reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Press and analysts characterized LinkedIn in one of two ways: “LinkedIn is an interesting niche that might be worth paying attention to” or “LinkedIn is the Friendster for business”. There will be different networks for different domains.

Entrepreneur 111

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand.

France 77

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 400

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. “I pre-stage my investments by developing my own ideas of great business models & frameworks — when I meet a founder doing something similar I can make a quick decision,&# says Craig.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. They have 27 business units. One of them is Mint.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rather they understood that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. It led the way to a new kind of business model and changed the game. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

Artificial Inteligence 77

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Implement a new business model. Software as a service (SaaS) has now pretty much replaced the old licensing model, but offering it was a strategic risk for SalesForce.com. Once you have established your credibility and value, a strategic partnership may lead to other business relationships or a funding source.

Forecast 257

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 256

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model.

Technical Review 108

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2011

Implement a new business model. Software as a service (SaaS) has now pretty much replaced the old licensing model, but offering it was a strategic risk for SalesForce.com. Once you have established your credibility and value, a strategic partnership may lead to other business relationships or a funding source.

Founder 245

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 251

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2010

Implement a new business model. Software as a service (SaaS) has now pretty much replaced the old licensing model, but offering it was a strategic risk for SalesForce.com. It’s a bad risk to count only on word-of-mouth and viral social network buzz for marketing, as I see in many business plans today.

Entrepreneur 243

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 222

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Implement a new business model. Software as a service (SaaS) has now pretty much replaced the old licensing model, but offering it was a strategic risk for SalesForce.com. Once you have established your credibility and value, a strategic partnership may lead to other business relationships or a funding source.

Forecast 188

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media. In fact, Facebook literally published a playbook just over a week ago on marketing virally through their platform. But it goes beyond just widgets and social networks.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. The self-assessment methodology, pioneered by Village Capital, is called VIRAL, for “Venture Investment Readiness and Awareness Levels.” .

Technical Review 78

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media. In fact, Facebook literally published a playbook just over a week ago on marketing virally through their platform. But it goes beyond just widgets and social networks.

Distribution 100

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

We’re testing a viral loop, direct sales, and affiliate marketing.&# If I can steal your idea by just hearing it, there is no defensible business model there. Reply Josh Strike says: January 18, 2011 at 10:50 am Tristan, the only thing I disagree with on an emotional level is the NDA business.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

It means you're relevant to the business, and if your trip around the cycle is successful, you'll have helped the organization get closer to its goals. Another way to find the metric you want to change is to look at your business model. If it's the number of invites sent, it's virality.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

During the critical times when PayPal was developing its business model innovations and scaling up, we found ourselves needing to navigate a series of make-or-break challenges, or as I like to call them, “Oh s**t!” There was no work done to form teams beyond simply picking who was going to belong to them. Our user growth was stalled.

Finder 28

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

As a vertical community, the business of GrabCAD was never going to look like that of a social network or social media company. Sometimes, a business doesn’t necessarily have an inherent advantage in distribution apart from the strategy of the team and design of the product.

Distribution 66

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Over 60% of small business owners are using social media to attract new customers, over 75% of these companies have Facebook pages;,and almost half of small businesses are successfully acquiring new customers through online social networks! Brand names matter (as do eyeballs).

Small Business 88

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Consumer approach to software for business users. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model.

Venture Capital 274

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 7, 2016

And now, we’re pleased to announce that we have just produced our second eBook, “ Understanding Social Platforms.”. Why social? As individuals, we use social platforms on a daily basis. As investors, we love the underlying business models, including the daily use case, virality, and network effects.

Artificial Inteligence 60

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Some e-commerce websites might decide against offering social login if their target audience is aged 55 or older – these users are much less likely to have social accounts. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 130

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Would have been nice to have this last year when I started my own business. Most startups arent so fortunate. Pay attention to your fundamental driver of growth.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. These companies, the, this business model has been in effect for, since the beginning of the internet. So they basically, they create designs to make sure that their business model works. And we get Gmail for free.

Technical Review 96

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. Frequently, however, you need to pivot your business model and find new ways to make money. Business model evolution is the rule, not the exception. The only problem was, we didn’t have a working business model.

Startup 36

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Some ecommerce websites might decide against offering social login if their target audience is aged 55 or older—these users are less likely to have social accounts. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 73

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By now you’ve probably started to hear rumblings about a new social network called Ello. Ello is a simple, ad-free, social network created in part as a response to the current business model of most networks like Facebook, which rely on users to sell advertising.

Iowa 78

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 8, 2023

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America 91

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. Perhaps the least understood advantage comes from Twitter’s follower model, which is asymmetric.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

Decentralised Social Networks: Blockchain-based social networks offer greater transparency and user control, addressing concerns associated with traditional social media platforms. Requests for Gaming Startups from A16Z’s Speedrun A16Z Games Speedrun invests in both gaming studios and technologies.

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