SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2011

" One was an enterprise software product. The other was a consumer play with possible viral growth. Would the consumer one get traction and be viral? In both cases, I was the mentor telling the person that the idea, as I understood it was "not great." Neither felt like a slam dunk.

Customer 227

Customer Fractional CTO Viral Lean 227

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. As a hardware designer, I’m sure you do the same thing as you document your product specifications and pass them on to other members of your team for implementation.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

The Next Web

JUNE 29, 2012

Like every startup out there mine is also after the holy grail of finding our viral loop — our interpretation of “invite a friend and get 1 GB free” of DropBox. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding the viral loop. If you don’t have a critical mass of users or customers you cannot start thinking about going viral.

Viral 117

Viral Analytics Startup Software Review 117

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “How an online collaborative design process helped Ineke create packaging for its fragrance launches in record time.” ” [link]. ” – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. Clothing Hang Tag Design: 12 Trendy Examples – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different. Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. These two jobs need to be done in parallel. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review Business Model 220

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

You just get a little nicer talent, you get a different design group (internal or external) and you let your mind be open to new possibilities. Design a glorious purchase experience. If you refuse to have a true mobile-awesome experience, at least suck-less by using responsive design - like this blog. Bits and bytes are cheap.

Design 151

Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 151

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Web Design: The Power of Crowdsourcing – [link]. How to find great design help at a very affordable price (that u determine) – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold – [link]. ” An interview with Jonathan Ive, Apple’s designer – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above shows an example of what happens when a designer forgets about kerning. More great examples in the Logo Design section below. 1btE4oF. .” 18ndyKp.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Boston University’s business incubator has produced numerous success stories, including HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals with two drugs in Stage 2 clinical development to treat blood disorders and viral-related cancers, as well as Modular Genetics, a biotechnology company focused on sustainable gene engineering. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting trend at VC firms … design partners | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1k67wjJ. Cool Stamp Designs | Abduzeedo – crowdspring.co/1iDjYdM. 1iD8Uhu.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Illustrated Anatomy of a Viral Pinterest Scam – [link]. The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs – [link]. Packaging Design Inspiration – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 31, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Secret to Successful Product Design? Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral | Harvard Business Review – [link]. ” | by Dan Sinker – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The formula for going viral (or Twitter failure) - [link]. Design Lessons from Well Designed Album Covers - [link]. Top 45 Google Logo Designs - [link].

Social Media 87

Social Media Las Vegas Small Business Design 87

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! SaaS products aren’t viral – [link]. 10 Stupid Things Clients Say to Designers and How to Counter It – [link]. 15 Creative Poster Design Ideas - [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips - crowdspring.co/1dn9KvH. 7 Things Marketers Can Learn From 2,616 Viral Headlines. 1eVU27h.

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship , small business , leadership, social media , marketing, and more! There, I Said It: Screw Viral Videos – [link]. Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources – [link]. Discover What Type of Designer Are You?

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. I'd approached Advanced Millennium Technologies, to develop our ERP software, last September.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We interviewed the heads of the top Web and mobile development companies, incubators, agencies and labs to understand what it takes to design and develop the most successful apps of our generation. If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Follow him at @rrhoover or visit his blog to read more about startups and product design. GitHub can be a fantastic resume for software developers. The way product managers, UX designers, and other “non-technical” roles think , communicates their ability and culture fit. Can we all agree resumes are crummy? I write for fun.

Stealth 167

Stealth Cofounder Social Media Viral 167

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 7 Social Media Mistakes that Can Keep Your Content from Going Viral - [link]. 45 Edge Painted Letterpress Business Cards | Best Design Options – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2021

The more software you can introduce to streamline processes and cut back on people costs, the better. Let’s check out the software! Lodgify is one of the few pieces of software that’s built specifically for vacation rental managers like you. Admittedly, this one’s not necessarily a piece of software.

Software Review 79

Software Review Software Technical Review Social Media 79

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Good Design = Beautiful/Cool Design. It’s simple.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea. Wireframes.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

More Stories in Apps & Software. Dev & Design Highlights. Design Lists. Web Design. viral video. viral videos. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. Print Story. Email Story. Topics to follow.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Similarly, I’ll be very cautious about metrics for web apps that just measure traffic, eyeballs etc.

Customer Development 228

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 228

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. Similarly, designing an iOS-­friendly app cost us a lot of developers’ hours, but hasn’t gotten traction so far. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

As a software developer I want things in neat little boxes. Marketing is Design. Note: by “Design&# I mean technical (application) design. Design is a less constrained environment than coding. In design, trial and error (a.k.a. Today you might design an application that hits production in 6 months.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Attribution software will tell you if your website visitors come to you through direct traffic or organic. Context matters, and attribution software is still limited. Obsessing over going viral. Creative agency founder Dan Kelsall has helped many of his clients go viral. In most cases, viral posts generated less demand.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. reinvented, with more people online and trained. The Present Era.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different. Save your viral campaign and major inventory buildup for later. These two jobs need to be done in parallel. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment.

Business Model 120

Business Model Technical Review Advisory Board Software Review 120

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Accounting Sure, there are plenty of expensive accounting packages out there as well as online resources, but the gold standard for accounting and banking software continues to be Quickbooks. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). customer & vendor profiles. Sweetness indeed.

Small Business 118

Small Business Technical Review Software Review Startup 118

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103