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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

Both Sides of the Table

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards.

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.

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The Ascent of Q&A as Community

Venture Chronicles

Q&A communities have become grown in popularity in recent years with consumer and business offerings being developed at a blistering pace and established players emerging with their own offerings. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks. Search and Q&A are Different.

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.

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Entrepreneurship and Loneliness

Reid Hoffman

You’ve convinced an entire community to jump off the cliff with you. But even more terrifying is the fact that you’ve convinced an entire community of people you care about to throw themselves off the cliff with you. I also believe that one of the techniques that is underused in Silicon Valley is engaging a team coach.

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Twitter Link Roundup #111 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

SEO Still Beats Social Media for Small-Biz Marketing – [link]. Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. So much excess in hiring by Silicon Valley startups. Nearly 50% of surveyed retail shoppers use social networks – [link].

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

conversionxl.com

By the end of this article, you should have a better understanding of how to develop new products or tweak your existing offerings by working with existing or prospective customers to incorporate their feedback to create viable solutions to their problems, and clearly communicate their value. So What is Customer Development?