Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

If you are in the 30 percent of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

I don’t know exactly when the agency to product transfer happened at Buddy, or at what point you can start calling yourself a software company (when service revenues dip below subscription/license revs?), but the evidence would suggest that repositioning the company as social enterprise software was a master stroke.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Let’s take a look at the benefits now: Freemium customers could be a great source of virality. They attract millions of customers and monetize by displaying in-app advertisements. Let’s face it—everyone likes free stuff.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): The potential revenue that you’ll be receiving from a given user.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). link] leehower. It was a pretty good valuation for the time.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&# More than 1,000 matches have been made to date.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

TokyoYuki Question: What about giving an added incentive to potential developers, in exchange for part of up-front fees, a percentage of the revenue generated from the app/program? View More » Business The 12 Days of Holiday Revenue Maximi. That's my old keyboard (in the post image)! Saitek Executive.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. Businesses that operate online are the most likely to use the freemium revenue model. Thanks to Tiffany Payne, Replace Your Docs ! #9- 9- Discord.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

If you are in the half of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the new book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

Small business owners can spend a little time on promotion and get the same results as the big companies who outsource their internet marketing without spending fortunes on advertising. Business owners can get part of the action without spending their advertising dollars. Websites Alone Fail to Attract Viewers. Join the Blogosphere.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. we had no revenue. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

And the economics of advertising driven models for earning money are not very attractive for the content producer. LittleCast lets any videographer sell video on social networks. The viral nature of social networks will also maximize the reach of video sales among friends. Try it, you’ll like it!

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2015

Get enough outlets in your network, and you could have hundreds of thousands of new readers and fans of your content, which ultimately leads to conversion upticks. Buffer, a popular social media sharing tool, leveraged a guest network to generate millions in revenues. This approach does take time, but it works.

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Distribution Cost Social Media Viral 28

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What Startups Can Learn From Watching “The Social Network” – [link]. What is holding back social media investment? Social media critics keep getting it wrong – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It might cater to new customers, it might solve a different need, or it might involve a different revenue model. It processes nearly $1 trillion in payments every year and has a market capitalization of $240 billion, $19 billion in annual revenue, $3 billion in annual profits, and 23,000 employees. of online shoppers use Paypal.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Some use the display advertising options on YouTube, but are not sure what value those ads deliver (and how to think of them in context of web display ads or even TV). Because of YouTube.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 However, they should be mindful as the brand and revenues grow, free optimization tools can have a negative impact on Total Cost of Ownership. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What is your viral coefficient? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Advertising. Social Good. Social Media. viral video.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. Invoice Journal – Free invoicing program.

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2021

Growing revenue. Social selling. Those are marketing objectives that actually can be accomplished quite nicely through the right use of social media today. As one of the most important B2B social media platforms, LinkedIn is a channel that can help you attract more eyes on your business. Driving traffic.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Totally automate all that so it doesn’t bring me down all the time and instead I can sign all the revenue, because that’s fun. Do you feel like the more users you have it helps accelerate, is there some kind of, maybe not necessarily viral, but that people just tell their friends at all. Patrick: How close did he get?

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Always Be Testing The biggest lesson I learned while taking the site from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month (revenue, not profit), is that there are a lot of great theories about marketing, but no one can tell you the exact thing that’s going to lead to an uptick in sales. Correction…it was 0%.

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Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

In fact, mobile app revenue for 2016 is estimated at $58 billion. It’s close to the revenue, it’s measurable, it’s directly linked to onboarding. The network effect from creating user accounts with social profiles also has potential upsides for user and revenue growth. via Inbound.org).

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By now you’ve probably started to hear rumblings about a new social network called Ello. Ello is a simple, ad-free, social network created in part as a response to the current business model of most networks like Facebook, which rely on users to sell advertising. Start by reading the Ello Manifesto.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. Just don’t call Feld on the phone. “I hate the phone,&# he says.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Mobile commerce revenues may still pale in comparison to their ecommerce brothers, but we’re already seeing signs of mobile commerce’s potential. While commercial software houses have the luxury of targeting a specific platform for a revenue-generating commercial app, business developers have to satisfy business requirements.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video).

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