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The Age of Viral Finance

Start Up Blog

But it isn’t just memes and videos that can go viral. This just happened with Silicon Valley Bank. World’s First Viral Bank Failure Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a very important bank to the startup and tech eco system in the USA. The idea becomes the truth. In Australia, banks only require 17.5%

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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future

Both Sides of the Table

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. And what Hollywood does’t get about Silicon Valley?

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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley has been, historically speaking, the source of much innovation. Many tech companies earn success by going viral. If you really want to make it, you need to go somewhere that allows you to network with the thriving tech community. San Francisco is already well publicized.

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8 Key Business Growth Burdens You May Not Anticipate

Startup Professionals Musings

Fortunately, I’ve had the opportunity to work and learn for many years in both the corporate environment (IBM), as well as the exploding Silicon Valley startup environment of the 90’s. Entrepreneurs are an optimistic and passionate group, who normally expect their idea to go viral soon, and success to follow shortly thereafter.

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Growth strategies for marketplaces: key takeaways from a fireside chat on growth

Version One Ventures

Growth hacking and growth teams are so commonplace today, at least inside Silicon Valley, that it’s easy to forget that “growth” (as we know it now) is a relatively new phenomenon. Virality and marketplaces: generally low, but…. Generally speaking, marketplaces aren’t blessed with intrinsic virality.

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

Heck, in Silicon Valley even the waiters can do it.). Create a “ viral ” landing page, with LaunchRock or KickoffLabs. . ——— If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby on Rails , Nodes.js JustinMind , Balsamiq ).

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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!