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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

And global. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. And production is where Hollywood beats Silicon Valley. Build a Global Business. I know it should go without saying that in 2013 you should be thinking about building a global business.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth.

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UGC Strategies to Boost Your Brand

Women Entrepreneurs Can

John Doerr of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist’s calls it the “next wave of the web.” UGC also soared in the first quarter of 2020, amid the global pandemic that disrupted our lives. User-generated videos have enormous potential for sharing and to go viral. Social media-fuelled the rise of the UGC.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

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. That’s no longer the case in Silicon Valley. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Keep teaching!

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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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. Tim Staples – Creating Shareable Content for Your Busines.

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5 myths about the marketplace that mobile strategies busted

The Next Web

How do we design and build a world-class mobile experience that not only satisfies the needs of our users, but fuels growth and inspires more people to join the Airbnb global community? It’s easy, especially in Silicon Valley, to get hung up on all the whizbang new technologies available to developers.

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