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The 1/9/90 Rule of UGC & Why It’s OK to Have Lurkers

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I wrote the following answer: “I have always believed that UGC (user generated content) website users fall into three categories that follow the 1/9/90 rule. You live or die on the power users because they build the most compelling content and help promote your website (because it helps them). Don’t.

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How Chippmunk Hopes To Use UX To Rise Above The Coupon Crowd

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One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. All of them offer the same kind of coupon information for a store or category, but many of those sites that show up have very poor results. But, that actually extends into all content.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. (5:00 5:00 – 5:55).

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Interview with Scott Morrow, Curatemedia

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If I'm a woman, I might really be into fashion and beauty, and would be more apt to engage with content and community and engage in the shopping experience around that vertical, versus a horizontal brand across verticals. Scott Morrow: Sports/outdoors is quite interesting, that's the fastest growing lifestyle category in e-commerce.

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20 Best Free and Paid Tools for Startups in 2023

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Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. Not only does it boast a sleek ergonomic design, but it also X every single feature you'd expect from a top-tier internet phone system. Here are some affordable tools designed to keep startups safe. From its 4.3-inch

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Chumby

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The firm is now run by Derrick Oien , who an experience entrepreneur, who was the founder of Intercasting Corporation, and a member of the management team which sold MP3.com The Infocast and the Sony Dash are more like a digital photo frame in terms of look and industrial design. Derrick Oien: Chumby invented a category.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Matching ads to content is what they do. from Carnegie Mellon University.