Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While fringe views and conspiracy theorists have always existed, it’s ironic they can now spread their messages on social media virally to the unprotected and at scale. The Anti-vax movement is the latest in a long list of problems social media is contributing to. Social media’s product is to sell attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Scott, published a book a while back that I like, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2023

Exciting new technologies these days range from the niche social media software platforms I see almost every month, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and driverless autos. In fact, some technology leaps are so great that they enable a whole new class of products, or a whole new market.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

by KJ Dearie, product specialist and small business advisor at Termly. As the regulations that govern the internet evolve and threaten the safety of online users’ personal information, more and more individuals are engaging the digital world with increasing suspicion and hesitance. Be Transparent About Collecting User Data.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Investors and founders alike have been obsessed about “growth at all costs,” just as a virus colony grows without care to its effect on its host cells or whether the colony’s growth ends up destroying the host body completely, taking the colony down with it in a viral version of Lord of the Flies. But many of the winners are a mixed bag.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Exciting new technologies these days range from the niche social media software platforms I see almost every month, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and driverless autos. In fact, some technology leaps are so great that they enable a whole new class of products, or a whole new market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about. Also, cohort behavior often reflects the use of the product over time. For replenishable products, if most people place their next order on the fifth week, that’s when they run out of it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Scott, just published a new book that I like,” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. Social-media advertising.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2019

In today’s digital world, negative feedback can quickly go viral, leading to potential disaster for even the biggest brands. Brands that monitor feedback online, via social media platforms and review sites, will be best equipped to deal with any issues before they become major problems. And that’s massively important.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. world's most disruptive tech titans to a stable, market-leading firm introducing modest advances to its current products. 14- The Farmstand. 21- AMP Robotics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Exciting new technologies these days range from the easier to use social media software platforms I see almost every week, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and hydrogen fuel autos. In fact, some technology leaps are so great that they enable a whole new class of products, or a whole new market.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2016

Exciting new technologies these days range from the easier to use social media software platforms I see almost every week, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and hydrogen fuel autos. In fact, some technology leaps are so great that they enable a whole new class of products, or a whole new market.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. There has never been a viral outbreak of such magnitude before. Therefore, the world’s governments have issued varying degrees of lockdown or stay-at-home orders. Finding the opportunity amidst the crisis.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 19, 2019

The New York Times’ John Herrman recently asked “ Is there anything the rest of the internet can learn from LinkedIn? ,” in relation to how people there are relatively civil there compared to purely social media platforms. Hunter Walk: Wait, I thought LinkedIn was a resume and recruiting site. Where does it appear?

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In the Udemy course, Alistair and Ben expand these basics into a description of how to create empathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, and scale. Stickiness, Ben and Alistair say, is where people move on too quickly--they don’t make sure they really have a product that has the right features and functionality to meet their customers’ needs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. Eric Ries : That's a remarkable use of social media. Some of them derived from oil, some of them derived from other natural products. I am Eric Ries. Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Users can share UGC / UCC via social media platforms, forums, comments, reviews, and open-source sites like Wikipedia. Social media-fuelled the rise of the UGC. UGC posts get more engagements that improve SMO or social media optimization. It is currently the leading social media platform.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 30, 2019

One comment on social media from a client citing their lack of trust in a company can go viral within minutes and create a public outrage even if the comments are untrue. As the media continues to report, cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and cyberattacks are becoming increasingly prevalent.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Jon Favreau (who also wrote and directed the film) stars as Carl Casper, a head chef who is fired after a video of his spat with a food critic goes viral. As an entrepreneur, you can draw comparisons to innovation, product differentiation, and other tried-and-true business concepts, but don’t try too hard make the analogies work.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

There were no sales people in the USSR – the government just decided what to produce and in which quantities, – so I pretty much have an anti-­sales­-and­-marketing background. Simply put, the return on investment on your product or service is LTV minus CAC. You can enlist a team of resellers to sell your product for you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

11:56] You make some parallels to the tobacco industry, which was found to do everything they could to make their product more addictive and this brought some regulations. In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. It's basically you, we get most of our products for free.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Unusual or Commoditized Products. These products compete on individuality and aesthetics more than price. For ecommerce, a new technique is “remarketing” — using multiple touches to generate continued interest in the product. Latest Social Media News.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. My name is Robert Rhinehart.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly After someone signs up for your site, you ask them to share it with their friends through various social media channels and/or email. ); //]]> Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 Whats Hot in Social Media This Week HOW TO: Organize a Mashable Meetup View More » Business 5 Proven Strategies for B2B Social Me.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Put simply, the amount of public, real-time information that is now being created by hundreds of millions of users and soon billions of objects will change the way every major business, organization or government must operate. How can governments not track hooligans, terrorists or criminals who give off public information. Asymmetric.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

All of our meetings, all of our product launches, all of our tasks. Yet, the next day Crock-Pot woke up to thousands upon thousands of longstanding generational customers taking to social media and saying, “Oh my goodness, we’re going to throw out our Crock-Pot machine and we’re never buying from this brand again.”

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

Avoid Outsourcing Your Social Media. Social media has spawned a plethora of consultants who will handle all your social media needs. They go through the motions, which ends up being counter productive when people are annoyed or don’t find the msg compelling and don’t engage.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This principle is no less true of businesses than government agencies; particularly in the decade following 9/11> Large corporations have made it a priority to invest considerable resources in disaster recovery plans, crisis manuals, business interruption insurance and so forth.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

Avoid Outsourcing Your Social Media. Social media has spawned a plethora of consultants who will handle all your social media needs. They go through the motions, which ends up being counter productive when people are annoyed or don’t find the msg compelling and don’t engage.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. It’s all about the product. The only thing that matters is how good your product is. Always has been.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! The product is the star of the show.” As was mentioned, luck and the ability for your product to be “sticky” enough to generate the traction necessary to get eyes pointed your way. Latest Social Media News. The Social Good Brief.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

The kids running amok within Quora (the website) insist on the quasi-fascist myth of the 10x developer who single-handedly is more productive than a whole bunch of incompetent coders (you can imagine the environment they come from.) Nor does picking apart 200 web products and analyzing what works and doesn't. You, a creative guy?

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Board Effect

AUGUST 23, 2019

To look at the reverse effects of reputation, Aon recommends that organizations look at the four Ps within their companies — products, policies, people and politics. Here’s why that can be valuable advice: Products. Great new products and services are only great until someone uncovers some unethical situation related to them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2015

We just love sharing articles about fonts, logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Meet Nava, A Startup That Wants To Fix The Government’s Crappy Design [link] crowdspring.co/1MbGeIk Launching a New Product?

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