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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Let’s not let startups use this as an escape hatch to avoid customer development. Keep teaching!

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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel. He mentioned that an idea is worth nothing and often times fails because lack of distribution channel. He told me that one dating website had over millions of users and he asked them how they did it. I’m going to have to try this one day.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Mobile advertising became more targeted and user friendly by adapting to the small screen — but advertisers are slow to adopt , with much upside still to come. The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. What’s Next in 2012….

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How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

ConversionXL

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. Wigzo is an AI cloud automation tool that ecommerce merchants can use for personalization , analytics, and advertising. Wigzo spent $80k on their MVP.

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How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

ConversionXL

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. Wigzo is an AI cloud automation tool that ecommerce merchants can use for personalization , analytics, and advertising. Wigzo spent $80k on their MVP.

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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

mashable.com

In most states, an LLC or Corporation must settle its debts before any distributions can be made to members. After debts have been paid, the remaining assets and cash reserves should be distributed to the owners/members in proportion to ownership interest. Again, no assets can be distributed until all debts have been settled.

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Twitter Link Roundup #170 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Facebook Newsfeed Advertising: Why We Won’t Do That Again | MarketingProfs – [link].