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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

We had a chat with Viber founder and CEO Talmon Marco to go beyond the facts in the press release and see how the company is faring. How, when and why did you co-found Viber Media? Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. Maybe someday.

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100 Most Inspiring People On Twitter

YoungUpstarts

ManVsDebt : Need to get your finances in order? ginatrapani : Founder and former editor of Lifehacker, Gina Trapani can offer more than a few tips for living well and being productive, with a tech-focus. YogaHopeSue : Sue Jones is the founder of a nonprofit yoga outreach project for underserved populations. Drayton Boylston.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

And unlike other fintech companies that are primarily equity-financed, we raise capital by offering a best in class savings product to consumers (a 1 month renewable CD that pays 6% APY), which in turn allows us to meet our short term capital needs required for loan origination. Thanks to Anne C.