2014 Distribution Networking Social Network 
The Next Web
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Zappos has found great success by keeping social media responsibilities horizontal and flexible. Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 31, 2015
Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 30, 2014
Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app that mashes up existing technology derived from early social-networking applications. Mashup probably reminds senior leaders of a train wreck, and social networking is still seen by many business executives as a frivolous waste of time.
Mucker Lab
OCTOBER 12, 2016
It’s actually hard to find an investment thesis that was hot in 2014 that hasn’t had a corresponding disillusionment today. Normal distributions do not exist; standard deviations are meaningless. Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Yes, distributions to LPs have been pushed out a few years but the value capture in privates by the best VC firms (and best LPs) has been enormous. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. trillion in value. As a result the best companies grow faster than any time in human history.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 30, 2015
Are Paid Content Distribution Platforms Cost Effective? Social and Guest Blogger Networks. Social media is becoming an increasingly pay-to-play environment, especially on Facebook. Buffer, a popular social media sharing tool, leveraged a guest network to generate millions in revenues. CPC: $0.25–$0.30.
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