Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
There is nothing viral! Local politicians wanting to see local job creation rather than jobs at tech firms all migrating to San Francisco should be heartened. Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco? Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects!
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.
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View from Seed
MARCH 22, 2016
And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. Offer reporters an exclusive on the successful, viral campaign that got you there, or a behind-the-scenes look at what your product does and how you’ll deliver on this huge campaign’s promises. Pitch late. The operative word in “news” is “new.”
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. If you are building a large, viral, ad-support consumer internet property, you just want to go big! They’re off to cross the chasm. As soon as possible!&#
Steve Blank
APRIL 20, 2021
There are two viable growth engines for tech companies: Viral, or “inherently viral” growth: Customers either intentionally or unintentionally recruit new customers by using your product. Social platforms use intentional virality; this occurs when users get a more fulfilling experience as more of their friends join the same platform.
mashable.com
JULY 18, 2012
The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.
View from Seed
AUGUST 30, 2016
First: They’re all based in California, and more specifically, in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Menlo Park, respectively. Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. How do you create an infinite loop?
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