By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) Happy New Year! 2011 was quite a ride for us at LaunchBit. Jennifer and I are so thankful to everyone who’s helped us. We started LaunchBit in January 2011 as a way to help entrepreneurs start and grow their internet businesses. This is a problem I’ve become really passionate about, [...]
Posts Tagged "Elizabeth Yin"
When Should You Pivot, Jump, or Shoot? (LaunchBit)
October 18, 2011 – 11:30 am
By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) “Pivot” is probably the most overused word in the startup community. Everyone is pivoting his/her company from this to that. So how do you know when you should pivot your company slightly, jump to a completely new business idea altogether, or just shoot for the moon with what you have? [...]
Learning to Be a Lean Startup: Interview with Elizabeth Yin of Recently Pivoted LaunchBit, an Ad Network for Email
August 19, 2011 – 8:11 am
By Cass Phillipps (Executive Producer, Failcon) I had a chance to chat with Elizabeth Lin on the mistakes made in her first startup. She is now the CEO and Co-Founder of LaunchBit, an ad network for email. Learn more http://launchbit.com. Cass Phillipps: Before LaunchBit, I’ve heard you founded and lost a fair amount of time [...]
Lean Startup Machine: 1 Part Learning + 1 Part Mentorship.. Stir!
August 10, 2011 – 11:45 am
By Kelley Boyd (Founder & Strategist, Think Experience) My first experience at Lean Startup Machine (LSM) was also the first Lean Startup Machine ever held. It was just over a year ago, and I mean that literally. I walked into LSM at Hive at 55 and began relationships that I hold among the closest in [...]
Build, Market and Measure – In Parallel
July 15, 2011 – 2:01 pm
By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) First-time web entrepreneurs often tell me “Oh we’re moving really quickly, we’re launching in just 6 months.” Terrible flashbacks go past my eyes — A couple years ago, I remember saying the exact same thing to myself. The trouble is that product traction isn’t just about getting a product out [...]
500 Startups Announces New Accelerator Batch with 20% Women Founders
June 9, 2011 – 9:02 am
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) 500 Startups has a new Accelerator batch that kicked off May 23. We have 20 startups in the program from May to September. Among the companies in this batch are: 20% women founders: LaunchBit, Snapette, Vayable, Cardinal Blue, Culture Kitchen and DailyAisle have women founders. In particular, 100% of [...]
Female Startup Founders, Female CTOs And Technical Co-Founders (Oh My!)
May 24, 2011 – 1:28 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC, Julia Hu (Co-Founder & CEO of Lark) got engaged while presenting her startup onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC — her boyfriend inserted a proposal slide into her deck. Meanwhile, attendees at the National Center for Women in Technology annual summit were [...]
Market Test Your Internet Business with Landing Pages
May 18, 2011 – 9:51 am
By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) Landing page tests are one of the easiest ways to do market testing on a business idea without even having a product, AKA getting online customers without coding. I’m thrilled that more web startups are using landing page tests to validate their business ideas, but the tactical details of how [...]
Launch A Startup For The Price Of An iPad
May 6, 2011 – 9:31 am
By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) Lots of people ask us how expensive it is to launch a web business idea. That’s obviously an impossible question to answer. But, getting your first customers to get some validation for your business idea — now, that’s not as far off as you may think. Getting there would probably [...]
The Lean Startup: A Review of Eric Ries’ New Book
April 18, 2011 – 7:14 pm
By Elizabeth Yin (Co-Founder, LaunchBit) I’ve read a lot of business books over the years — for school, for *fun*, for work. Most of them are just ok — largely intuitive and too high level to be useful. I wouldn’t recommend most books I’ve read to anyone. But, I just finished reading a draft of [...]
