mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members. Brenton Gieser , Be Social Change. Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. This helps companies bond with customers and provide customer service, and is a much easier and faster solution than building your own system.

Azure 74

Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Hacked Zappos Customers: Beware Phishing Scams. How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy. Unfortunately, the web is ripe with sites that offer social implementations that miss the mark. The only way to accurately find out which of these networks and identity providers should be offered is through testing.

Technical Review 78

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. in place before you expand.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

It’s based largely on my personal experience naming several tech products as well as the themes I’ve noticed in great startup names. Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Often you assume your customer is the same as you — sees the problem the same way, wants to solve it your way, and wants to pay for it. Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. But this isn’t the case.

Programming 86

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

David Schoenbach is vice president of product management at Exadel Inc. There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. It’s where social user-generated content sits, where forward-thinking creators place their tools. Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

For the majority of the naming process, you’ll be iterating on two steps: creating a list of words that are related to your product or service, as well as creating permutations of these words to determine the final name. Example : Pinterest, Etsy product search, Google image search. Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

Startup 79

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). . .

Technical Review 78

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

What’s the first thing you want a customer to think in regard to your business? After all, what good is word-of-mouth if your customer tells a friend, “You really should look up my caterer for your next event. Adding this qualifier instantly tells potential customers what your business is all about. Set the tone. SkareMedia.

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Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

LaunchRock gives startups a turnkey solution for a custom coming soon page that allows users to sign up for updates and share the fact that they did so. Buzz Is Great, But Substance Matters Most In the end, if a startup’s product sucks, it doesn’t matter if it has four users or 4 million when it launches. Build it, and they will come.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Mobile websites that aren’t optimized for touch or for larger screens can make customers confused, and again, unlikely to purchase.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” GLIIF’s initial offering includes a brand-able and blend-able custom encrypted image at a low cost of entry, pre re-direction marketing services and full analytics. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It is a social network (like Facebook). Once you master step one… graduate to the next level, aim for the large possible global audience that is relevant for your products/services/mission. Take your existing help videos from your support site or trainings or the CD you bundle with your product, and put them on YouTube.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. How many customers have signed up to your service? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Good.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. If your startup is in that boat, it’s really not a matter of figuring out how to pitch your company — instead, you may want to consider improving your product before hitting the pavement. Customize Your Pitches.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

LevelUp uses payment as a checkin, presenting merchants the opportunity to reward loyal customers. Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. dog products ? Productivity Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

New York City 83

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Greg Golkin, co-founder of the in-the-works social learning platform ThinkBinder, takes working from home to a new level — he lives with his coworker, Dave Lee. Having their own office space really enables the various departments to communicate and work together to improve zozi and the customer experience.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Corporate VCs open the door to their parent companies and are well networked in their industries. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. A number of analysts have particular focus on serving the customers of technology companies, e.g., Gartner and 451 Research. Cobalt helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Today Cloze has started to talk more publicly about their funding and also is starting to open their product more broadly. Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. I hope you’ll have an opportunity to check out Cloze’s product.

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. What does that mean? Not so on Twitter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2017

When virtually all of your customers are spending their waking hours reading, searching for, and sharing content online, it makes total sense for you to write and publish content online. However, writing content to market your products or services online isn’t quite the same as copywriting for an ad. 1 Begin with your customer.

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Social Media Syndicate Syndication Matching 67

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2015

This is the primary reason that businesses try so hard to encourage and enable their customers to write reviews about your offerings. By creating relevant content that can be syndicated across multiple platforms, companies like yours can leverage significant marketing opportunities. YouTube Reviews.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

The way the investor thinks about it is that, if you can’t figure out your way to network your way to [an investor],… then you’re unlikely to be able to network your way into hiring a great team, or network your way into selling your product to customers. (at Tip #2: Hustle and Build Your Network.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Founder Investment Bankers 63

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 22, 2016

However, PR professionals who manage to rise about this superstition quickly learn that social media such as blogs and networking platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and the rest – are a cost-effective and efficient way to get your message out there without it always appearing as a marketing effort. So what’s the trick?

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