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Rocket Internet CEO on acquiring the right initial customers and scaling up

Rocket Internet CEO on acquiring the right initial customers and scaling up

In this talk Dr Florian Heinemann (CEO of Rocket Internet) shares his insights into the ways that a good business analytics concept is essential to your growth. Florian’s message from his presentation at HackFwd’s Build 0.8 is straightforward: understand who your key customers are, the ones who are responsible for the highest lifetime value, and [...]

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Small Business vs. Startup with Steve Blank // Now I Know

Small Business vs. Startup with Steve Blank // Now I Know

Steve unpacks the the fundamental differences between small business and startup. Steve Blank was part of/or founded eight venture-backed companies, four of which went public.

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Box.net CEO Aaron Levie on Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise

Box.net CEO Aaron Levie on Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise

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How Pinterest Architected and Built Their Sharded MySQL Datastore

How Pinterest Architected and Built Their Sharded MySQL Datastore

How did Pinterest, the social platform that allows users to create themed “pin boards” where they can “pin” pictures they find online or upload from their computers or phones, build a site that seamlessly allows millions of users to upload millions more pictures a day? In this webcast Pinterest engineers Marty Weiner and Yashwanth Nelapati [...]

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Jim Franklin, CEO of SendGrid on Leveraging Partners to Get Big Fast

Jim Franklin, CEO of SendGrid on Leveraging Partners to Get Big Fast

Jim Franklin, CEO of SendGrid on Leveraging Partners to Get Big Fast.

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Using APIs to transform your business

Using APIs to transform your business

Today, we’re seeing an explosion of consumption as consumers move the browser to trillions of apps on hundreds of different mobile devices. You may have heard how companies like Google and Twitter have tapped into new markets by offering public APIs (application programming interfaces) for developers to build apps and new distribution for data and [...]

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10 Big Things About Building a World-class Tech Company – Ali Asaria, founder of Well.ca

10 Big Things About Building a World-class Tech Company – Ali Asaria, founder of Well.ca

Ali Asaria, founder of Well.ca, has been around the block. Everywhere he goes, he calls upon great business leaders to uncover their keys to success. And he’s willing to share these insights with you. Ali shares the 10 Big Things he’s learned about building a world-class company.

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Mint.com Cofounder Aaron Patzer on How to Take your Startup to the Next Level

Mint.com Cofounder Aaron Patzer on How to Take your Startup to the Next Level

Aaron Patzer at the Future of Web Apps Miami 2010.

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Reddit Cofounder Steve Huffman’s Lessons Learned Building Reddit

Reddit Cofounder Steve Huffman’s Lessons Learned Building Reddit

Steve Huffman at the Future of Web Apps Miami 2010.

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Kevin Rose on How to Take Your Site from One to One Million Users

Kevin Rose on How to Take Your Site from One to One Million Users

Kevin shares the secrets to digg.com and wefollow.com explosive user growth. He covers nine unique strategies that turn passive users into passionate advocates. You’ll learn: 1. How to encourage users to tweet about your app 2. The concept of “The Circle of Life” in web apps and how it affects you 3. Growing your userbase: [...]

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