thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. As the world “stabilized” into a new reality post 2008 crash, there was a realization that there has to be a better way of doing business, that we collectively can no longer sacrifice everything in pursuit of profit.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
On a panel that I sat on with Ron in LA in 2008 he stated that there were no circumstances in which the founder should take money off of the table. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I already had this argument with Ron Conway and we disagree on the topic.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Building a Better Product.
Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
APRIL 20, 2010
Although I had been developing softwares since 1999, it was the first time I could think of an idea, write the application, publish it online and virally reach thousands of people! Facebook has allowed me to find an audience to my creativity. well, millions actually) Basically, it is Facebook that turned me into an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 19, 2010
In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. In 2004 I began blogging.
ConversionXL
DECEMBER 9, 2013
In a separate study done by viral content agency Fractl , they showed participants 30 of the top 100 images on Reddit, asking them to look at the image, then to the corresponding emotion on Robert Plutchik’s Wheel Of Emotion. 1999) – 300,000+ customers. image sources. image source. 1998) – 120,000+ customers.
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