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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

1 A viral launch page. If you can’t get into LaunchRock, take a look at Launch Effect , a viral ready WordPress theme. #2 3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Japans social media tourism proposal. Advertising. EasyToBook.com.

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boldstart ventures in 2014 – our ethos

BeyondVC

Finally, we try to prewire the Series A investment by getting our portfolio companies to meet with the right partners at the right firms early on before they even need money. In industry terms, this means we looks for companies that have a high viral coefficient. focus on the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise".

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

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In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Associate Digital Account Director at.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day.

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