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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. If you’re starting a new media company, does it make sense to charge from day one?

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. keep iterating until its 1.1

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

Startup Lessons Learned

Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.