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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

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I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

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This directory was created by New York-based digital agency Kettle , “because it’s easier for Indiana Jones to recover the Sankara Stones than for someone with an idea for an app to find a decent app developer,&# according to the site’s creators. View More » Jobs VP of Sales at Mashable (New York, Ne.

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

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Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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