YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Thousands of BlackBerry enthusiasts come together for sessions, demonstrations, hands-on labs and keynotes — all focused on creating mobile applications for the powerful BlackBerry platform. Top five categories over the last two years: 1) Games; 2) Utilities; 3) Themes; 4) Entertainment; 5) IM & Social Networking.

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Developer Asia Thailand Singapore 207

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Let’s take a look at the benefits now: Freemium customers could be a great source of virality. This type of freemium is quite popular with computer games as well as mobile apps we come across daily. Free with in-app purchase.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. Each of these Web and mobile apps has evolved over months and some over years. 4) WhatsApp. 8) Angry Birds. All the grains of salt.

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Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? On measurement. Is it 4/1,000?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 199

Social Media Media Analytics Viral 199

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Nicer is a Greenville, SC-based studio focused on mobile games and apps. As soon as Apple confirmed the removal of the headphone jack, Nicer’s team used their personal accounts to share the link to ApplePlugs.com on social networks and any site that could contribute to traffic for free. It was a viral hit.

Viral 48

Viral Technical Review Startup Social Network 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Nicer is a Greenville, SC-based studio focused on mobile games and apps. As soon as Apple confirmed the removal of the headphone jack, Nicer’s team used their personal accounts to share the link to ApplePlugs.com on social networks and any site that could contribute to traffic for free. It was a viral hit.

Viral 48

Viral Technical Review Startup Social Network 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Nicer is a Greenville, SC-based studio focused on mobile games and apps. As soon as Apple confirmed the removal of the headphone jack, Nicer’s team used their personal accounts to share the link to ApplePlugs.com on social networks and any site that could contribute to traffic for free. It was a viral hit.

Viral 48

Viral Technical Review Startup Social Network 48

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor. View More » Tech Samsung Galaxy Tab Comes to T-Mobile.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Most advertisers continue to increase their digital marketing spend in 2019 as billions of consumers are using online social media as a jumping off point into purchase decisions. As mobile devices have become more ubiquitous, programmatic advertising has increased in efficacy since it can deliver location-based advertising.

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Channel PPC Marketing SEO 165

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 97

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

5 Google's Secret Social Initiative Delayed Until. View More » Mobile Winamp Is Back With Powerful Android. View More » Social Good Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Educati. 5 Creative Social Good Campaigns for. 2 What Would Facebook and Twitter Sneakers Look L. 6 Free iPad Apps for Planning Your Ne.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2014

The result: Plenty of organic, viral interaction about the videos that boosted traffic for these YouTube users’ Let’s Play video as well as sales for Galactic Café. With the proliferation of mobile devices as our primary means of Internet access , and bandwidth and speeds increasing with fiber-optic Internet , it’s prime time for video.

Video 75

Video Marketing Harvest Bandwidth 75

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Names based on rhymes (TopShop, T-Mobile HotSpot), repetition ( Bebo , Lala ), and alliteration ( Firefox , BlackBerry ) tend to be memorable. You’re better off avoiding punctuation if you can.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. What is your mobile strategy? We then spoke about startups.

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 166

Social Media Media Cost Analytics 166

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

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CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 252

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attract key stakeholders with sensitivity.

Social Media 147

Social Media Media B2B Analytics 147

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. Their firm wreaked havoc on the music (iPod), mobile phone (iPhone), and retailing industries (branded company stores). 9- Discord. 20- Apple, led by Tim Cook.

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 77

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

You've deployed five, six or 15 web analytics tools on your website/mobile app. For our Facebook ads we will measure CPC and Social CTR and Gender and all that good stuff. and some people will click on that URL and come to our website (desktop or mobile). Number of downloads of our latest mobile app from Facebook visitors.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 238

Social Media Media Cost Startup 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2012

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. To compete, startups must find ways to provide customers an easier, faster, more pervasive connection to digital networks, via mobile as well as the Internet.

Networking 234

Networking Customer Entrepreneur Social Network 234

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

But even if that’s the right strategy for their business – and we’re not saying it is – many of these business owners may not be exactly be sure how to approach the social network. e-Commerce And Mobile Commerce Has Changed The Game. e-Commerce And Mobile Commerce Has Changed The Game.

Advertising 150

Advertising Japan Mobile Social Network 150

blog.forkly.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

A viral “launching soon” form. This time we wanted to try something new: your position in line would not only be determined by when you signed up, but also by how many other people signed up because of you (call it “social influence”). And so our “viral invite system” was born. Forkly Blog.

Viral 41

Viral RSS Texas Social Network 41

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. Attracting key stakeholders requires sensitivity.

Social Media 232

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Analytics 232

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can share your site on all your social networks. You can have your staff share your site on various social media platforms. But your organization doesn’t have enough in personal relationships to create a viral following in the beginning. A good place to start for mobile optimization is with using a responsive theme.

SEO 100

SEO Marketing Startup Mobile 100

thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Social Media. 1 A viral launch page. If you can’t get into LaunchRock, take a look at Launch Effect , a viral ready WordPress theme. #2 Sources: The Social Network Screenshot. Join TNW Social Media on: Follow @tnwsocialmedia. All Stories. Top Stories. Daily Dose. Design & Dev. Entrepreneur.

Social Media 67

Social Media Stealth India Startup 67