Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Convenience First and foremost, you must decided whether to work with individuals or development companies. Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Tim Staples is the CEO of Shareability and co-author of Break Through the Noise: The 9 Rules to Capture Global Attention. Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. Michael Margolis is the CEO and founder of Storied. Click here to listen to the episode. Hall, Ph.D.,

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

There are the tangible benefits of leads, but there are the intangible benefits of developing as an industry thought leader and proving your knowledge, making it easier to build partnerships, find customers, and build out other channels (such as sales). Virality and Referral. Business Development & Partnerships.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Ryan Hoover is the co-creator of Product Hunt , creator of Startup Edition , and instructor at Tradecraft. GitHub can be a fantastic resume for software developers. Several followers offered me a job and introductions to other founders. Can we all agree resumes are crummy? x 11 sheet of paper? And this is where GitHub shines.

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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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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

But now that we’ve entered a mobile, social era, commerce companies have to find engaging ways to keep customers involved and coming back to get the most bang for their buck,” says Manish Chandra , founder and CEO of Poshmark. “So So many commerce startups get it wrong – focusing on customers before community.”.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake. You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Let’s face it—everyone likes free stuff. Youtube ads. $1

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

Len Kendall is the founder of CentUp. It went viral shortly after, but let’s back up. One of our co-founders Tyler Travitz approached the group with the idea to build a simple game that poked fun at the recent rise of click-baity headlines you see on sites like Viralnova and Upworthy. Running a startup can be a grind.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

by Daniel Quindemil, Founder of I AM Builders. Viral Marketing. According to Google, viral marketing is a “method of marketing where consumers are encouraged to share information about a company’s goods or services via the Internet.”. Contact Developers. Everyone is always looking for the next big thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. ShoeDazzle has Kim Kardashian as a co-founder / company as a spokesperson as well as Brian Lee who was a co-founder at Legal Zoom. Add this new model to the mix.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2013

There has been a big shift away from myopic designers who spend the majority of their time in Photoshop or Illustrator, painting a picture of what the experience should look like once it goes through all the development stages. Time and time again, this led to an outcome of visually appealing but wholly ineffective designs.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

Joe Flanagan, Founder, 90s Fashion World No, Too Many Lenders While the idea of sourcing capital from multiple smaller sources is an enticing one, the reality is far less pleasant. A campaign should only be used if your product has a “viral” quality to it. Inbar Madar , Founder and Business Consultant, M.I.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

According to Glossier co-founder Emily Weiss , “one of the things that we really rely on is our customers as co-creators and sort of co-conspirators of our company.” First impressions are massively important if you want to develop brand loyalty. Check it out! Design matters. Make a good impression.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. I use to to learn, to grow, to ask questions for which I’m curious and to further develop relationships that I have. And there you have it. Not a chance. Series A round.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. I hadn’t thought about the fact that he would become aware of my link.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 11, 2013

As a rapidly developing industry, sustainability can be challenging to keep up with and AMP functions as a collaborative tool and starting point for those interested. Currently, AMP is development and production. Gratefully, we met our goal of $30K and were able to put that towards developing the beta version of our platform.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Hugo Woodhead is the founder of Pilcro , which sells brand management software. Kim and his co-founder, Theo Lee, did the formal market research—including a thorough investigation of Kickstarter. as he had overspent his budget developing the service. Test launch tiny products. His solution?

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2014

You too can motivate and incentivize your Facebook and Twitter followers to actually promote the brand in a viral way through these simple steps: Step #1: Create Bite-Sized Tasks. George Elfond is the co-founder and CEO of Rallyware. Elfond concentrates on business strategy, business development, and operations.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. JoinSquare at Square, Inc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

Then he started a company called PostEra, which uses machine learning to identify promising compounds for new drug development. In January of this year, he arrived in the US with his co-founders as part of the winter 2020 YCombinator batch. Alpha Lee : I'm Alpha Lee, a co-founder of PostEra. Alpha Lee : Right.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. JoinSquare at Square, Inc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link]. SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Download Free Online eBooks for Web Designers and Developers – DesignModo - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

COMEDIVA, a web production company developing a female-driven video comedy site, is searching for that multi-talented web developer / designer / SEO guru who can handle. I've also recently created a private email discussion list for technology company founders at FounderList.com to network, share, and learn from each other.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

Even though the video may contain some of these elements, an explainer video is NOT specifically: A Viral video. Neil Patel, co-founder of CrazyEgg says that even though the video below brought in an extra $21,000/ month back in 2012, it was the script that was really responsible for such incredible growth. A Tutorial.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

Co-owner and founder Michael Heyne said that people didn’t understand the original name, a reference to doner kebabs (which isn’t even available on the menu anymore). We Want to Watch People Eating Pizza Keep up with research and you get to learn from cases developed as research. weareinhouse.com 2. In-House Int’l 5.

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