Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Actually, building and nurturing the right team is the hard part, requiring communication, hiring, and leadership. That first burst of customers via word-of-mouth or a viral video won’t sustain your growth. Even the best solutions require marketing to survive.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

someone asked specifically about this) Hiring a CTO for Your Startup Founder / Developer Gap I've spent a lot of time on the Startup Founder Developer Gap and knowing what you need in terms of a Startup CTO or Developer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One of the harsh realities for most product entrepreneurs is that they have deal with hiring and firing as their company grows, and they have no experience or idea where to start. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Staffing Professional. Administrative Professional.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

Ok not boom overnight… but over the course of a few months the org started to be more data driven, because analysts we hired produced analysis. Let's go look at some tools… Measuring "Invisible Virality": Tynt. Goes viral. Invisible Virality. That fed a virtuous cycle. More analysts. You matter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a long time ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. Seed viral activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. Recruit the best team members and provide incentives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. Recruit the best team members and provide incentives.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

So rather than hiring a VP Marketing [to establish a strategic marketing plan, build and manage the marketing team, manage outside vendors, etc.] I recommend hiring or appointing a growth hacker.” If you can’t do this, nothing else really matters.

Technical Review 384

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We hear all the time about the importance of hiring the right people and the expanding universe of advice can be overwhelming; hire slow and fire fast, only hire the “right&# candidate; ask probing questions; check all references; blah blah blah. So to start, here’s why hiring sucks: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. Recruit the best team members and provide incentives.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

They qualify every initiative with, “well this didn’t prove viral adoption last time so I don’t expect a silver bullet this time.” Many still put in the hours but you can see the stress in their eyes and hear it in their voices. ” Sometimes the silver bullet does come. Often it doesn’t. Confidence.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

But if you just want a website for your business and you have no coding experience, hiring a web developer becomes your only option. Fortunately, there are many reputable firms that specialize in UI design that you can hire to do all the design work for you. Misconception #2: Once Your Website Is Launched, It Will Instantly Go Viral.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

More often than not, hiring managers rely on trusted recommendations and evaluate applicants based on tangible things they have accomplished. GitHub shows hiring managers what they have accomplished. It’s a Long-Term Investment - It’s highly unlikely your first, second, third, or 50th post will “go viral.” And it paid off.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2019

The year was 2015 and my company, Shareability, had already been behind some of the biggest viral hits of the past few years. Maybe it was seeing the stony faces of the six ex-Mossad agents that we had hired to secure the plaza in the event something went wrong. Going Viral. But when Ronaldo arrived on set, something changed.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

If you choose not to hire a professional web developer for your site design, consider some of the business websites that you have visited as a customer. Building a professional website, user-friendly site is a somewhat more complicated undertaking, but is absolutely crucial for any business wishing to operate in the digital world.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

If this channel works, you can later hire other folks to join you. Your CAC minimum needs to be in the $500 to $3,000 ballpark, depending on where you plan to hire your sales team and what kind of traction you get through the channel. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Every business takes time to scale and penetrate a market due to organizational growth, hiring, training, brand building and customer adoption. Hire helpers in lieu of people who are smarter than you. Hire people who can train you rather than ones you need to train. Hire slow and fire fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

There is nothing viral! Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

8220; His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer - Tony Wright dot com , September 14, 2010 “We are not UI experts but do know when we see a good design.&#.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Therefore, if you want to bring an MVP ( Minimum Viable Product ) to market, Werdelin approximates that you’ll need $50,000 to $250,000 , depending on the skill sets of the developers and designers you hire. Of course, if you’re hiring an agency, you’re probably looking at 1.5 8) Angry Birds. million plus overhead.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. How many people would we need to hire? How many adds came through organic SEO? How many through affiliate deals? How many through SEM? Do you have a customer referral program? If so, make sure you can track which leads come from this. What would that take?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation. Hiring The Right Candidate. After all, virality often tends to be based on ideas that are new to the public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Too many entrepreneurs put all their resources in one big make-or-break effort they can’t measure, or they count on word-of-mouth and viral marketing, which are totally unpredictable. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. Recruit the best team members and provide incentives.

Forecast 161

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2012

According to a study from Reppler, 90% of recruiters and hiring managers will visit a candidate’s profile on a social network in order to screen the candidate, and often (69%), recruiters will reject candidates based on what they’ve found, making social media an incredibly valuable tool for the recruiting industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

One of the harsh realities for most product entrepreneurs is that they have deal with hiring and firing as their company grows, and they have no experience or idea where to start. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Staffing Professional. Administrative Professional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

One of the harsh realities for most product entrepreneurs is that they have deal with hiring and firing as their company grows, and they have no experience or idea where to start. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade. Staffing Professional. Administrative Professional.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Social Media LLC 120

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW. How to hire – crowdspring.co/15u6LKW. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. 1btE4oF. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Sales Reps May Not Work – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – [link].

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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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Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Hiring of Kevin Rose by Google sends all the wrong signals to Silicon Valley – [link]. Manufacturers Are Hurting Themselves by the Way They Hire – [link]. Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. How Y Combinator Started – [link]. Name dropping! Crosses The Line – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Spoiler: You can’t hire out sales because in the early days it’s about learning, not selling, and hired guns can’t bring back bad news. It’s as big of a deal as getting your viral loop working — it’s how you’re going to acquire customers at scale. It takes time to get the roadmap solid.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

What you might lose in the power of search and virality, you gain in the additional ways users will interact with you. They’ve met some great developer hires and are cranking away to launch new features for the TechCrunch Disrupt in SF—quite fitting given where they started.

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