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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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

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. If anyone tells you products sell themselves, they probably want you to fail”, said Phil Libin , co-founder and CEO of Evernote. Product-growth fit.

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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. Several followers offered me a job and introductions to other founders. It’s a Long-Term Investment - It’s highly unlikely your first, second, third, or 50th post will “go viral.” Can we all agree resumes are crummy?

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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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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

We've written before about the importance of having a Web presence for your startup, even if you aren't prepared to launch. But a team at this weekend's Startup Weekend in Philadelphia has taken this idea one step further, designing a product that will help startups build viral launch pages: LaunchRock.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2013

ff Venture Capital just invested in Tackk , a new platform which allows you to creatively share anything on the web with no barriers to creation. If a designer is simply creating work for desktop web, they are way behind the curve and at a severe disadvantage. The editing experience is amazingly simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. 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. Sort of a sophisticated and targeted co-reg – even though I’m guessing they hate that term.

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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.” They expect a seamless transition between web and device-native applications through color, flow, and overall quality. Know what matters.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JULY 18, 2017

They focused on a user experience where users can choose to download the IOS app if they have an iPhone or use the web app to access the platform from all other devices. Improvements like these delight the users and help the brand organically go viral at the same time. by Lucie Marchelot Shukla, Co-Founder of Straight Teeth Direct™.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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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). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. conference happened at the end of 2004). link] leehower.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link]. SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. Then Act | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. Show them WHY.

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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

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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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. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy. Free product.

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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. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For web services, we write use cases, including code snippets, which describe ways you can imagine people using the product. 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.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. It sounds interesting.

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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.

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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.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. Originally created as online support for co-founder Lynda Weinman’s books on web design, the site has grown into a major learning destination.

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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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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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). It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Split-testing can help you tell which is which.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. ecommerce Internet retailing Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Ecommerce Retailing Stitch Fix'

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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. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. A very interesting strategy.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Web Video George W. Web Font Award Winners Showcase Why T. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. View More » Tech WikiLeaks Hit By Another DDoS Attack 4 Awesome Photo Sharing Alternatives. Bush Talks "the Facebook" a.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. He says that intentional Web 2.0 I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) How Do I Start?

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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. It’s also been said that by 2015, 90% of all web video consumption will be by 18-34 year olds - a generation with tremendous online shopping power. A Tutorial. A Company Overview. Or A Product Demonstration.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. These founders have not managed, to borrow a phrase from Steve Blank , to create a scalable and repeatable sales process. More on that in a moment. They are close to breakeven.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. Originally created as online support for co-founder Lynda Weinman’s books on web design, the site has grown into a major learning destination.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

by John Boudreau, COO and co-founder of Astonish. An entertaining or highly relevant vlog post can drive tons of traffic to your site – especially if it goes viral. 2: A richer web experience. Aside from the SEO perks, it is also a great way for companies to brand themselves within their industries.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2013

by Danny Maloney , CEO and co-founder of PinLeague. It can be tedious to sit on the site for hours following or repinning from users with interests related to your company, but it pays off in time by amplifying he virality of every pin you add. Danny Maloney (@danielpmaloney) is CEO and Co-founder of PinLeague.

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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. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. On the other hand, web servers are not a blitzscalable market. Today, there is no one dominant player in web servers.

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