Cofounder Finland Media Viral 
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. If you’re starting a new media company, does it make sense to charge from day one?
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. keep iterating until its 1.1 before you launch.
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Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 24, 2020
When co-founders Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko realized their work was applicable to a coronavirus vaccine, too, they changed direction immediately. I grew up in Finland. And then co-founded Helix Nano Technologies, or HelixNano, which I am now the CEO of. HelixNano was founded to develop cancer vaccines.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 7, 2008
Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your launch is not immediately successful, you quickly fall into oblivion. On the App Store, the same dynamic is in play.
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