Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Seth constantly listened to user feedback and tweaked his service along the way to improve the user experience. Series A round.

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

But remember that this was 2005?—?and You can see his first viral video series below (it is called Bubala Please and already has 600,000+ views in a few weeks?—? Yeah, I guess you could say that. You are going to need to embrace the negative voice of your customers, and quick. They are talking to each other anyway.

Stealth 48

Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK. link] leehower. Congrats! . link] Lincoln Coutts.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2017

In 2005, Claus Moseholm co-founded GoViral, a Danish company which specializes in harnessing the internet to promote advertisers’ videos and make them go viral. Moseholm and his team never considered taking investment capital. Instead, they launched successful advertising campaigns and used the profits to sustain the business.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Cofounder Finance Security 113

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

In November 2005, one of my four sons was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Later I rebranded my startup blog to Vyteo and announced we were a video marketing provider- Vyteo’s Viral Videos. That is why I called my company NoMore. No more wasting hours on hours in PowerPoint. Thanks to Anders Thomsen, NoMore ! #16-

Naming 103

Naming Entrepreneur Social Media PR 103

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2014

People Don’t Share Brochures, They Share Stories – In this August episode author Jonah Berger talks about what makes something go viral – Contagious: Why Things Catch On. The Five Most Engaging Podcasts of the Year I’ve been recording podcast interviews since some time in 2005.

Viral 55

Viral Leadership Sales Small Business 55

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

After reading Charles Stross’ 2005 sci-fi novel, Accerlerando , Mattias Guilotte was excited. We attracted our first 1000 user within a week from the launch and are now already starting to see the first viral effects, so I expect us to reach the target 500 000 users within 18 months. Would have saved us a lot of time.

Small Business 88

Small Business Sweden Cofounder Viral 88

ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

Simpson car chase; YouTube in 2005; and now Google Glass. It’s odd that entrepreneurs haven’t thought of opening up a national chain of “YouTube Studios” – facilities you could rent by the hour to shoot your talkshow or other viral inspiration. Video Accessories.

Video 60

Video Boston Russia Hosting 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. Money flowing into our industry has also massively downsized.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Media. social networking. steve jobs. television. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. Global Syndication Partners.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

In honor of Netflix’s big beat today in the very unfortunate age of COVID-19, I decided to revisit my four-part Bazaarblog series while I was CEO of Bazaarvoice (from our inception in 2005 to our IPO in 2012). Blockbuster introduced their “End of Late Fees” program on January 1, 2005. The name of the last part?

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Campaign Video Naming 62

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. How has the viral coefficient been for you? Gregg gave us specifics on how viral adoption has worked. The viral adoption went to 15-20 per share action.

Viral 303

Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

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. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2011

I started focusing on design as an actual professional service around 2004-2005, after a lot of practice and study. It’s all connected, so if my work inspires the client and staff in their mission and goals, that’s just an awesome, viral experience to be part of. If you weren’t designing, what would you be doing?

Design 66

Design Boston Community Canada 66

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

← Previous Story Next Story → 5 Travel Brands Inspiring Wanderlust on YouTube Meme Machine: Hitler Skewers Googles Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Jobs by Simply Hired.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

VC Cafe

JULY 24, 2017

I started blogging in December 2005. Blogger in 2005 (courtesy of Internet Time Machine) . The list of top blogs in 2005 by Time Magazine is a good snapshot: the hardcore tech blogs were LifeHacker and BoingBoing (both are a bit ‘tired’ but still great) and people flocked to blogs like Overheard in New York and PostSecret.

Social Bookmarking 74

Social Bookmarking Social Network RSS Viral 74

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

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. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. 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. Top Related Stories.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

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. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 14 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

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. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends. Contact Us.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What is your viral coefficient? 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. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Focus on traction. video games. About Mashable.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

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!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Social Network 94

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

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. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

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. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

Joel Spolsky , Founder / CEO at Fog Creek Software (64,598) Seth Godin , Founder of Yoyodyne; creator of "permission marketing" (41,957) Jason Fried , 37signals co-founder Jason Fried (and other 37signals employees) (31,595) Tim O'Reilly , Founder / CEO of O'Reilly Media (10,269) Jason Calacanis , CEO of Mahalo (10,000) [ note: this (..)

Cofounder 59

Cofounder Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 59

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M. Step 5: Series, C, D….

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Angel Investor 429

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. David from FatCatApps is doing great with his easy pricing tables and easy opt-in plugins.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

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. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

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. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends. Contact Us.

Social Media 108

Social Media Analytics Media API 108

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. David from FatCatApps is doing great with his easy pricing tables and easy opt-in plugins.

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. David from FatCatApps is doing great with his easy pricing tables and easy opt-in plugins.

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. In the Magic site’s case it was a forum that would grow virally by itself. You can add some sort of content generation mechanism like a forum, and that can help it become a viral content generation strategy.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76