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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. In today’s world of social marketing, it takes someone knowledgeable if not expert in understanding how to use available resources in promotion and marketing. Third: cost.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Thus began my marketing campaign. Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley.

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Enrou: Combining Causes and Commerce To Help Improve The World

socalTECH

I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. I saw that they were employing local people, providing them with a capacity to earn, but also that they needed a way to get to market. We are looking forward to a national launch in 2015.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Respect Competitors and Capitalize on Your Strengths

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. Don’t let your passion and ego overcome good business sense and common courtesy as you educate people on other alternatives in the marketplace.

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Smart Startups Learn How To Create And Manage Hype

Startup Professionals Musings

Creating a successful startup is all about marketing these days, no matter how compelling your solution. According to Urban Dictionary , hype is “a clever marketing strategy where a product is advertised as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.” Peak of inflated expectations.

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

InfoChachkie

Ventures In Which An MBA Education Is A Plus. In addition, successful consumer ventures serve extremely large and lucrative markets, making them attractive for MBA’s driven by out-sized outcomes. billion from 2010-2015. A nice way of saying they can be arrogant mercenaries. “When M.B.A.’s and Wharton 2.7%.