ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. The game has started getting some traction already, and has a good virality index.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Look at online advertising rates for your potential product keywords, industry publications ad rates, search engine optimization fees, and any other advertising avenues you’d like to pursue. However, I would consider working at a discounted rate for equity in an idea that I believed showed merit and profitability potential.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The best articulation of it comes from Basil Peters, a serial technology entrepreneur, co-Founder of Nexus Engineering, former Canada Entrepreneur of the Year, and Managing Partner at 3 venture capital funds – Fundamental Technologies I and II and the BC Advantage Funds. The next big technology investment idea is the “Early Exit.”

Private Equity 67

Private Equity Intellectual Property IPO Venture Capital 67

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. spent $1k on their MVP. Qualified.io spent $20k on their MVP.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

A quantum leap in virality technology.” Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. He learns to spew lines such as “I want to change the world by helping people connect faster. My company is to GooBook what the telegraph was to horses.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Las Vegas San Francisco Vesting 78

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

If you assume a 20% cost of capital (typical for equity, debt is generally cheaper), then getting an upfront payment for one additional year on a $10k MRR contract saves you $24k. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Accelerating bonuses for upfront cash payment depends on your cost of capital. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. spent $1k on their MVP. Qualified.io spent $20k on their MVP.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I love running experiments on my own, and I'm really excited about, I don't really like the term "bio-hacking," but there's a lot of fun and educational biology and chemistry experiments you can do at home like I did some polymer synthesis and some basic yeast genetic engineering. Before that, I was an electronics engineer.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

But it knows how to reach its target audience and earn trust, recognition, and brand equity that fosters customer loyalty and powers growth. Viral marketing is hard to replicate. While Mention had some brand equity behind them, you can replicate their success by galvanizing several influencer relationships as part of a single launch.

Audience 122

Audience Technical Review Social Media Campaign 122

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. Now, people begin defining growth hacking as a process, a systematic approach, a “viral loop”, etc. How Is Growth Hacking Defined Today?

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Acquisition Conversion 48

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

This is problematic for both self-funded startups looking to grow organically from client/customer revenue as well as those seeking private equity or venture capital support to scale a promising, novel concept. Worse still, pushing too hard can get startups in the equivalent of search engine hot water. Become a viral success.

Startup 120

Startup SEO Private Equity Venture Capital 120

The Next Web

MAY 5, 2013

So while startups are trying to both build a car and get the engine started, corporations are trying to make their cars run faster. Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. By one definition, it means programmer – someone who builds features that encourage a company’s product to experience viral growth.

Marketing 165

Marketing Viral SEO Analytics 165

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Pre-Seed Round Paperwork: Smart investors will typically give you minimal paperwork – either a convertible note or a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) or a KISS (Keep It Simple Securities). The goal is to iterate on building a repeatable engine for growth that makes the economics work. Seed Round of Funding. 2M in 18 months.

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

He , Srikanth Narayan , Ben Werdmuller von Elgg , Jo Vi Ko , Justin Lee , Giovanni Tardini , David de Weerdt , Vineet Thanedar , Ryan Brideau , Jonathan Meiri , Rob Weedn , Krzysztof Kowalczyk , Greg Pilling , Kevin Leland , Parham Michael Ossareh , Dan Loewenherz , Mary Specht , Engin Erdo?an "I am a creative guy with a startup idea."

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 5, 2014

Yesterday Kissmetrics blogged A recipe of viral features used by the fastest growing startups. However, the paragraph that caught my eye though was about the nature of virality rather than how to generate it: Virality is not a single feature. It’s engineered. In other words virality is science not art.

Viral 92

Viral Lean SEO Software 92

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. Producthunt.com is a great resource for viral marketing for the product launch as well as community feedback.”. That’s two votes for Product Hunt from two separate entrepreneurs.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Occam's Razor

MARCH 25, 2014

It could also include your blog, your recommendation engines, your customer forums, and all kinds of other digital existences that you own outright. We want to encourage consumption of that content to enhance brand perception and move the brand equity up a few points. [Bonus reading: Rent or Own? You own the domain.

Metrics 155

Metrics Marketing Analytics Channel 155

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While there are a huge number of intricacies with search engine optimisation, the basics are to find the right key phrases to target, to include those terms on the page naturally and within the page title and, of absolutely massive importance, to get other sites to link to you. For everyone that helped – thanks very much!

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping SEO Startup Widget 49

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2014

According to the survey done by Search Engine Land and SurveyMonkey , it is the fourth most important deciding factor, coming in after brand name, promos and discounts offered, and free delivery. Working with SEOReseller.com, he helps bring brand equity to many seo agencies.

Media 72

Media Marketing Social Media SEO 72

Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

I was a market maker, so it was my job to build models to derive fair value for certain types of emerging market equity derivatives; it’s a fast-paced environment with incomplete information. At the same time, I believe that the engineers and creators of these products are fundamentally good people.

Social Media 82

Social Media Campaign Media Marketing 82

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). You guessed it — straight up free money. A doughnut is one thing, cold-hard cash is even better.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82