2014, Global and Viral

Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Marketing and sales spend is nil, so there has to be a reason it spreads by word of mouth, ideally virally as a natural result of using the product itself. $10/mo In fact, discussions of price in particular was the key to invalidating one business idea and then validating WP Engine , which now (2014) employs 200 people.

Bootstrapping

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- WhatsApp became one of the most popular apps for social media by 2014. Both of these startups came to market with a social media platform focused on short, viral videos that were ideal for quickly sharing on social media. 14- Polaroid. Photo Credit: Justin Carpenter.

Entrepreneur

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. It was launched in 2014, and its idea was that sustainability shouldn’t only be limited to wealthy or middle to upper-class communities. 27- BlocPower.

Artificial Inteligence

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4 New And Novel Approaches to Guerilla Marketing

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2014

From flash mobs to viral marketing campaigns, successful advertising requires new twists and surprising uses of old tools and strategies. The company recently received global recognition for its artistic skywriting display of several hundred pi characters over the 2014 South by Southwest festival.

Guerilla

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In Times of Pandemic, In Gates We Trust

Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

Even as reports of a new viral outbreak in China started popping up during the first weeks of 2020, most people were slow to pay sufficient attention to the developing threat. On January 29th, the Gates Foundation pledged $10 million “to help frontline responders in China and Africa accelerate their efforts to contain the global spread.”.

Non-Compete

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Semiotics in Marketing: What It Means for Your Brand and Messaging

ConversionXL

JUNE 4, 2019

” It reinforces the playfully irreverent nature of the brand, which disrupted the industry, while also connecting back to their original viral ad. Nielsen reports that two-thirds of global consumers will pay more for sustainable products. “Shave time. Shave money.” Image source). Authenticity is essential.

Marketing

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join.

Social Media

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

Cofounder

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete

#KillerSaaSPitch in 10 Words (Part 1)

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Winning companies find a way to expand to the US as soon as possible, so choose a firm with a global network to support your ambitions to cross the ocean. #2 In April 2014, we closed an $18 million round of funding which was followed by a $28 million round last month. #4 Gates made his talk unforgettable and it went viral.

Europe

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Are Paid Content Distribution Platforms Cost Effective?

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2015

Outbrain boasts a global reach of over 560 million (as of September 2014, comScore), with 80% of the world’s leading brands already working with them. Related posts: Customer Experiences Go Viral on Social Media Platforms Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing. Cost-per-Click (CPC) $0.25–$0.35.

Distribution

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Founders Interview: Flash Pack

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Radha : We have a well-defined global niche and a deep understanding of our market. Also, we have a global appeal, with 60% of business now overseas. We already have some interest so we would never rule anything out but at the moment we are focused on going global. The USA will become our biggest market by the end of this year.

Flash

Flash Founder Cofounder Angel Investor

Marketing to Women: From “Shrink It and Pink It” to Female Empowerment

Up and Running

MARCH 28, 2016

Globally, the incomes of women are predicted to reach an impressive $18 trillion by 2018, and women are expected to control the reins of almost 75 percent of discretionary spending by 2028. See Also: She Does: 21 Quotes from Women Thriving As Entrepreneurs. Recognizing the trends. Using this information in your marketing plan.