Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2011

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a couple of years ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. Develop viral content.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Any other kind of viral outreach? Are there specs?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Any other kind of viral outreach? Are there specs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2010

Every time I see a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a couple of years ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. Develop viral content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a long time ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. Develop viral content.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

The trouble with a book titled “ Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps ” is that most people will assume it’s meant for games – or at the very most, application – designers.

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Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

He helped me design the first ever corporate speech I delivered. This became a global viral sensation. He’s not just a software developer; he’s also a mechanic, welder, concreter, and expert in mechatronics. And I’m calling it now – it will be a global viral sensation. He is a true renaissance man.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The design DNA of the founding team is obvious the first time you visit the beautiful, super-simple-to-use site. I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer , President of Tackk, about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: how to recruit an A-quality designer for their company.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Keeping up with trends is the reality show of the e-commerce world, which is constantly developing, gaining a significant market share, and driving online sales. TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 Funds are invested in this, and it will develop further. million people and generate monthly revenue.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're putting a 'Retweet' button inside the product to encourage viral growth.". I know of no companies who have " gone viral " because of buttons. Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting trend at VC firms … design partners | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1k67wjJ. Cool Stamp Designs | Abduzeedo – crowdspring.co/1iDjYdM. 1iD8Uhu.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The other was a consumer play with possible viral growth. Would the consumer one get traction and be viral? Vision Synching in a Lean Startup The Fallacy of Customer Development Entrepreneurs, Lower Investors’ Risk by Validating your Start-up Company’s Business Proposition Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. Set up the Lean LaunchLab or a WordPress blog to document your Customer Development progress. Themeforest has great designs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips - crowdspring.co/1dn9KvH. 7 Things Marketers Can Learn From 2,616 Viral Headlines. 1eVU27h.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2014

Is your app good enough to go viral? The post ‘Will it go viral?’: ’: The one user test mobile app developers should run appeared first on The Next Web. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' Ilya Pozin is a serial entrepreneur, writer, and investor. This story continues at The Next Web.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. 10 Stupid Things Clients Say to Designers and How to Counter It – [link]. 15 Creative Poster Design Ideas - [link].

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Thanks to Jonathan Hussey, Developer Connection ! #4- As soon as you have 2-3 months' worth of sales data to work with, use a formula to calculate stock reorder levels to ensure you always have stock ready to go, especially if you're promoting your products on platforms known for viral content, like TikTok.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Web Design: The Power of Crowdsourcing – [link]. How to find great design help at a very affordable price (that u determine) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What developers think when you say “Rock Star&# - [link]. The formula for going viral (or Twitter failure) - [link]. Top 45 Google Logo Designs - [link].

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Here are four things needed by any successful website: Clear Design. In today’s market where there are over one billion websites available, visitors won’t put up with a tacky design. Experts at website design can help many businesses achieve these steps. Experts at website design can help many businesses achieve these steps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. It can also be very inspiring, as you watch your dream morph into reality, or as you feel each little element of success: Watch your team develop new skills.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Convenience First and foremost, you must decided whether to work with individuals or development companies. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Students will even receive a minor in entrepreneurship as they develop their own business plans. The Sandbox is designed to accelerate the process of business creation through a 12-week experiential-based program, producing either investment-ready firms or ready-to-go, revenue-generating entities. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Tiny, unknown apps can suddenly go viral and, seemingly overnight, grow to millions of users. Just as it makes sense for the diner to list the available salad dressings on the menu—thus automating the question and answer process—it makes sense for app developers to offer solutions to users’ most common questions and concerns upfront.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2011

Here’s a simple question, often asked when designing software but more useful when you’re designing your marketing and sales pitch: How are people doing this today without you? Here’s how this gets your marketing and software design off the ground. Example and pattern. What’s the HTML5 tag for sarcasm?)

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Cases Where a Mockup is Not Enough There are a few cases where mockups or clickable prototypes may not be enough: Usability, interaction design, etc. As Steve Blank likes to say: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search for A Repeatable and Scalable Business Model The unfortunate reality is - an MVP is not the above!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

If you choose not to hire a professional web developer for your site design, consider some of the business websites that you have visited as a customer. Consider also some of the sites you’ve visited that were not well designed.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Modern continued learning and development apps track people’s progress in a non-competitive way so that everyone knows where they stand. Gamification involves adding elements of game design to activities not usually associated with recreation. Get Into Gamification. He’s written five books and thousands of blog posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. But you must work hard to develop alternate distribution at websites like Yahoo!, You also need to develop an O&O (your own websites) strategy. So what happens when production is reduced by 99% and distribution bends to infinity? MSN & AOL.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Not for lack of competition, but as the result of a carefully designed ecommerce marketing strategy. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target audience.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It’s often said that you shouldn’t talk about price during customer development interviews. Your product is designed with natural tripwires to trigger other pricing ( Freemium model ), or not (business model left as an exercise to your future self). Price is not an afterthought, it is essential business design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Entrepreneurs who under-estimate cash requirements or focus on product development while someone else pays the bills are doomed to fail over and over again. A startup with happy and highly motivated employees will provide a better customer experience resulting in viral customer growth. Delegate cash-flow projections and transactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

The best startups also see these as opportunities for brand recognition and viral marketing, to simultaneously benefit people and boost the bottom line. We now talk about “reverse innovation,” where customers in developing countries adopt new technologies first, and global reach allows scaling of young companies to happen almost overnight.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Follow him at @rrhoover or visit his blog to read more about startups and product design. GitHub can be a fantastic resume for software developers. The way product managers, UX designers, and other “non-technical” roles think , communicates their ability and culture fit. Can we all agree resumes are crummy? I write for fun.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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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