Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

He figured out quickly that there was a demand for printed tutorials. He said they found some sh*ty online print on demand service who could take credit cards and went from there. A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. All of them for free. Today, SitePoint gets 2.5M

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

But the bubble mantra of get “big fast” and “first mover advantage” demanded tens of millions more to create a “brand.” Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions. The New Exits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Customer acquisition gets harder and more expensive. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships. If your target market is difficult to reach, instead of tackling it head on, go after an adjacent market in order to stimulate demand. So what do startups do?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Topics are an important feature for social networks, just as genres are for music or categories for ecommerce sites. It’s more than just a distribution channel. In each case, the identified demand can be addressed and lead to more organic traffic (and, of course, happier customers). Quora did just that.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Buffett, when thinking of low-cost production moats, uses GEICO (another Berkshire Hathaway acquisition) as an example. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. Image source ).

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

In some cases, this kind of debt can be incurred unknowingly, for example, your company might acquire a company that has accumulated significant technical debt that you don’t identify until after the acquisition. This means: Social networking and Community sites that want to unify chat, forums, polls, videos, blogs, etc.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 3) Raise capital.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. Dan Kimerling: There are a couple of dimensions. Why is that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Social network app developer and ad network. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. You can always change the pricing to meet demand and optimize for pricing yield. School is very demanding an I have orders coming in from all across the country. So build a strong base.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

While the quality of content your company creates and distributes is important, most brands treat content marketing as a one-off campaign instead of an always-on effort. Spend time in popular forums or social networks where they spend most of their time. Content marketing isn’t a tactic you use when you need to increase sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Logia Group. MailVision. Mer Telecom. -

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. great web customer acquisition tutorials. analytics for social media and online. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. on demand billing and fraud management. free, distributed source code control management system.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Doctors are in high demand, not just by their patients, but by startups looking to create social networks, marketplaces, and portals around their expertise. Today, HealthTab announced the acquisition of Q&A site Avvo Health specifically to increase the number of doctors within its network, doubling it to 30,000.

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