K9 Ventures

AUGUST 18, 2018

I last ordered business cards in 2009. I co-founded CardMunch in 2009 to solve one side of this problem — taking the sea of business cards on the side of my desk and accurately and reliably converting them into digital contacts. I think I ordered a thousand of them. This question is not a new one for me.

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Southern California Cofounder Widget Artificial Inteligence 90

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

While the specific tactics you take for each of these will be certainly different depending on the tools you choose to use, I think everyone needs to take steps around the following four strategies: Refine your personal elevator pitch Monitor what's being said about you online Proactively do content marketing Aggregate and curate to reinforce.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 14, 2013

Anyone can build a coworking space, but it''s a lot harder to attract and curate a set of folks that makes me want to move into that space. She didn''t have the ability to curate a community until she became a person that others wanted to connect to. Yet, it''s not so easy to just "insert a Tina" into "local community x".

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

And even if you dont buy this bundle, one beneficial side-effect of my research for it is this cool list of Lean Startup tools curated by twtpick.in. And even if you dont buy this bundle, one beneficial side-effect of my research for it is this cool list of Lean Startup tools curated by twtpick.in.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Pincus said FrontierVille is most successful launch (1mm+ daily users in < 1 week). DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Founded in 2009, the 99U takes its name from Thomas Edisons famous. Browse Fresh Work Curated by Industry. Its not about ideas. Its about making ideas happen. Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration." - Thomas Edison. quote, "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." transform their ideas from vision into reality. Newsletter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2011

Bag the Web – helps users curate Web content. Even allows for you to set a mile time pace. Verishow – live chat and support tool that also let’s you launch an on the spot web meeting with a site visitor. For any topic, you can create a “bag&# to collect, publish, and share any content from the Web.

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Social Media RSS Curation Web 57

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2011

You can even embed the clips as you curate. Curate.US – This tool makes it very easy to create clips from sites you visit and then share these visual links with automatic attribution back to the original content. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

Small Business 55

Small Business Marketing HTML Social Media 55

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 7, 2011

Top Facebook Marketing Resources – Mari Smith uses another cool tool, Storiy , to curate a list of Facebook marketing tools. Image YiShian | Photography via Flickr Good stuff I found this week: How to monitor social media mentions in five minutes a day - step by step directions for setting up a powerful listening station.

Small Business 54

Small Business Marketing Social Media Curation 54

ConversionXL

JULY 28, 2020

Thaler has since won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Sunstein was in charge of the Obama nudge unit in 2009. For example, product recommendations curate an assortment of products that the customer can then choose from, giving consumers self-determination. Instead, your nudges work at the intersection of libertarian and paternalism.

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Marketing Architecture eCommerce Campaign 163

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

GuruStorms is a new brainstorming site that offers a unique crowdsourcing solution: a curated crowd of gurus that represent the world’s best and brightest online experts. BountyStorms launched in early 2009. We had a wonderful opportunity to launch GuruStorms as an AlphaPitch company at DEMOFall 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

And, in the years since, they’ve carefully curated the brand’s offerings to ensure quality and customer appeal. We recommend that you follow Costco’s lead and curate your store’s signature brand carefully. However, Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand is breaking that mold. This careful handling has paid off. What You Can Do.

Social Media 151

Social Media Curation eCommerce Channel 151

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 29, 2014

Curated list of books on sales and selling. " thought provoking book" (BrandChannel.com, February 16th 2009). The only thing missing are your suggestions. Feel free to vote books up and down and add your favorites to the list. Best Books on Sales and Selling. Listly by John Jantsch. Best Books on Sales and Selling.

Sales 69

Sales Curation New York Advertising 69

Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

You typically have to have the more directive leadership style, versus curating things from the bottom up, in order to move quickly. The second thing that I think is really different for 2008, 2009, compared to now is that taking a job at one of the big tech companies is now way, way, way more compelling now than before.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

later i expanded into an entire product range of carefully curated skin care, hair care, makeup, and oral care products with the same focus on clean and pure ingredients. I became dedicated to creating a toothpaste made only from ingredients that were clean and pure, and so, Cleure was born. Thanks to Dr. Flora Stay, Cleure ! #6-

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Naming India Chicago Entrepreneur 152

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 2, 2011

Beautiful graphics and layout characterize this app, but what makes it brilliant in my opinion is they way it turns Twitter and Facebook into curated content channels. But I am also interested in reading the articles my friends are linking to in their tweets and posts - they are also relevant editors and curators for my interests.

Curation 34

Curation Business Model New York Venture Capital 34

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2019

And, in the years since, they’ve carefully curated the brand’s offerings to ensure quality and customer appeal. We recommend that you follow Costco’s lead and curate your store’s signature brand carefully. However, Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand is breaking that mold. This careful handling has paid off.

Social Media 80

Social Media Curation eCommerce Channel 80

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

GV (formerly Google Ventures) – Started in 2009, GV is Alphabet’s venture capital fund, focused primarily on early stage in diverse fields: from life sciences and healthcare to robotics and entereprise tech. Notable portfolio companies include Uber, Slack, Jet.com, FlatIron Health, Kobalt Music Group and many others.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

It was 2009. My good friends and I, all aged 21, were working on a design inspiration blog and curating content for designers and artists. Myself, Cassie Ousta, and Mike Chliounakis met in college. Not the optimal year for starting a business. However, we didn’t let this discourage us.

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Greece United Kingdom Ukraine Philippines 100

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. RSVP: [link] 6:30PM SUXORZ: the worst social media campaigns of '09 Think you know everything about social media? Amid tales of genius and triumph during #SMWNYC, the SUXORZ panel will be the Greek chorus. The Suxorz occurs in four rounds.

New York 61

New York Community Social Media New York City 61

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

I began Sunsational as the sole instructor traveling from pool to pool in Los Angeles in 2009. The boxes are curated healthy and sustainable snacks and refreshments from up and coming brands. Drowning is the #1 leading cause of death for children under 5 and 77% of drowning victims were out of sight for less than 5 minutes.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur LLC Los Angeles San Francisco 127

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” When Garret Camp and Travis Kalanick founded Uber in 2009, they hatched the industry now known as ride-sharing. SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES. This is a major “unlocking.”.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To run this experiment, Airbnb created what Lean Startup calls a curated minimum viable product. By late 2009, that experiment was a success, too; they'd climbed back up to 4.5 It might just as easily have been a random comment over lunch that led to the hypothesis. million users, with strong engagement.

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Metrics Analytics Lean Churn Rate 156

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

Business.com released a research study in December 2009 (which I apologize for not being able to locate online now) that revealed surprising closeness in the perception of broad based communities vs. Q&A sites. In the case of Mahalo a virtual currency is used as a form of compensation which incentivizes quality contributions.

Community 51

Community Search Social Network Social Media 51

Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Additionally, we have a curated list of COVID-19 resources to help you manage your business activities, apply for loans and understand cash flow problems during this crisis. Our business got through the 2008-2009 great recession without letting a single person go. Make crisis adjustments to your business plan.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2019

Here’s a good example from DrunkMall : Now, DrunkMall simply curates funny products from different websites, and then they write their own amusing product descriptions. In 2009, the New York Times chronicled an Indian fusion restaurant, Tabla, that experimented with menu design to increase sales. Inject some fantasy into your copy.

Product 127

Product Technical Review eCommerce Software Review 127

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In 2009, feeling dissatisfied with my career and ready to take on a new challenge, I joined the Second City Conservatory in Chicago to study improv. It’s about handling a million things at once, working with a team, accepting failures, and moving forward despite the beads of sweat trickling down your back.

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davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Startup Digest (which I co-curate here in Baltimore) is a great way to find out what events are going on in your area that might be relevant to startups. In Baltimore, I helped to form Beehive Baltimore in February 2009, and it’s grown to include over 100 professionals in its ecosystem. Try again later.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Baltimore Ruby 41

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2017

Here’s a good example from DrunkMall : Now, DrunkMall simply curates funny products from different websites, and then they write their own amusing product descriptions. In 2009, the New York Times chronicled an Indian fusion restaurant, Tabla, that experimented with menu design to increase sales. Inject Some Fantasy Into Your Copy.

Product 104

Product Technical Review SEO Trinidad 104

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Here’s a good example from DrunkMall : Now, DrunkMall simply curates funny products from different websites, and then they write their own amusing product descriptions. In 2009, the New York Times chronicled an Indian fusion restaurant, Tabla, that experimented with menu design to increase sales. Inject Some Fantasy Into Your Copy.

Product 48

Product Trinidad eCommerce Technical Review 48

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 14, 2010

Google and Bing are scrambling to catch up and paying Twitter good money to access the data stream (which, Spencer Ante of BusinessWeek reports, enabled Twitter to become profitable in 2009 ). All of this, and the more robust Twitter API, is transforming Twitter into a platform company rather than simply an engaging consumer service.

Web 35

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

The company was founded in 2009 by Uzi Shmilovici raised the funding from OCA Ventures , I2A Fund and angel investors. Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Chicago-based Future Simple raised $1.1

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Venture Capital Startup Cofounder 87

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

I was also sick of my own curated life on Facebook and thought, there must be a place more interesting than this to hang out online. Since officially launching in 2009, Yogibo now has 22 stores along the East Coast, with several more to come this year. which was established in 2009.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Houston Software Review LLC 48

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Time TBA: Recession 2009-2010: The Best Time to Launch Your Startup – While it may seem counter intuitive, economic hardship is the crucible from which great businesses emerge. For example, Iranian citizens used social media to report on post-election activity in June 2009 when international media had limited access.

Silicon Valley 79

Silicon Valley Omaha Technical Review Social Media 79

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Since it launched in 2009 it has funded 86,000 startups and raised well over $400,000,000. The Man on the Boon store is a curated store where the founder only stocks stuff he would buy or own. Crowd Funding – Is another great exemplar of the big end in town being disrupted. we want by voting with as little as $1.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Stick with it the same way you “didn’t get” Twitter in 2007 when you signed up but by 2009 you were using it effortlessly. Here you’ll see the professional and curated content. .” My thinking? They don’t want you to use Snapchat. Use Snapchat. It could be one photo/video or 20 in a row.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

What was that, 2009, 2010? I think it was 2009 and 10. This raises the question: how did Eren go from building apps on top of Facebook to ensuring that hundreds of thousands of Americans got their vaccines? We've seen this story before, even on this podcast with stories like Curative. ER : I remember Speed Date. EB : Yeah.

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