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What Mattered in 2010: Mike Jones, Myspace

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Today, we're sharing the thoughts of Mike Jones , CEO of Myspace. The third one, of course, is Myspace! We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. READ MORE>>.

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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. MySpace, for example, boomed after launch for five years without a revenue model. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth.

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10 Entrepreneur Myths That Need Not Dilute Your Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, most people thought Twitter was a total snoozer, when Jack Dorsey was looking for funding, especially with MySpace already owning that territory. Yet today, Twitter is a fifty billion behemoth, and MySpace is forgotten. Enjoy the flexibility to make your own decisions.

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6 Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Due To Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

Just ask MySpace, eToys, and Pets.com. Of course, there are many other common reasons for startup failure, including inexperienced teams, inadequate marketing, no intellectual property, business model doesn’t work, or just giving up too early. Startups can go down many times faster than they go up.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Of course that’s not disputable. He led and sold MySpace to Fox for $650 million. But the “monetization heart of the Internet” doesn’t stop at Overture, Applied Semantics and MySpace. To some extent – of course they are. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won. for $565 million to Excite.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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10 Marketing Strategies To Drive Exponential Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Elon Musk and Tesla made their battery patents available to anyone, to clear the path for market infrastructure growth and compatibility, which of course benefits Tesla. Offer an alliance with competitors to expand the market. A mindset of killing your competitors is not always the key to expediting your own growth and success.

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