category.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you have a product or service to sell, you need a customer acquisition strategy. While there are hundreds of marketing channels, they each fall into seven broad categories: Your website and blog : Make the most of your website and blog by sharing educational, helpful, and/or entertaining content with your audience.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a blog post , Microsoft said that it will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s AI research and deploy OpenAI’s AI systems across its consumer and enterprise products and “introduce new categories of digital experiences built on OpenAI’s technology.”

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