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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Friday, March 12, 2010. State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. ▼ 2010. (5). ► 02/20 - 02/27. (1).

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The amazing Quora raises $50m

The Equity Kicker

First I checked their Alexa graph which seemed to confirm my initial impression that progress has slowed following a meteoric rise in 2010 (or more precisely their Traffic Rank dropped Q2-Q3 2011 and has been rising again since, recently regaining the earlier peak). Then I took a look at Quora itself. But maybe I should.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! ► 02/20 - 02/27. (1).

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Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs

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Comments By David Skok – January 31, 2010 Yoav Shapira The way you describe peeling back one layer at a time reminds me of the "5 Whys" process that Toyota invented and Eric Ries ( StartupLessonsLearned.com ) always talks about. VC Venture capital Viral growth Plugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes Copyright © David Skok 2009, 2010.

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How Mobile Has Changed Live Music

Austin Startup

While the official apps for SxSW 2011 aren’t available yet, the 2010 offering – that provided easy access to rich media as well as the official conference guide of panels, venues, speakers, and other events – was a step in the right direction for arming visitors with one such valuable tool.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. A successful startup strives for this latter case.

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