Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. There is no substitute for market research to confirm that your passion matches a real need in the market. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Match with competitor prices and market demographics. Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. Estimate your costs, including a 50 percent gross margin, as a lower bound on a price. Products too expensive for the market won’t succeed, and prices too low will leave you exposed.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Choose at least a network or two that match your business’ current scale in addition to starting aspirational presences on obvious services like Facebook and Twitter. With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Their approval is the most important – and most tenuous – social capital.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

3 Insights for Creating Viral Content written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. From brand awareness to driving organic traffic to lead generation, tailoring your content to match your objectives is a must for ensuring your content doesn’t add to the noise by fulfilling the needs of your audience. About the Author.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Often you can't tell if something like a search engine or matching algorithm is really going to have better results until you use it. " In Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Startup Founder , I mentioned that before you build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), you need to be really clear on your purpose. Results of Algorithms.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Seth is one of those truly descent human beings that you meet occasionally in this industry whose earnestness on camera is matched by his behavior off camera. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. We both agreed that, with all things being equal, cultural match is must.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Generic cam’s could never match the security use case as well as Ring could and when consumers went online or to a store to find our product the offering was very clear. Viral Adoption / Group Use Cases Jamie didn’t want to stop at a single household. Where you see cameras on Amazon and think “cool, but what would I really use it for?”

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VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Attractive Consumer Opportunities in 2025 and Beyond While there hasn’t been a blockbuster IPO for consumer tech companies (mobile apps, B2C model startups) that matches the scale of Uber, Airbnb, Roblox, DoorDash, or Unity over the past 5 years, it feels like the momentum for consumer tech is rapidly changing.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2012

It’s far more complicated right now to keep a bad experience from hurting your business, viral marketing can fire back. Use subjects that are popular with your own users: pet images or funny ones are always popular, but cannot match any company. Don’t neglect the copy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Match with competitor prices and market demographics. Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. Estimate your costs, including a 50 percent gross margin, as a lower bound on a price. Products too expensive for the market won’t succeed, and prices too low will leave you exposed.

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Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Matching Algorithms. By using connection-matching algorithms to introduce business owners based on value, as defined by them, you can solve this problem. Most people shy away from answering or deflect when their boss acts, “Why can’t we create a video like Dollar Shave Club and go viral?”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

When the Google Arts and Culture app released a feature in January that matches a selfie to a famous work of art, it didn’t take long for the doppelganger game to go viral. And Google says it’s time to get SSL certified. Be Transparent About Collecting User Data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. There is no substitute for market research to confirm that your passion matches a real need in the market. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. There is no substitute for market research to confirm that your passion matches a real need in the market. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base.

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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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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

However, few channels can match video content as the best medium to display a company’s competence and expertise that will let you in to your customer’s hearts. Videos are viral in nature, and within the right marketing strategy, they can spread through the internet like wildfire.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok even has its own viral hashtag: #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt , which is a one-stop shop for the weird and wonderful products brands sell on the platform. By encouraging user-generated content (UGC), this type of ad more than any other has the potential to make your brand or product viral. Choose a campaign that matches your objective.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2025

When you know that, you can make sure your marketing matches. You can even use eye-catching lip sync AI to get your message across, which is sure to stand out and perhaps even go viral if its engaging and entertaining.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

The name needs to match the business. Keyword rich domain names get a considerable boost in search rankings; an exact match is even better. Just purchasing an Exact Match Domain name is not enough.”. You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 29, 2013

From here, determine a lead magnet that would best match the intent of the page. Your offer hasn’t quite matched up with their immediate needs. Viral/ Emotional State. The search queries and links visitors click to get to these pages give you very valuable insight as to your visitors state of being. image credit.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Simply fill out a profile about yourself and your goals, and then search the mentor profiles that match your needs. More than 1,000 matches have been made to date. If your selected mentor agrees that they’re a good fit, you can exchange contact information and start learning from each other. What will you find here?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2021

So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. Intellectual property is tough. Sophisticated search engines.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Another repeated mistake is attacking verticals where a satisfactory supplier “match” end’s the customer’s need to re-enter the market in search of an alternative. When this experience delta is great enough, it creates “wow” moments for new users.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Mistake #2: Using the Default Match Type Next, enter your term and hit “search.&# “Oh man, 27,100 people per month search for antidisestablishmentarianism. You don’t want broad match… you want exact match. Maybe we can’t rely on our freemium, advertising-based, viral revenue model, though.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok. The first step is to have a domain name that matches your business name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The best potential fire starters have the eyes and ears of people who closely match your ideal base. Every marketer throws around the word “content,” but few have mastered the art and science of creating useful, thought-provoking, and viral content. Nurture these relationships, and provide generous value to them in return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You must use self-promotion early and often through viral videos, blogging, and industry leadership, to establish credibility with your customers. I have worked with several new business owners who were convinced that no one could match their offering, only to be surprised by how fast competitors appeared.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

There are plenty of resources available from the big recruiting firms right down to the alumni websites and it is important that where you post the job is a good match to the person you are looking for. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Find the right venue to list or post.

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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. It doesn’t matter how smart or experienced people are, if they don’t match your style it’ll never work.

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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. Its targeting allows recruiters to go after specific job titles or companies that are a potential match. As Seinfeld said , “There is no such thing as an attention span. Stay on brand.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

They can message each other privately or choose to follow particular people whose interests match their own. Pros: You can search for students whose locations and skill sets match up with your company. Cofoundr This simple forum is intended to help entrepreneurs build teams and solicit advice from a pool of like-minded people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity. Pick the right platform for your business.

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2013

Pre-click message (what the ad says) needs to match post-click message (what people see after they click on the ad). has to match the look and feel of your main site. “Add social sharing buttons so your landing page can go viral!” High five! #5 5 There’s no scent. It all depends on your goals and brand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. In these examples I was selling enterprise software where the vocab matched perfectly.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 24, 2021

Match the right content type that makes sense for them. Despite the stories of a sudden “viral” response that takes the Internet by storm, 99 percent of successful sites rely on hard work that consists of linking, back-linking and networking. By keeping your sight on the forest you won’t get stuck in the weeds.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

It has to continue to evolve to match against the native apps. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! But the webapps will prevail in the end. May 24, 2011 03:36:25 Reply 0 Flag this comment kevatron Follow Some interesting comments.

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