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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

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In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. With the help of voice assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, you can purchase the product just by saying it while running errands. We will deliver product x every three months with free shipping.”

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. To stay the crowed was “wowed&# was an understatement. This was in the 90′s.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

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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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Go Boulder!

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

members in France ( www.covoiturage.fr ), the UK ( www.blablacar.com ) and Spain ( www.comuto.es ), this company is changing the way people travel on the old continent, becoming a very compelling alternative to trains and planes. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. There’s a spectrum from descriptive names which speak directly to a product benefit or attribute, to empty vessel names, where it doesn’t mean anything about the product that we’re talking about.&#

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

Most of Google’s products are launched in beta in small, often buggy patches. 1 A viral launch page. They even use their own product as a launch page, because they’re still in private beta! They even use their own product as a launch page, because they’re still in private beta! Shareables. Social Media.