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Lighting the match – going viral

Berkonomics

What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Here is my list.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. startupcto

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. Read More ».

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. It’s how I met Brian Sierakowski from the Greater Baltimore Tech Council who organized an entrepreneur lunch for me when I was passing through town last week. Twitter resurfaces things and can drive old content viral.

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How we can fix online video advertising’s weakest links

The Next Web

No matter how you look at it – bandwidth consumption, number of viewers per hour, virality – online video has taken over the Web. Entrepreneur Social Media Analysis and Opinion' Yuval Brener is CEO of Carambo.la , an interactive video enrichment platform. billion online videos before the day ends !

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. The third wave of podcasting.

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Are Google-Scale Outcomes More Frequent? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I think one of the key takeaways is that the exponential growth of Internet connected devices along with the strong viral loops of Facebook and Twitter have served as accelerants for these high growth companies. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. . | Filed under Uncategorized. link] Ashish Datta. Read More ».