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OCTOBER 16, 2010

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Angel Investor 84

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OCTOBER 16, 2010

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Angel Investor 83

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

Audience 119

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

OnStartups Created by the same folks who run the popular programming Q&A site StackOverflow , this site is a perfect place to crowdsource all of your small business questions. These nine websites will help you track down the appropriate entrepreneurs. What will you find here?

Entrepreneur 94

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JUNE 8, 2010

YouTubes Musicians Wanted Program Go. Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

Coder 60

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. A very interesting strategy. Im defiantly going to give it a shot on my next project!

Demand 167

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.9 What will you find here?

Small Business 104

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If its part of a viral loop, its probably trying to get them to invite more friends (on average). Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 166

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Some products have relatively obvious monetization mechanisms, and the real risks are in customer adoption. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma. Amazon PostRank

Customer 167

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Thanks for sharing Sophie Dupont Business Development Director SD-Efficiency Paris - France. A wise man told me one time that "A good sales compensation program should do 2 things; 1) Tell your sales people where to spend their time and effort 2) Tell the sales people what the company values" Both apply in this plan which is good!

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. To take your specific example about virality - why do we want to have more users sign up? January 28, 2009 1:54 AM startupcfo said. Thanks for adding to the discussion on freemium these days. As mentioned segmentation is key to figuring out the free/ paid mix.

San Francisco 148

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. If you ask an expert in Facebook apps to come help build yours, youll usually hear the same advice: build your app for virality. Thats sensible advice; most people who have made a business on Facebook rely on the viral driver of growth.

San Francisco 68

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The second is to swing the other way and build a custom brand tracking program. By analyzing trends in brand awareness and comparing these to brand marketing efforts across regions, they found their efforts in Germany we’re proving more fruitful than those in France and Spain: Image Source. Optimize and repeat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

Viral 140

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The Startup Toolkit

MAY 15, 2012

Regarding location: horizontally striped, long sleeve t-shirts are common in France and rare in America. I think one way is to just work normally, like you would on a startup, with an eye on automation, and then call it “enough” But be ready to put in plenty of programming time to figure it out. Use kick-starter.

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France Viral Internet America 44

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. If you are building a large, viral, ad-support consumer internet property, you just want to go big! They’re off to cross the chasm. As soon as possible!&#

Customer 156

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

03:44] As you’re pitching this idea maybe to some sort of corporate program to an executive, what do you talk about as the top-line benefits of bringing this into a culture? [06:24] In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. Kristi Herold (03:54): Hmm. 15:07): Right.

Retention 75

Retention Canada Channel Pay to Play 75

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

They called that program Eatsy. Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris - ReadWriteStart , September 3, 2010 If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Yes we can!

Technology 191

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This series is brought to you by the Intel AppUp℠ Developer Program , which provides developers with everything they need to create and then sell their applications to millions of Intel Atom™ processor-based devices. YouTubes Musicians Wanted Program Go. Learn more here. Please share your observations in the comments.

Web 111

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This series is brought to you by the Intel AppUp℠ Developer Program , which provides developers with everything they need to create and then sell their applications to millions of Intel Atom™ processor-based devices. YouTubes Musicians Wanted Program Go. Learn more here. Please share your observations in the comments.

Web 111

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. If your app has strong word-of-mouth or viral components, your retention drives new acquisition, and its not so important to have good placement in the store. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 68

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

This is a common problem that results from viral-loop optimization. By copying the exact same registration flow as every other successful viral app, many viral apps completely lose their positioning. Heres why I dont think engagement loops are that helpful: unlike viral loops, its not bad if its not self-sustaining.

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JULY 10, 2012

Programming and Web Development Lists. viral video. viral videos. Mashable France. Mobile Lists. Moms and Family Resource Lists. Money and Finance Lists. Movie Lists. Music Lists. MySpace Lists. Open Source Lists. Photo Lists. Politics Lists. Productivity Lists. Research Lists. Shopping Lists. Social Media Lists.

eCommerce 101

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. from France. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. While I would hesitate to advise companies to expand internationally before closing their first funding round, the move is not unprecedented. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. We're leading the charge in enabling viral distribution for iPhone apps.

Distribution 74

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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Developer 73

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Use pair programming and collective code ownership. These are two other Extreme Programming practices that are explicitly designed to counteract the problems inherent in this situation. Pair programming is the most radical, but also the most helpful. I applied what I learned to save myself. for Harvard Business Revie.

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MARCH 24, 2011

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Learning is better than optimization (the local ma. for Harvard Business Revie. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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AUGUST 20, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Check out our starter program. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! We also provide custom campaigns for companies looking for something a bit more expansive. Shoot us some feedback. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Programming and Web Development Lists. viral video. Mashable France. Mobile Lists. Moms and Family Resource Lists. Money and Finance Lists. Movie Lists. Music Lists. MySpace Lists. Open Source Lists. Photo Lists. Politics Lists. Productivity Lists. Research Lists. Shopping Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

LLC 68

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Programming and Web Development Lists. viral video. Mashable France. Beepl Adds a Personalized Twist to Q&A. Top Related Stories. Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION]. 9 Comments. or Twitter. Craig Ferrara.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What is your viral coefficient? Programming and Web Development Lists. viral video. Mashable France. If you can name drop big customers, do that too — you want your profile to look impressive. Focus on traction. How many customers have signed up to your service? How many have been active in the past 30 days?

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