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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What channels will you use (e.g., Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Who are the other stakeholders involved?

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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

The early buzz of Clubhouse (despite being invite-only and iOS having a total reach of about 2 million users) along with the rising popularity of podcasts has shown that consumers crave social audio interactions and that there’s plenty of room for innovation in the space. Similar to Saga , a family-focused audio social network.

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 10 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time. — This is due to the very definition of “average” — you’ll spend half your time before the half-way point, and half after.

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Low-Cost Business Ideas for 2022

ReadWriteStart

Successfully running your business in 2022 is not easy due to the new norms of people’s lives. To minimize your costs, before launching a full-fledged software, you can use an MVP, with which you will test the main functions of the app and attract the first customers.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

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A Guide to Reputation Management: Build an Audience of Superfans

ConversionXL

79% of consumers trust an online review as much as they would a recommendation from a friend. And 94% of shoppers state that just one bad review has convinced them not to buy from a company. You can’t avoid negative reviews, opinions, and comments altogether. Developing a social media following.