Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

CTO, VP of HR) in the customer organization. And often, enhanced business services – such as custom product development or professional installation and consulting – are involved to complete the sale. These acts can often be start of a viral growth curve in the enterprise.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) Its common to find a hacker at the heart of almost any successful technology company. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Suffice to say, most of the hackers Ive known have been men. Guess what?

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? As a developer, I feel that design/creative is undervalued in the early stages of product development. Notwithstanding examples like Plentyofish, people respond to well designed, well branded products, and that can be important in getting traction early on.

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