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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

There is nothing viral! I am in New York today and several people asked me how Bird actually works. “Do This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really. Brand matters.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. Listly is a content marketing tool that helps helping bloggers and publishers “ take lists to the next level ” by creating lists that are social, viral and constantly evolving. says founder Kellee Khalil.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Follow along as we explore 10 of the most exciting college business incubators around today, and be sure to share your own favorites in the comments: Entrepreneurs Hall @ The RIT Global Village. NYU-Poly has not one, but four business incubators, boasting incredible support for fledgling businesses in the greater New York City area.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. He would try initiatives like announcing that a new cd was going to drop at new year’s. He got people to do bootlegged mixtapes in new york, france and new zealand. The song spread globally.

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The Top 10 Duct Tape Marketing Podcast Episodes for 2020

Duct Tape Marketing

Tim Staples is the CEO of Shareability and co-author of Break Through the Noise: The 9 Rules to Capture Global Attention. Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. He is also a New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author himself.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. Luckily Eric Ries was spending a few days in New York, so we sat down in the middle of Times Square and hashed this out.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

mashable.com

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