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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

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Up next, we have to solve three core problems for this type of business to succeed: Solving for viral: If a new business owner signs up for our service today, what can we do to ensure that they tell one other business to sign up too? How do you create an infinite loop?

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Accidental VC: The Most Dangerous Question for Founders to Overlook in Pitches

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Built-in product virality or network effects (in earnest — not simply share buttons or refer-a-friend features slapped onto a product that isn’t inherently viral). You can find those here. ). Early, premium partnerships or customers you’ve already converted. Personal connections to industry or national press.

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