Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The product is the star of the show.” And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue. Top From Our Partners.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

It’s based largely on my personal experience naming several tech products as well as the themes I’ve noticed in great startup names. Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. viral videos. 50,295 followers. 0 followers. Television. 3,567 followers. 948 followers. 375 followers. Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Every year I teach classrooms full of students who leave class understanding the basics of how to search for product/market fit—and thinking their next goal is to “get funded.”. You (think) you have product-market fit with real customers and real revenue and need money to grow and expand. That’s a mistake. Step 5: Series, C, D….

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

For the majority of the naming process, you’ll be iterating on two steps: creating a list of words that are related to your product or service, as well as creating permutations of these words to determine the final name. Example : Pinterest, Etsy product search, Google image search. Top From Our Partners. Use foreign words.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. It will be important that your CTO can execute on big projects, too, hacking away to build an amazing product that is agile. Danny Wong , Blank Label Group, Inc.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has a Not-So-Amazing Bing Product Placement. Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Global Syndication Partners. Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

And often, businesses suffer from a “set it and forget” mentality, in which a product manager will slap a Facebook Like button on his sites and declare the business’s website now social. Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly Buzz Is Great, But Substance Matters Most In the end, if a startup’s product sucks, it doesn’t matter if it has four users or 4 million when it launches. We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What is your viral coefficient? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. Global Syndication Partners. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. We three partners are working hard. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO. link] leehower.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. Series A round. I totally agree. For Meebo 1.3%

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! I wrote a post about Facebook Like buttons some time ag. 7 Characteristics of a Re. : The Complete Small Busine.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. How did you determine the right price points for your product? How has the viral coefficient been for you? Gregg gave us specifics on how viral adoption has worked.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

For them, “working from home is the most efficient situation for us to build our product — we can be machines over here,&# says Golkin, explaining that the two simply “work, eat, sleep and gym, all with a constant Spotify soundtrack.&# instead of having to travel home. Let us know in the comments below.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Global Syndication Partners. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce? Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

” Along these lines, a strong brand or product can overcome a potentially ill-conceived name. I thought is was a US product, but looking into it now it may only be an Australian product. Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. Just imagine the initial reaction to the name “ Google.” SkareMedia.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. dog products ? Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Mobile Lists.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. If your startup is in that boat, it’s really not a matter of figuring out how to pitch your company — instead, you may want to consider improving your product before hitting the pavement. Screenshots of the product.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Top From Our Partners. Productivity Lists. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Global Syndication Partners. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2017

What a lot of startup founders don’t realize is that when you take on VC funding, you also take on business partners. If you’re looking to bring on a partner and money, venture capital might be the right fit. Moseholm and his partners never took outside investment because they didn’t have to.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

I came up with my business name Aging Youthful when the network marketing company I am involved with came out with a product for youthful aging. My partner and I locked ourselves in a room for about 4 hours. I knew I wanted it to be a name that could be an umbrella brand for other baby products, so nothing too descriptive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! I wrote a post about Facebook Like buttons some time ag. 7 Characteristics of a Re. : The Complete Small Busine.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

That research is the building block to innovative products. Someone else in the office just made a video of it, and it went viral on Facebook. I also was part of helping create the Technology Commercialization Fund created in 2005 to help get research out of labs and into creation of new products.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In fact, I based myself in Toronto for a couple months over the summer there and did a product launch while I was there. THE POWER OF OUTSOURCING & CREATING YOUR OWN PRODUCT. I didn’t have a product of my own, and I spent a whole lot of time essentially wasting time. They love you already, so put a product out the door.”.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. These development platforms have contributed significantly to the popularity of the products from Apple and Microsoft. Eclipse has been emulating Visual Studio for years now. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm.

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