Matt's Startup Experience - Archives: October, 2009

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Effective Ways to Promote Your Startup (Cheaply)

Matt Heaton on Oct, 26, 2009 at 1:04 PM

Now that we have BigStartups.com live and are getting ready to start really promoting it, I've been rehashing a lot of strategies that have worked (or (Read more)

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We Can Just Determine Our Business Model Later

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM

“We can just determine our business model later” is a trap a lot of web 2.0 entrepreneurs and startups have fallen into. I'm guilty o (Read more)

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Great Presentation: Growing from One to One Million Users By Kevin Rose

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM

This is an unbelievably good presentation done by Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, WeFollow startups on taking your site from one to one million users.&nbs (Read more)

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Motivating Users - Points, Virtual Rewards, Games and Competition

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM

Have you ever launched an online service which has a substantial benefit to people, but struggled to get them to just start using it? One of the (Read more)

The Emotional Toll of a Startup

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 10, 2009 at 10:40 AM

People often compare running a startup company to a roller coaster with all of it's intense ups and downs. Actually, some days it feels more like (Read more)

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Lessons Learned in the Startup World

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 07, 2009 at 1:09 PM

No, I've never had a multi-million dollar exit, or run of company backed by tens of millions in VC, but I've spent the last dozen years of my life work (Read more)

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Why Start A Company In A Bad Economy?

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Matt Heaton on Oct, 05, 2009 at 11:59 AM

This question has been in my mind a lot lately. Anybody who reads my blog knows my outlook on the economy over the next several years in pretty b (Read more)

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Serial entrepeneur, co-founder of BigStartups, Timu and ActiveRain
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