How to Optimize Your Landing Page + 5 Keys to Negotiating a Term Sheet
Dec 31, 2022
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Aofie Jacob from Velocity Growth shares expert insights on optimizing landing pages, detailing key components such as compelling headlines and clear calls to action for better lead capture. She discusses tools to enhance user engagement and performance. Following that, Becki DeGraw from Wilson Sonsini presents five crucial tips for negotiating term sheets. She emphasizes understanding valuations, liquidation preferences, and the importance of board composition and investor rights to empower founders during negotiations.
A compelling landing page must include a catchy headline, clear call to action, and strong visuals to ensure effectiveness.
Founders negotiating term sheets should understand both economic factors like valuations and control aspects to maintain decision-making influence.
Different landing page types serve distinct purposes, from lead acquisition to direct sales, each requiring tailored strategies for success.
Deep dives
Key Components of Effective Landing Pages
Successful landing pages are designed with specific components that significantly enhance their effectiveness. The headline is crucial; it must grab attention and succinctly convey the benefit, ensuring it focuses on the audience's needs rather than the product's features. Additionally, a clear call to action is necessary, which should be easily recognizable and actionable, eliminating any guesswork for the user. Other important elements include compelling subheaders, strong visuals that correlate with the offering, and social proof to bolster credibility.
Types of Landing Pages and Their Purposes
Different types of landing pages serve unique purposes depending on the intended customer interaction. For instance, lead magnet pages are specifically crafted to offer valuable resources in exchange for user information, attracting leads who may not be immediately ready to purchase. Get started pages provide a frictionless introduction to products, often designed for free trials, helping users engage without initial commitment. Product pages, on the other hand, focus on selling tangible items and must include clear information about the product while facilitating easy navigation to prevent potential customers from getting lost.
Optimizing Landing Pages for Success
To measure the success of landing pages, a focus on key performance indicators, particularly the conversion rate, is essential. Metrics such as time spent on the page, bounce rate, and scroll depth provide additional insights into user engagement, yet conversion rates remain the primary concern. Strategies to enhance landing page performance include ensuring clarity in messaging, aligning visuals with the intended action, and minimizing distractions that could detract from the conversion goal. Testing variations on landing pages can also yield valuable feedback, allowing for continuous improvement.
Negotiating Key Points in Term Sheets
When negotiating term sheets, founders should prioritize understanding both the economic and control aspects involved. Valuation, liquidation preferences, and the structure of option pools are critical economic elements; founders must be transparent about their hiring plans to negotiate favorable terms effectively. Control aspects involve board composition and protective provisions, emphasizing the importance of maintaining influence in decision-making. Founders should be aware that while some rights, such as information rights and future participation rights, are typically standard, addressing their specific needs in these negotiations can significantly impact their ongoing influence and operational flexibility.
Legal Considerations During Funding Rounds
Engaging with legalities during funding rounds is crucial for founders navigating the complexities of investor agreements and term sheets. The distinction between preferred and common stocks should be clear, particularly in regard to liquidation preferences that provide downside protection to investors while influencing how much founders retain in equity. Founders should seek clarity on vesting schedules and investor's board seats, as these can inherently alter control dynamics. Throughout the funding process, founders should conduct thorough due diligence on potential board members, ensuring they share a common vision and approach to management, as these relationships will be integral to the company's success.
First, we hear from Aofie Jacob (Velocity Growth), who runs us through how to optimize your landing page. You'll learn the key components to include for a successful landing page, how to optimize capturing leads on your page, and general tips for measuring success.
After that, we have a presentation from Becki DeGraw (Wilson Sonsini), sharing 5 essential tips for founders to negotiate their term sheet. This talk was filmed at our Founder University two-day program.
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How to Optimize Your Landing Page - Aofie Jacob (Velocity Growth)
1:55 What is a landing page
3:27 Requirement for a good landing page
7:19 Different types of landing page
13:38 General tips for landing pages
17:28 What tools should you use to build a landing page?
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5 Keys to Negotiating a Term Sheet - Becki DeGraw (Wilson Sonsini)
20:26 How to negotiate valuation
27:34 What you need to know about liquidation preferences
31:21 Importance of Board Composition
39:29: Stockholder Vetoes & Control
44:08 Investor Rights
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