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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Except they won’t be called Product Managers.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude.

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Blogging is the new resume: Why less is not always more

The Next Web

The open platform showcases candidates’ creations, free to inspect and critique. Well-kept GitHub profiles exemplify one’s breadth and expertise in various programming languages and their contributions to open source and side projects, exemplify programmers’ eagerness to create. That’s a lot better than telling in a resume.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

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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Twitter Link Roundup #53 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A brief history: 35 years of open source software – [link]. New OK Go Video – White Knuckles (Have these guys mastered full-proof viral videos?) – [link]. Apple has modest share of mobil market but lion’s share of profits – [link]. Guess What? Programmers can #JFDI it too! – [link].

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

mashable.com

Open Source Lists. viral video. viral videos. Mashable is a leading source for news, information and resources for the Connected Generation. Identity Lists. iPhone Resource Lists. Jobs Lists. Maps Lists. Mobile Lists. Moms and Family Resource Lists. Money and Finance Lists. Movie Lists. Music Lists. MySpace Lists.

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Twitter Link Roundup #51 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

There, I Said It: Screw Viral Videos – [link]. The Case For Open-Source Design: Can Design By Committee Work? Marketing Is About Values – [link]. Learning About Marketing Through Physics – [link]. Apple’s Pricing Decoys – [link]. How do colors affect purchases? nice infographic) – [link].