Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. How To Build a Web Startup – The Lean LaunchPad Edition. Use the Startup Tools Page as the resource for tool choices).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2010

Every time I see 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 couple of years ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. Seed viral activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. This is a variation on Internet radio, named from iPods and broadcasting. Streaming video. Podcasting.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

Community involvement can be an excellent way to get the name of your business out around the area, and have that name associated immediately with something positive. In exchange, most of the organizers of these events are happy to feature the company logo and mention the name of the business in press releases.

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Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

This is a variation on Internet radio, named from iPods and broadcasting. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. As entrepreneurs and business people, it behooves us all find and adopt changes which can improve our startup. People simply log on and listen. Crowdsourcing. Marty Zwilling.

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Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? What about other kinds of viral outreach?

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? How Do I Start?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you’re running a startup, working for one, or just considering turning an idea into a company, calling your work life “busy” is a severe understatement. Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Startup Example: Zappos. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 2 will be “ Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name ”. This bench at Cathedral Lawn is engraved with country domain names such as.uk,us,nz A bad domain name can sink you. The name needs to match the business. credit: Wikipedia)).

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Today’s Normalization.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

The father of “Growth Hacking” appears to be Sean Ellis who wrote this widely read post, “ Find a Growth Hacker for your Startup. His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of. Startup Advice'

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Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. He created his own domain and gave out email address with the name@chamillionaire.com nomenclature.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp. But if you were to replicate the product exactly, all those decisions are made for you. 8) Angry Birds.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. We first met Jamie when had had a startup called Simulscribe, which transcribed voicemail so you could read your messages rather than listen to them.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2011

It's a familiar story: a startup launches their beta. There's a spike in traffic and solid number of names and email addresses of interested people. The Viral Launch Page. And like many other startups, Easel implemented the viral sign-up page - something popularized by LaunchRock. But then what? And it has.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I came up with my business name Aging Youthful when the network marketing company I am involved with came out with a product for youthful aging.

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Naming Entrepreneur Social Media PR 107

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

Building trust is important for every business , but it’s even more essential for startups. Here is how you can use video to build client and consumer trust in your startup. The Early Stages of Promoting Your Startup. First of all — why video? explainer videos. and customer testimonials.

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

However, as someone who’s spent the past several years covering startups, I can tell you absolutely what not to do. That means avoiding a pitch to a software-centric publication about your biotech startup. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. If you don’t want to irritate a reporter, do not….

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Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. There is nothing viral! name your city]? Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Not really. Not at all.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

You can have all traction in the world—acquire, activate, and retain users, but until your startup earns money, you are doing charity work, not running a business. Even if you are just starting to consider building a SaaS startup , you’ve probably used products with either freemium pricing or a free trial. Choose wisely.

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Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. This term is currently applied to recent startups who profess a current valuation which exceeds $1 billion. Could your startup be the next one? Deep-dive meeting.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago. That company, which now has a client list of more than 200 companies and additional offices in the Philippines and New York, takes on the startup projects that Kayweb Angels selects. ); // Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. 9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList. AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. What is your viral coefficient?

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

As I get ready to launch my new startup Uncover , my team and I created a GitHub Issues List of what we need to check off. Complete Homepage copy: One of the pages we left for last – and I know many new startups do – is the copy for the homepage. I guess I'm setting myself up to get called out if I screw it up with my new startup.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Sales Reps May Not Work – [link]. You Name It: The Biggest [Blanks] in the World!

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it.

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Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Ever since Google started naming its algorithm updates after furry black and white creatures, we’ve been inundated with talks of pandas and penguins, and how they’re taking down websites one ranking at a time. Title Tags: Still put your most important keyword first in your title tag, but make sure you have your brand name in there, too.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

It’s important to constantly question traditional assumptions whenever new platforms arise, as it’s these disruptions which incumbents often fail to adopt, leaving room for innovative startups to spring ahead in new land-grab opportunities. So many commerce startups get it wrong – focusing on customers before community.”.

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Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Over the years, we’ve seen enough startups come and go (and rebrand and merge) to fill a volume with how and how not to develop and execute a logo for a web company. Learn more here.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Over the years, we’ve seen enough startups come and go (and rebrand and merge) to fill a volume with how and how not to develop and execute a logo for a web company. Learn more here.

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Web Design Social Media PHP 111

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. Such failures ignore the essential business elements investors look for before committing to a startup.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

Viral Video Marketing. Like any good song, your product not only needs a hook, but a melody to provide the ear-worm and make your work a household name. In our example, we take a look at the 2011 start-up Dollar Shave Club and their viral video “Our Blades Are F ing Great”. Put a name and face on your brand!

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Video Widget Software Review Entrepreneur 78

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Name dropping! Startup Recruiting 101: Strategies, Hacks & Don’ts – [link]. Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster?

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