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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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And global. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. Build a Global Business. I know it should go without saying that in 2013 you should be thinking about building a global business. But distribution is now unlimited. Time independent.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. There are 20x more consumers online. thank you to Kidlandia for the chart].

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

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It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. The song spread globally. He was fine with the bootleg – it helped build and audience and helped him globalize. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses. This was in the 90′s.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

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Aziz: RIM has over 300,000 registered developers globally. RIM has over 67 million subscribers to-date, which makes it easy for any developer to build an application for a global market. During the launch of Blackberry 7, RIM executives mentioned that Southeast Asia is a key market for developing applications. Can you elaborate?

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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We spend a lot of time trying to get people focused on building products that have viral components and why that has to be measured and constantly tested. I tell people that they need to blog about their industry to drive customers and not blog to their egos to drive their peer group to their blogs.

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Be Shareable

YoungUpstarts

by Tim Staples and Josh Young, co-authors of “ Break Through the Noise: The Nine Rules to Capture Global Attention “ I’d blown it. On the other side of the door was Cristiano Ronaldo, the global soccer superstar and one of the most famous people in the world. Going Viral. And he had just kicked me out.

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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 simple enough to be self-service). 10/mo means people see you as a cheap version of something else, but still expect a phone number. Think: GoDaddy).