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Blogging is the new resume: Why less is not always more

The Next Web

The open platform showcases candidates’ creations, free to inspect and critique. Well-kept GitHub profiles exemplify one’s breadth and expertise in various programming languages and their contributions to open source and side projects, exemplify programmers’ eagerness to create. That’s a lot better than telling in a resume.

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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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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

He has also been an outspoken advocate for the power of collaboration and open-source software. Their innovation lay not just in their product, but their viral video marketing campaign involving slamming raw eggs on their mattress to show that they wouldn’t break due to their mattresses’ high-tech cushioning. 30- Workiva.

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Twitter Link Roundup #53 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A brief history: 35 years of open source software – [link]. New OK Go Video – White Knuckles (Have these guys mastered full-proof viral videos?) – [link]. Apple has modest share of mobil market but lion’s share of profits – [link]. Guess What? Programmers can #JFDI it too! – [link].

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

They took an open source approach, inviting thousands of collaborators from around the world to contribute potential solutions. None of this would have been possible without the open source contributions of thousands of scientists around the world. We are working on a open-source drug discovery project against COVID-19.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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10 Ways To Use Social Media Listening As A Successful Marketing Tool

YoungUpstarts

Exactly where they need to be, on their smart screens scrolling some viral internet discussion. You just type the name you want to track, and you immediately get an update, meaning the most active top influencers, most viral photos and links, and even the top 10 keywords based on your search. .