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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

Both Sides of the Table

Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. that’s where the customers are. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, no surprise?—?that’s founders, marketers, investors?—?and

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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new online platform startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. So let’s take a look.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch LA

Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. “Creators will be selling their own avatar fashion, and the ones that they’ve customized over the past couple of months. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam. . Image Credits: Genies.

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How to Create And Use Snapchat’s New Custom Geofilters

Tech Zulu Event

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. In the past this was reserved through an application process that Snapchat controlled.

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7 Keys To Using Social Media to Kickstart Your Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that they are missing out on a great opportunity for “free” promotion, as well as taking a great risk by not listening to what customers are saying, and not monitoring or responding to undeserved challenges to their reputation. Choose the best social media platform for your domain.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

Or you know the other one — the one where Snapchat lost $2 billion in just one quarter. I want to understand how many units the company is selling, whether this is increasing over time and how well they’re doing at retaining the customers that they do acquire. Two-f **g-billion! What a disaster! Is it one product line or multiple?

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Why The Next Generation of Online Video Companies Will be Vertical

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. But there’s a reason why Bravo dominates the unscripted category in the cable / satellite world.

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