1999 Books Founder Viral 
abovethecrowd.com
OCTOBER 17, 2013
The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Having read the majority of Peter Lynch’s investment books, I knew not to ignore the overwhelmingly positive feedback from our team. Even those that started skeptically came back enthused.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad.
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abovethecrowd.com
JUNE 2, 2021
Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). The founders, the CEO, the CFO, the executives, the employees, and the venture investors. I don’t think so.
Sophia Perl of Wisdom
AUGUST 27, 2011
Today, I went to an event in the city of Campbell to hear Matt Mickiewicz, Founder of SitePoint, Flippa, and 99Designs, talk about how he got started. Pick up a book on sales and negotiating. You can get more sign-ups using viral techniques. He said CrowdSpring actually did a contest on 99Designs for its logo.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Richard Branson’s recently released book Screw Business as Usual outlines how conscious capitalism can also be good for the bottom line.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 25, 2012
We as marketers operate in an industry obsessed with content that is “buzzwothy”, “viral”, and all other sorts of names that aim to describe a single scenario: getting people to talk about your business. In it, he outlines the six buttons you need to push to get people talking… every single time.
crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 5, 2011
In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. Williams currently is the founder and CEO of her interior design firm “V Starr Interiors,&# has her own fashion line and is a part-owner of the Miami Dolphins NFL franchise. Venus Williams. an operator of roller hockey rinks. Photo: Håkan Dahlström.
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