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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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The Psychology of Influence in Online Startups

VC Cafe

I found they all apply to tech startups and below is my effort to apply the theory to the practice of customer development. Another practical application is closing emails with a question- “So is Wednesday good for you?” b) Similarity - a connection between you and your customers.

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The Psychology of Influence in Online Startups

VC Cafe

I found they all apply to tech startups and below is my effort to apply the theory to the practice of customer development. Another practical application is closing emails with a question- “So is Wednesday good for you?” b) Similarity - a connection between you and your customers. Food for Thought.

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A new way to recruit for (and find) startup jobs

Startup Lessons Learned

The actual exchange of information occurs in private, in email. Just write a few words about them, set their email address as the private recipient, and tweet about it. also supports oauth, so you can log in with your twitter credentials. That said, this is pretty different from an email. For updates about joblink.tw

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?