Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? For companies in the early-adopter phase, you can play "the earlyvangelist game" whenever a customer turns out to be too mainstream for your product.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

Mobile Payments Market Predicted To Reach $90B By 2017, Up From $12.8B 40 Well Designed Free Social Networking Icons – [link]. Mobile UI Design Inspiration: Charts And Graphs – [link]. 40 Well Designed Free Social Networking Icons – [link]. Productivity is Hard – [link].

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Speaking of angel investment data, the Kauffman Foundation funded a paper on Returns to Angel Investors in Groups written by Robert Wiltbank at Willamette University and Warren Boeker at University of Washington. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? return on investment after 3.5

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, if any of the mobile ad networks gets major traction, they may become a dominant way that people discover new apps. If the rating in the App Store is based on usage, I am sure those popular social networking applications are sure to be in the top and the hot seat always. The observation sounds strange.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

So there is an opportunity to build new brands with attributes like "the most amazing mobile apps" but I think building a company around that strategy means really thinking through how to do it. This can even vary by category, as people apply different criteria to games vs. utilities vs. social networking apps.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2012

Typical for today's startups - particularly in the mobile and cloud markets, but even in e-commerce - the strategy of choice seems to be building as large of a user base as possible, then trying to figure out how to make money later. The player can conduct transactions even when embedded in a social network or third-party website. "If

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Back in 2012, for example, Google+ was the latest up-and-coming social network, expecting to reach 400+ million active users. If you’re going to rely on eight year old email marketing best practices, than you’ll also want to spend time setting up a Myspace account, and ignore making your website mobile friendly.

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. I wouldn't doubt him and perhaps he can even give those folks in Washington a nudge to make the crowdfunding real next year.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 17, 2011

I knew very litle about HTML5 at the time, but I heard that it’s great for mobile (later found out it’s great for mobile b/c it just works for mobile as good as a full blown website). I sat next to a guy from Israel who will be attending Washington University at St. It was just half a day, 12p-9p.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Doctors are in high demand, not just by their patients, but by startups looking to create social networks, marketplaces, and portals around their expertise. Chinese mobile carrier China Telecom Corp. Source: Washington Business Journal ]. - By Sarah Lacy.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? The reason I wanted to have him on was that we have been having this conversation in Washington about how do you reform the healthcare system? Additionally, all of us that have been consumers of the U.S.

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