crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

It went viral shortly after, but let’s back up. There’s never a guarantee that something will go viral, but there are ways to stack the deck so the chances increase. The CentUp team spent approximately 20 hours on researching headlines, designing the game, and developing the site. Running a startup can be a grind.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

C8 Sciences ( [link] ) markets web-delivered cognitive development programs based on Yale IP of integrated computer and physical exercises. Unlike 1st generation discs, their discs have an elastomeric core that provides a more natural range of motion, and have already received CE mark in Europe and are in clinical trials in the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

Now, Base Creative is one of Asia’s leading agencies, with a portfolio that includes Walmart, Cisco, and Hermes. Unlike a traditional linear process, in which prototyping starts with research and moves on to strategy and then creative development, rapid prototyping is a parallel process that involves all decision-makers at the same time.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions. One of the common mistakes young startups make is developing a product without enough input.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2017

Build Your Portfolio. With many creative and visual careers, much of your business will be generated by a portfolio of your work. A successful portfolio is one that can capture and convey your achievements in a way which is immediately visually compelling. The importance of word-of-mouth and recommendations is a high as ever.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

The objective of the conference was to understand how APIs will power the next great web and mobile companies and share some best practises in understanding when to use APIs or not and how can API company best market to developers.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

If you find you need a developer to work with you, do you reach out to a freelancer or do you call an agency? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section. Google’s App Inventor is a good example of a DIY tool.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

A campaign should only be used if your product has a “viral” quality to it. Bridget Reed, Co-founder and VP of Content, The Word Counter Yes, but Look for Restrictions Crowdfunding is an efficient and cost-effective way to raise money to finance the development of a startup. Sasha Quail , Business Development Manager, claims.co.uk

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. You Manage What you Measure. That’s not acceptable. Is it 4/1,000?

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. Reasoning by analogy, when you’re developing your business strategy, is dangerous.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. An Analysis Of Navigation In Portfolio Websites – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I was developing a mesh network that I envisioned being useful in the developing world and for the internet of things. Through that process, I was introduced to that diagnostic technology and the team that helps develop it. Robert Rhinehart : It's a bit of a roundabout path. Before that, I was an electronics engineer.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

As Techcrunch announced earlier today, Accel led a $10m round in the company to help them develop their service across all Europe. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. We are happy to jump on board this rocket ship and help the company change the lives of millions more people! Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and. Ed Helms and Celebrity Friends Fight.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly The firm’s portfolio includes the likes of Gist , Lijit , Brightleaf, Memeo, SimpleGeo , StockTwits and Zynga.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

This means we invest in product-driven engineering teams where all of the development is done in house and where rapid iteration is a key to success. While this sounds simple, there is a ton of work that goes into helping our portfolio companies get to a successful Series A. The other big theme is one of big data.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

The ff Venture Capital portfolio is evidence of how much we believe this, e.g., our companies Alerts.com , Gobbler.com , Identified.com , Patents.com , Phone.com , and Plated.com. Root Orange has developed a particularly innovative method for exploiting valuable domain names. I previously published this in Forbes.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

We Want to Watch People Eating Pizza Keep up with research and you get to learn from cases developed as research. It doesn’t demand intellectual rigor, creativity, testing, development or any of the invisible pieces that imbue truly legendary design with its effortless value. weareinhouse.com 2. He was stuck.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2015

Boost Your Chances of Going Viral on YouTube [link] crowdspring.co/1HdNBO8 MIT researchers develop an origami robot with a full lifecycle | DesignFaves [link] crowdspring.co/1eD1wn4 The Best 10 Portfolio Themes Around | Top Design Magazine – Web Design and Digital Content [link] crowdspring.co/1HLmcVe 1gm1uRE .

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Version One Ventures

MAY 30, 2013

For startups, the message is that you should develop your business in the long tail, focusing on those customers in your market that the incumbents don’t care about. As you build out your product and develop a brand in the long tail, your reputation in the market will spread.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico).

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Not being an investor for a long time doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't have developed an investment thesis of some kind. I also co-led several secondary portfolio transactions where we bought pools of venture capital fund investments off of other investors when they were bailing from the asset class.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 15, 2012

I read some great stuff today on topics like why aren’t VCs lean and scrappy , and why Pinterest took so long to go viral , but the pick of the bunch by far were some of the answers to What are some decisions taken by the “Growth team” at Facebook that helped Facebook reach 500 million users? But maybe I should.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Last week, one of our newest portfolio companies, Abstract , launched their Private Alpha. From these posts, it should be clear that we get excited about social and collaborative platforms where there are strong network effects , virality and daily utility. You can read co-founder Josh Brewer’s announcement here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

51:36) Scientific background on niclosamide, what we know about how it works to stop viral replication. (52:48) So, once I graduated, I started working on a company in the Bay Area developing transparent solar cells, then I found myself moving over into the medical device space for a couple of years. I have a Ph.D

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 11, 2012

In 2009 I wrote a guest post at Industry Gamers about why social gaming is so attractive to investors , where I talked about the three key elements oin gaming: Development, Distribution and Discovery. But I think the framework of Development, Distribution and Discovery is still a useful lens to view the industry. This is hard to do.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

A world first crazy interesting e-commerce opportunity – this has global viral potential built into it. What we currently need is someone with UI & UX design skills (mobile and desktop) to help the visual side of the development process. Oh, and you might be part of something that goes viral and big. web & iOS).

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

We each independently fell in love with enterprise software 20+ years ago as seed investors (cos like gotomeeting/Citrix, greenplum/EMC, livperson/IPO LPSN) and founders (workmarket, onforce/Adecco, spinback/buddymedia/salesf0rce) and are now benefiting from the ecosystems, knowledge and network that we’ve collectively developed.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My posts gained traction and — after I was lost my job following the 2008 market crash — peers encouraged me to develop not just content for the site, whose focused on the crossroads of arts and politics, but the business of blogging as well. I worked two jobs for five years to pay the bills while developing and launching Maceoo.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I know nothing about viral marketing. All of the people we pitched who became our investors had at least one other portfolio company that was doing something in email. I don’t know how you get that many customers at scale without spending a lot. All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I know nothing about viral marketing. All of the people we pitched who became our investors had at least one other portfolio company that was doing something in email. I don’t know how you get that many customers at scale without spending a lot. All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

This isn’t true for every single one of our portfolio companies, but in at least half, we had a thesis about why this company had some sort of unfair advantage or head-start when it comes to getting their product out into the market. Some products have what look like great viral loops, but aren’t very successful.

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