A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Your product is designed with natural tripwires to trigger other pricing ( Freemium model ), or not (business model left as an exercise to your future self). Marketing and sales spend is nil, so there has to be a reason it spreads by word of mouth, ideally virally as a natural result of using the product itself. $10/mo Think: GoDaddy).

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

Customer Development 228

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 228

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Dev & Design Highlights. Top From Our Partners. Design Lists. Web Design. viral video. viral videos. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

They are not looking to benefit by partnering with your company. They’re looking to benefit by partnering with companies like yours. Similarly, designing an iOS-­friendly app cost us a lot of developers’ hours, but hasn’t gotten traction so far. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality. Have an account? LaunchRock gives startups a turnkey solution for a custom coming soon page that allows users to sign up for updates and share the fact that they did so.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Social Network 94

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. Series A round. For Meebo 1.3%

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago. Have an account? Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Based on proven neuroscience “brain plasticity,” its product is designed to improve the learning ability of elementary school children and has particular value with under-prepared children, including those with ADHD.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Social Media 86

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Dev & Design Highlights. Top From Our Partners. Design Lists. Web Design. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized). All Stories. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. Web Video Roundup. Today in Mobile. Announcements.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

If you’re targeting new markets, you might need to partner with a third-party data company, like Snowflake , to learn about your potential customers. Obsessing over going viral. Creative agency founder Dan Kelsall has helped many of his clients go viral. In most cases, viral posts generated less demand.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Also make sure that you’re communicating well with any web developers or designers you hire. Have appropriate expectations, listen to the professionals in your employ and don’t micro-manage a design or development project. Let developers develop, designers design and you - do your own business.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

There was a backlash against the Plaxo spamming yet it paved the way for everybody who came after them to get users to drive viral adoption and we’d throw up our arms and say, “oh boy, here goes another social network that my friends are going to spam me about&# mentality that made it acceptable for everybody who came afterward.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Engagement isn’t just about putting on a good face for your customers and business partners. Gamification involves adding elements of game design to activities not usually associated with recreation. by Josh Fechter , co-founder and CEO of Squibler. Why keep employees engaged? Get Into Gamification.

Employee 147

Employee Technology Cofounder Viral 147

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

13 Halloween-Themed Facebook Timeline Designs [PICS]. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. What is your viral coefficient? Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners. Dev & Design Highlights. Trending Stories. November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

SCORE.org A resource partner with the U.S. COMEDIVA, a web production company developing a female-driven video comedy site, is searching for that multi-talented web developer / designer / SEO guru who can handle. View More » Dev & Design Snoop Dogg-Approved Dummy Text: Lorizzle New Adobe Suite Helps Publishers Crea.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. Mike Bosch. Very good Diagrammatic Presentation. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe in a reader.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iPhone , Android and more. Have an account? Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. Sourcebits has engineered over 200 apps to date, with plenty more to come.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

From a technical standpoint, in addition to being a skilled programmer, the CTO should have a background in architecture and database design. Have an account? The CTO should always be looking for a better way to do things and inspiring the developers to do the same. David Schnurman , Lawline.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Dev & Design Highlights. Top From Our Partners. Design Lists. Beepl Adds a Personalized Twist to Q&A. Top Related Stories. Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION]. 9 Comments. or Twitter. Craig Ferrara.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

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. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Some designers also hate optimizing (which is why the “41 shades of blue&# test is so famous – a famous designer claims to have quit over it ). After you’ve spent months on a painstaking new design, who wants to be told what color blue to use? It takes some getting used to for most designers, though.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Lean Metrics Design 154

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Design courtesy of Ashley Cecil. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 12:17 PM. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. No comments: Post a Comment. Older Post. Subscribe in a reader.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

When you’re creating a name, remember you’re putting together syllables — a good design is going to be about pleasing contrasts between consonants and vowels, and consonants themselves,” says Johnson. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. But don’t get intimidated by the linguistics-speak.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

When inspiration strikes, it’s all too tempting to start envisioning your company logo, web design, signage, business cards, etc. Is Your Child Ready to Design Google’s Next Doodle? Design Galaxie. Dev & Design Highlights. Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad. More Stories in Business.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device com. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa. Lady Gaga Hits 1 Billion Views on You. Netflix Tests Streaming-Only Subscrip.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75