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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.

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Are Google-Scale Outcomes More Frequent? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

As a result of a convergence of many factors (lean startup methodology, broadband & smartphone penetration, social web, cloud computing, etc), breakout startups are clearly getting scale faster than they used to. Multi-billion dollar valuations for late stage startups like Dropbox, et al. Filed under Uncategorized.

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9 Things That Tell You To Pivot

YoungUpstarts

One of the great benefits of a startup is their ability to be agile and adapt quickly to a changing environment. It now has a multi-billion dollar valuation. According to the Lean Startup , there are 10 different types of Pivot. You no longer feel passionate about your product. The Different Ways Your Business Can Pivot.

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Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Agile is a Sham- [link]. Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link].