Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses. In addition, churn tends to rise as a company grows.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” He advocates for people who test all channels, use quantitative methods and commit to growth as one’s “true north.” And if there is a term for that which helps entrepreneurs stay focused on these good and true objectives then I’m all for it. I recommend hiring or appointing a growth hacker.”

Technical Review 384

Technical Review Hockey Stick SEM Channel 384

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Too many entrepreneurs don’t know what to do at this point, largely accounting for a disappointing 50 percent of startups that fail in the first five years, according to InvoiceTracker. Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially.

Startup 335

Startup Social Media Metrics Viral 335

The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. Channel saturation. Market leaders may be left behind.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Software Review Distribution San Francisco 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

Sweat Equity 296

Sweat Equity Startup Salary Viral 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2011

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Viral 228

Viral Marketing Startup Demand 228

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. How do you make your product go viral? What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? Email readers, continue here…] Second: channels. A story of an app from nowhere to near dominance.

Viral 62

Viral Product Channel Audience 62

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Channel-level expertise: An understanding of how the channels work (e.g., Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

Sweat Equity 435

Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 435

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 Omnichannel: Diversity and Inclusion Every successful organization uses multiple channels to communicate with potential customers and advertise its products. As for Metaverse — businesses should keep an eye on it as it is not clear yet whether this is hype or a trend.

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality. In that spirit, I offer my perspective on ten common startup failure sources that rarely get admitted by entrepreneurs: Choose to skip the written business plan.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

Elevator Pitch 228

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 228

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. Word-of-mouth and viral marketing are popular terms these days, but are rarely adequate to initiate a new business. Sales/Marketing. Production. Cost structure.

Business Model 256

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 256

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As an advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that many assume that their passion and their innovative solution will define them as a leader, and customers, as well as team members, will follow them to the ends of the earth, assuring business success. Online it may be time to take a formal position via blogs and interviews.

Stealth 362

Stealth Leadership Viral Social Media 362

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs don’t know what to do at this point, largely accounting for that disappointing 50 percent of startups that fail in the first five years, according to Gallup. Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially.

Social Media 329

Social Media Metrics Viral Channel 329

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Mayfield recently hosted a Mobile Marketplaces dinner with leading entrepreneurs, which yielded several insights. Growth hacking” or the mentality of “try every viral trick, every channel as quickly as possible in order to get ahead in the land grab” is a hot topic. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

Mobile 136

Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality. In that spirit, I offer my perspective on ten common startup failure sources that rarely get admitted by entrepreneurs: Choose to skip the written business plan.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content. Take good care of them, and organic, viral sharing may welcome your product to the marketplace. Ignore these pioneering risk-takers, and say goodbye to social channels of conversion. Entrepreneur Social Media How-To''s'

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed. There is no one best channel for all businesses.

Marketing 240

Marketing Viral Channel Metrics 240

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. of going viral that makes all the difference between failure and success.)

Viral 71

Viral Matching Syndicate Syndication 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

Elevator Pitch 336

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 336

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. How can you improve your odds?

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Many successful entrepreneurs learned how to run a business as they built one, and they had the educational benefit of being able to make mistakes and learn from them as they went along. These nine websites will help you track down the appropriate entrepreneurs. Small Business Administration, SCORE gives free advice to entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2012

Many entrepreneurs work hard on the proof of concept (technical), but skip any proof of the business model (revenue flow). In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. These days, the technical side may be the easy part.

Business Model 248

Business Model Advisory Board Entrepreneur Angel Investor 248

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Fresno LLC Community 48

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.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. Closing the loop on your marketing investment, on your channels, on your customer engagement, are important. Biggest takeaway: Today everybody has a megaphone.

Marketing 91

Marketing Silicon Valley Cofounder Framework 91

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

First, some background for those not familiar with lean startup principles. &# Lean Startup&# reflects a set of key principles used by some entrepreneurs to quickly and inexpensively develop new products and services. Many small business owners and entrepreneurs think that picking the right marketing channel will solve all of their problems.

Lean 129

Lean Small Business Marketing Startup 129

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

I must have been channeling someone else for a moment there. Berger explains why people talk about certain produces and ideas more than others, why some stories have a greater tendency towards a viral effect and why some rumors are simply more infectious than others. Wait, what? Queue the metal screeching sound effect).

Viral 93

Viral Small Business Social Media Technical Review 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Then it’s time to innovate through the channels or platforms that are relevant. Digital quite simply is not for repurposing content that exists in other channels.

Marketing 260

Marketing Viral Demand Channel 260

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So it's not Lululemon's Shop of Stuff, it's Lululemon's Events and Gathering and Slack channel and the place where they can connect with actual people. Cuz it's not just, you know, it's like when viral videos were like all the thing, everybody wanted to make a viral video, but why ? And the next one down goes to the site.

Community 82

Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 82

The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

Try what I call the “the viral reality check” or “bar test”: show your bar buddies your new app. From my experience, these are the most effective channels for creating a steady download stream. Entrepreneur Insider How-To''s' Those are not the apps that get featured. Do they want to have it right away?

PR 157

PR Development Team Review Viral Mobile 157

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

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. Almost 40% of small businesses that sell on Facebook say it is their sole sales channel. United Airlines spend a long time recovering from that debacle.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Reputation 120

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

With time and attention scarce, it’s difficult for entrepreneurs and small business owners to upgrade or learn new skills. There are terrific free YouTube channels for entrepreneurs and small business owners and many online schools and sites offer free or low-cost online courses. ” Body Language for Entrepreneurs.

Programming 73

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2021

Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target customers to keep the dream alive and growing.

Technical Review 399

Technical Review Product Advisory Board Business Model 399