Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

If your business doesn’t connect with your customers, individually and as a community, demanding customers will not only ignore you, but will actively keep other customers away. Funny videos and worthless give-aways won’t make your website go “viral” these days. Customize your interactions to meet unique customer needs.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

For those of us that have been working in the startup and technology space for at least the past 10 years, these addresses mean two things. Despite that data, we don’t compete in one of the largest opportunities (in terms of sheer number of people using the product) that the startup and technology world has to offer. 1 Hacker Way.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

Even as reports of a new viral outbreak in China started popping up during the first weeks of 2020, most people were slow to pay sufficient attention to the developing threat. In addition, Bill supported the Seattle Flu Study, which launched in 2019 to learn how the flu and other respiratory illnesses spread through local communities.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Build all of your own technology.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Robert believes in "the powerful idea of self-reliance and this idea that you should know how to take care of yourself, and your family, and your community." It really started to get the attention of the scientific community. As he explains, it also has "a diversified bottom line where it's not just about near-term profits.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Generic cam’s could never match the security use case as well as Ring could and when consumers went online or to a store to find our product the offering was very clear. Viral Adoption / Group Use Cases Jamie didn’t want to stop at a single household. Where you see cameras on Amazon and think “cool, but what would I really use it for?”

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. Great businesses can be built off this network, starting with matching talent and opportunity. we had no revenue.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Read each of the five posts that follow and click our entry form link to match the guest star with their post. He also offers a question-and-answer and learning community at ExploringSocialMedia.com. Jason Falls Jason Falls is a social media strategist, thinker, speaker and educator.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Tap into niche communities to further understand the questions your audience is asking. For example, Indie Hackers is a community full of entrepreneurs, makers, and marketers sharing their experiences and seeking advice: Take the insights gleaned from these communities to reverse engineer customer sentiment and pain-points.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

Try to match them in every aspect. Or, try product demos at community events such as festivals and fairs. If you have fewer posts but of a higher quality, it’s much more likely one of those posts will go viral and reach an exponentially larger group than you would reach if you had focused on quantity,” he says.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

The previous model was that each week they would set you up in a professional networking context with someone else in the industry, and they would get your profile and what your goals are and match you with somebody really interesting. It’s very much aligned with some really big technologically-driven shifts.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2019

The only blog post I had ever written went viral in 2014. Coming from over 12 years of corporate sales and over 100M+ in technology sales with the largest mobile operators in the world, I can say the daily challenges that I encounter as an entrepreneur cannot be matched. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), Have the colors and branding match your corporate identity. For example, on other platforms your audience could be 18 yr old technology lovers. Tap into YouTube Community / Media Platform. but commitment to uniqueness is inconsistent.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

Yet a failure to change the focus of marketing to match that evolution has undermined the core goal of reaching customers at the moments that most influence their purchases. One of my favorite examples of this is the design of viral loops. Most of the marketing community has accepted this and we see a huge surge of retargeting efforts.

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Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

He currently leads the implementation of innovative pedagogies, such as multidisciplinary project-based learning, digital literacy, educational technologies, and global citizenship education at the Aidi School Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Center in Beijing, China. We can’t get too hung up on one narrow model.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

August 20, 2011 by Lauren Drell 1 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. First, find an area that matches your companies needs and budget.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

It sure is nice to have your company name match your web address. Finding a name for a computer service company is hard, every techie term is taken, so we had to come up with some non related name to technology, and then checked to see if the domain was taken… We finally settled on Lynx, which sounds like Links… so it worked well.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2014

Communicate your goals. It’s important to make sure your video partner understands your objectives so that they can match you with the best crew for your project. When you have a clear picture of your audience, it’s easier to create an engaging video. Outline your challenges and main points.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. What is your viral coefficient? viral video. Mashable is the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. Focus on traction. video games.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Erica Swallow is a technology and lifestyle writer. For example, here is how a few of my favorite startups describe themselves: “ Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world online or from an iPhone.” viral video. 10 Essential PR Tips for Startups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2016

Referral Marketing – This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Influencer Marketing – This includes the practice of building relationships with individuals and outlets that can influence pre-established communities. Better automation and follow-up. Step 1: Discover.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Instead, it tends to emphasize vibrant communities of scholarship and learning, stimulating atmospheres of intellectual inquiry, enduring commitments to academic excellence. To do this, we need to apply new technologies to the primary tool of traditional certification, the diploma. Then, paper diplomas began to appear. But they are.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Also, when you check keyword search volumes, it’s best to make sure you check “Exact match&# instead of “Broad match&# (the default). Aaron Wall, SEO Book Add a free feature which is accessible, useful, and spreads virally. Plan a bit of post-launch viral content.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. For that, I’m truly sorry.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

I covered various definitions previously on VC Cafe in “ A very short peek into the Metaverse “ The term metaverse doesn’t describe one specific technology, but rather the way we interact with technology. This adds up to substantial potential economic value for the metaverse.

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Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 9, 2017

Hope and pray people will be amazed by the post and start sharing it like crazy so the content piece goes “viral”. Choose 10-15 keywords with fairly high search volume and matches the context of your site. Share it on their other social media platforms with little to no followers. Yeah, you could win, but the odds aren’t in your favor.

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