The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”. Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io and wrangler.io , says, “.io

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Exactly where they need to be, on their smart screens scrolling some viral internet discussion. Through social media listening, you can keep yourself updated with what’s rocking the internet as well as the real world. 8: Identify the Hype. Pitch in new posts that drive engagement and applause from your target segment. #9:

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. A very interesting strategy. Im defiantly going to give it a shot on my next project!

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

The viral effect that can accompany a strong Super Bowl commercial can attract an audience that far exceeds the measly 100 million or so viewers during the game itself. Here are 5 elements common to the best viral marketing efforts; the most successful of the 2013 Super Bowl spots will no doubt leverage all or some of these: Spot a trend.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

If its part of a viral loop, its probably trying to get them to invite more friends (on average). Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. But in my experience this is not useful most of the time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2014

“I’m writing blog posts almost on a daily basis, but I am getting zero traction from social media and my conversions are terrible,” said Adrian, the director of a large software company in Australia. Looking at Google Analytics, it seems like people just get the information and go. No one is sharing – and worse yet, no one is converting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Today, many of these businesses are suffering because the ecosystem no longer balances thanks to the Internet. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook. They’re off to cross the chasm. Sorry about that.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. To take your specific example about virality - why do we want to have more users sign up? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join. This is essentially a version of the viral loop.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

If you ask an expert in Facebook apps to come help build yours, youll usually hear the same advice: build your app for virality. Thats sensible advice; most people who have made a business on Facebook rely on the viral driver of growth. If you have a virally-growing app, you dont need the extra installs.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I haven’t been to the desert in Australia, but it’s about the equivalent of that.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2019

The only blog post I had ever written went viral in 2014. Thanks to Mandy Narayan, Rompus Swimwear Australia ! #21- This all happened at a time when the internet was evolving into what we now know as the World Wide Web. It did mean, however, that I wasn’t the right fit for Apple. Eventually, I left. Photo Credit: Audra Walters.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

This is a common problem that results from viral-loop optimization. By copying the exact same registration flow as every other successful viral app, many viral apps completely lose their positioning. Heres why I dont think engagement loops are that helpful: unlike viral loops, its not bad if its not self-sustaining.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. We're leading the charge in enabling viral distribution for iPhone apps.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

The startup launched in CEO and founder TJ Sassani’s house in Byron Bay, Australia, and then became a coffee-shop-based company when he moved to the U.S. Fortunately, most buildings these days are set up for Internet, phones and other business infrastructure, so you don’t have to worry about installing those modern amenities.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

All of these are still valid and still effective, but it’s pretty clear the internet has become a lot more crowded since then. The Internet is more crowded , more content is being created by more people on more websites. It’s built perfectly for viral distribution and thus produces pillar effects almost effortlessly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Here was our experience at IMVU, which I have seen replicated at many other consumer internet startups. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This is similar to the problem that viral loop companies have with the engagement loop : by making it too easy to join, they actually give away the positioning that allows for longer-term engagement.) They discovered, as is true of many freemium and lazy registration systems, that easy is not always optimal.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Revenue is always my preferred measure, but you can use anything that is important to your business: retention, activation, viral invites, or even customer satisfaction in the form of something like net promoter score. If an optimization has an effect at the micro level that doesnt translate into the macro level - who cares?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

So my advice to many is to study online companies that understand how to use technology for audience development, engagement, viral distribution and subscriptions. I saw a post from Upworthy about a video showing a dance troop in Australia for large-sized people. Usually I tell them to study Upworthy & Buzzfeed. Here is an example.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

The second time around however, I went around the internet and read blogs such as yours to see how I can save myself from all the chaos because I knew that at some point I will break and just leave for another company only to find that I will probably have to go through the same thing again! Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? Or should you focus on user engagement or virality? Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? But notice what’s not listed: messages sent per person, churn rates of active users, or activation rate of new user.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Cheaper and faster is also something that we can expect from the internet, which is set the cover even more obscure corners of the globe. You just need a laptop, the right software and an internet connection. One day they're living in a hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the next they're couchsurfing in Australia.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

And while it's condescending it's tone may prove quite useful for non-engineers wanting to start internet businesses with no idea of what is required to do so, which it seems like a lot of people who'd ask this kind of question in this kind of forum, are. Trying to regain internet connection. am a karaoke maniac!

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Massive did note that the agreement is applicable to users in the US, Canada, Europe, South Korea, and Australia. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Eric Ries : I had to do the math, and it's dangerous to do the math live, but I had to look up on Wikipedia the number of English-speaking internet users, which is about 1.1 Eric Ries : So if I'm getting it right, 60 million people is something like 5% of the possible audience of people who are on the internet and speak English.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

In the time since our conversation, data and science have shown again and again that wearing masks is an incredibly effective, low-cost and simple way to prevent viral spread. Jeremy Howard : I mean, luckily, I was kind of in the right place to do this because I used to do a lot of TV in Australia. Jeremy Howard : It's still early.

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