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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play

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Play Store shoppers who engage with an app store demo before installing have higher retention and are more likely to become paying customers than those who install directly without playing or using a demo version, the company said. As part of its new pitch, the company is offering a 30-day free trial for any App Store Demo.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

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They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. But it seemed to work.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. We checked patents. What about competing patents. His math was correct and I can hardly blame him for taking a guess at what uBeam does but every assumption that he used was wildly inaccurate. ” **. I was not fried.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Ways To Make A BAD First Impression On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.