Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

market by launching in connection with Facebook viral invites? This all represents a huge market for engagement minutes as audio as a medium, while not inherently viral, is likely more accessible to more people in terms of literacy and in many cases faster and more efficient than reading (though not in all cases). Remember Stitcher?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. But it also requires you to ask a few questions about your startup before you use it.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2021

Startup companies face challenges that are different from those faced by established businesses, especially when it comes to marketing. One difference between marketing a startup and an established brand is that consumers are getting to know the brand story and the product simultaneously. Top 7 Marketing Tips for Startups.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

Is it an Texas-based tech startup company or is it doing something in the email space? For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world. What will it take for your tech startup to raise $500,000 in Austin in 2017? I only advise and invest in companies where I can have a big impact.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

The father of “Growth Hacking” appears to be Sean Ellis who wrote this widely read post, “ Find a Growth Hacker for your Startup. For starters it brings a mindset to startups that not all of them have innately. If your startup isn’t committed to growth hacking you’ll never find extra-ordinary growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. There is nothing viral! Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Anybody can launch a scooter service!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In addition to the normal hurdles of growing up, millennials have had to deal with a media-saturated world of conflicting messages, celebrity excesses, and viral distractions. Activate a broader awareness of real-world drivers. Provide deeper knowledge to solidify moral fiber. Nurture a realistic optimism for overcoming obstacles.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, a startup SaaS company can use a specialized app to create a good product management process and keep track of the project's progress. This expedited shift to remote teams has opened the door for new, global staffing opportunities at a substantially lower cost. #28- Thanks to Sean Stevens, Immerse Education ! #5-

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Follow along as we explore 10 of the most exciting college business incubators around today, and be sure to share your own favorites in the comments: Entrepreneurs Hall @ The RIT Global Village. Only 15 technology startups are accepted at a time, but what the program lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

TikTok is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.” Where are the young social media users going? They are going to Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Snapchat. You need influencers more than advocates.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Naming your startup can be one of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur. Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. The icing on the cake for.io

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site. On the other hand, don’t assume that viral marketing is the only marketing you will need.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- Both of these startups came to market with a social media platform focused on short, viral videos that were ideal for quickly sharing on social media.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

It’s important to constantly question traditional assumptions whenever new platforms arise, as it’s these disruptions which incumbents often fail to adopt, leaving room for innovative startups to spring ahead in new land-grab opportunities. So many commerce startups get it wrong – focusing on customers before community.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In addition to the normal hurdles of growing up, millennials have had to deal with a media-saturated world of conflicting messages, celebrity excesses, and viral distractions. Activate a broader awareness of real-world drivers. Provide deeper knowledge to solidify moral fiber. Nurture a realistic optimism for overcoming obstacles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

The cost of entry is at an all-time low, working from home through an Internet website seen globally, turning a hobby or an invention into an online business. Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. That means if your new startup doesn’t plan for continuous innovation, the company may never reach corporate status. Globalization.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. What is a startup? .” – Albert Einstein. Crisis versus opportunity: Setting the Scene.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. 4- Wikipedia. Photo Credit: Tomek Mlodzki.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Tim Staples is the CEO of Shareability and co-author of Break Through the Noise: The 9 Rules to Capture Global Attention. Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. He then went on to found his own business and run marketing for a number of early-stage startups.

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Marketing Silicon Valley Cofounder Framework 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site. On the other hand, don’t assume that viral marketing is the only marketing you will need.

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Internet Viral Naming Web 247

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Automating processes with APIs, creating a large e-mail subscriber base, SEO and viral strategies are of course extremely valuable to any start-up. Willem Nout is an online marketeer at heart and Head of Search for Flipit.com , a global online moneysaving platform. Growth hacking is however essential in the current online landscape.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2015

Here are some examples on how to use the digital world to boost a startup and make it appealing to the public: Be Different. A first reason why you should rely on the digital world in order for people to actually hear about you is because of the globalization of everything. Thinking Aloud digitalization startup' Act Different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. Viral marketing needs a website. But word-of-mouth and viral marketing doesn’t work without a web site. On the other hand, don’t assume that viral marketing is the only marketing you will need.

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Viral Internet Web Naming 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.” They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Snapchat. You need influencers more than advocates.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2020

Faced with some of the biggest challenges our global society has ever faced, we need leaders to step forward and innovate our way out of this. I’m proud to say that I see the Austin community and the startup community doing the latter. Epic Office Hours, Open Coffee, Robot University, AMA’s… even the Startup Crawl.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 30, 2013

Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma perfectly encapsulates how startups can find success over incumbents in their markets. The tiny market niches and startups who play there are often too small to capture an incumbent’s attention. Christensen Clio Fortune 500 Long tail MVP startups strategy' News Clayton M.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

Thanks to the proliferation of the internet, it is now easier than ever to reach a global audience as well as specifically target to large numbers of individuals. The coffee giant Starbucks used Instagram to great effect when it introduced its limited Unicorn Frappuccino which became a viral sensation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Even though the world is getting smaller, due to easy global connectivity, people still feel alone if not well-connected locally. There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “hyperlocal.” This is not just a fad.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2016

Entrepreneurs, being goal setters by nature, often like to participate with resolutions related to their small business or startup. startup #entrepreneur pic.twitter.com/0HOCtTewJk. For 2016, my new year’s resolution is to move my startup out of my home and into an office.” We'd love to hear yours!

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. For the thirteenth selection of The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, I’m reflecting on startup launches.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 27, 2015

We love these platforms for many reasons, but the primary one is the power of their network effects and how they create a high degree of defensibility for startups. Global network effects : These take place with a larger-sized network with few barriers in payment or language. How are network effects different from virality?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

He got even by going viral, so easy to do these days, costing shareholders perhaps $180 million. Apple, for example, recently reported the use of 100% renewable energy in powering its global facilities – the first major technology company to declare and fulfill such a commitment. Ensure total alignment of all elements of your business.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. May 26, 2011.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. Experience with Startups! Don’t hire someone who has never worked with a startup before, because the environment is totally different. Have an account?

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