Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. Is the game over?

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Obsessing over going viral. Creative agency founder Dan Kelsall has helped many of his clients go viral. Curious about the impact of virality on revenue, he dug into demand generation campaign data. In most cases, viral posts generated less demand. Stage 5: Maximize your content’s ROI with well-oiled distribution.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

These days, it’s less an issue of creating a technology stack and more about creating the ‘experience layer’ on top, the interface that makes a product relevant and intuitive for people to use while quickly demonstrating its value.”. Fifteen years ago, starting a business was primarily a technology problem. 8) Angry Birds.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

I covered various definitions previously on VC Cafe in “ A very short peek into the Metaverse “ The term metaverse doesn’t describe one specific technology, but rather the way we interact with technology. billion crypto fund, went particularly viral as Marc struggled to articulate the use case for Web3.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They include introducing new products, including social proof in traditional marketing campaigns, building advocates outside one’s traditional fan base (eg a high-tech car like Audi A8 and technology influencers), fundraising for nonprofits, coupons for high score influencers, prioritizing customer service responses and more.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

And three, I was an early employee of Swell Radio, a “Pandora for podcast” app which personalized spoken-word audio streams for users — Swell was ultimately acquired by a “large consumer technology company” and eventually retired as an app. market by launching in connection with Facebook viral invites? Remember Stitcher?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Too many entrepreneurs look for that one magic bullet -- an exciting new technology, perhaps, or their own determination to make the world a better place -- to override any shortcomings in their startup model. Product distribution or service delivery. Physical products often require access to existing distribution channels.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Financial companies need to deliberately incorporate these digital technologies into their financial PR campaigns to stay current, making sure that communications reach and resonate with target audiences. Furthermore, upholding integrity amid viral trends and clickbait culture requires strong ethical fortitude.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. The Power of the Individual: This was the year that the individual, amplified by technology platforms, became empowered to rise against oppressions both large and small.

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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.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

The way content is consumed and created has changed – mobile, itunes, youtube and the convergence of old media (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines) as vehicles to distribute new media, or simply replaced by new media, has everyone scrambling to become multi-disciplinary online media producers. The Infographic. The Mega How-To.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

She describes a new generation of entrepreneurs that is highly collaborative, quick and alert when it comes to new technologies, and hell-bent on changing the world in general. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Focus on your core competency. Examine every cost center in your business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

by Justin Beegel, CEO of Infographic World and the author of “ Infographics For Dummies “ The evolution of technology and the rapidly changing landscape of social media has made life interesting and difficult for marketing and advertising executives. Here are five tips for creating an infographic that will go viral and global: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Over time if you produce compelling content you can package it up and repurpose it to distribute through other channels. You know you want to.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 5, 2011

Guest Bloggers can distribute content for free. A complete resource of several web programming technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL… Why? TextLinkAds is a marketplace where advertisers look for publishers that are related to their products/services. Advertisers also buy ads for back-linking purposes here. Nice deal Why?

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

I was publishing quite a bit of original research about bias in workplace documents like performance reviews and job posts, a bunch of it went viral, and I got to know a lot of people who eventually became Textio customers. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

I think some of this stems from the early days of Twitter when it was presumed that it was a technology to tell people what you ate for lunch. They had a lock on “distribution&# and were named AOL, Yahoo!, Twitter resurfaces things and can drive old content viral. Twitter has become application distribution.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Opportunity for Technology to Add Value. In many marketplaces, the technology offering greatly enhances the user experience. They have overlaid this data with maps and search technology that provide remarkable richness to the home buyer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If its part of a viral loop, its probably trying to get them to invite more friends (on average). How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. But in my experience this is not useful most of the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

The best startups also see these as opportunities for brand recognition and viral marketing, to simultaneously benefit people and boost the bottom line. Markets are now hyper-connected, where communications technology and rapid transportation link all citizens of the world together. Stakeholder power. Globalization. Be there.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. In most states, an LLC or Corporation must settle its debts before any distributions can be made to members. viral video. Return Cash Reserves to Owners.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

Don’t copy the style of a popular video (especially a “viral” one) if you’re trying to drive home your unique value proposition or establish your brand. The B2B video examples below were distributed on LinkedIn or other social channels, as well as YouTube. As Seinfeld said , “There is no such thing as an attention span. Stay on brand.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. Vested Technology spent $17k on their MVP. Prior to his role at Vested Technology, co-founder and CEO Akash Srivastava worked on Wall Street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers. You must use self-promotion early and often through viral videos, blogging, and industry leadership, to establish credibility with your customers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 5, 2022

I must say that if your organization has not yet started using digital technology, wait no longer. In order to better understand your customer's journey, technology can be utilized. Specifically, I plan on putting out one study per quarter that I'll send out to reporters and hopefully get viral coverage on social media.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Like many small companies with limited marketing budgets, we are forced to work with the resources at hand, so creativity, partnering approaches, social media, and viral efforts tend to be our stock in trade. a cutting-edge technology that no on else offers? Or right here on the good ol’ Internets? a luxury brand?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. The availability of low-cost technology is just one piece of the puzzle. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A more effective approach can be flipping the sequence so that significant decisions happen first and technology makes it easy to adjust agenda layouts accordingly. Technology enables them access to the right information at the right time. at the beginning,” placing the more significant decisions toward the end of meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green,” or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Word-of-mouth and viral marketing are popular terms these days, but are rarely adequate to initiate a new business. Distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Most startups these days use one of three primary growth engines: the viral, sticky, and paid growth models. In sales terminology, the mechanism by which a company delivers it product to customers is called the sales channel or distribution channel. Technology pivot. Channel pivot.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. Unless you have the most viral, sticky product ever,” Woodhead noted, “there’s a bit of ‘coming over the hill’ with analytics, and you hope for a soft landing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Word-of-mouth and viral marketing are popular terms these days, but are rarely adequate to initiate a new business. Distribution.

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