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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

They definitely push you to be a heavily connected user and give you lots of data. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. Network and Connection Statistics Possibly Branchout focuses too much on your network.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

They definitely push you to be a heavily connected user and give you lots of data. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. Network and Connection Statistics Possibly Branchout focuses too much on your network.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did. Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. If it’s below 50% I will almost never go and see it. I suppose you could call this “ The Wisdom of the Crowds &# (another great book).

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. So I thought I would.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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