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“Imposter Syndrome” is Definitely Misnamed, Might Be a Condition of Privilege, & Has a Fascinating History

Hunter Walker

Particularly charming was this reminder of how things went ‘viral’ before the Internet. They wrote that women in their sample were particularly prone to “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness,” living in perpetual fear that “some significant person will discover that they are indeed intellectual impostors.”

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11 LinkedIn Posting Tips to Get Viral on LinkedIn

ReadWriteStart

11 LinkedIn Posting Tips to Get Viral on LinkedIn. Yeah, you have a post that has the potential to go viral, and then also human editors will come in. That makes it a lot easier for your reader to read it; though it feels lighter and definitely on mobile, it will make a huge difference. Why is this going well?

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Founder : Umm. I'm never trying to embarrass someone.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. Later in this post, I'll talk about some of the downside of how they've made this viral. I'll explore a few of the social interactions that help with viral growth.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

Instead, I want to look at how they've integrated themselves with Facebook and particularly how they engage users to help viral spread. Later in this post, I'll talk about some of the downside of how they've made this viral. I'll explore a few of the social interactions that help with viral growth.

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The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business

Version One Ventures

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.