thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA). Our goal was to create a viral environment where personal networks and recommendations helped drive online store purchases. . #8 – Almost By Mistake. Photo Credit: Marcus Miller. I was a developer.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Non-Compete LLC Social Media 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. Probably revenue based. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 20, 2010

Although I had been developing softwares since 1999, it was the first time I could think of an idea, write the application, publish it online and virally reach thousands of people! Facebook has allowed me to find an audience to my creativity. well, millions actually) Basically, it is Facebook that turned me into an entrepreneur.

Developer 32

Developer Australia Ruby API 32

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Except they won’t be called Product Managers.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. Adding Ad Revenue.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 73

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In a separate study done by viral content agency Fractl , they showed participants 30 of the top 100 images on Reddit, asking them to look at the image, then to the corresponding emotion on Robert Plutchik’s Wheel Of Emotion. 1999) – 300,000+ customers. image sources. image source. 1998) – 120,000+ customers.

Sales 126

Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). You guessed it — straight up free money. A doughnut is one thing, cold-hard cash is even better.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82