Holiday Startup News Roundup
Startups got some love over the holiday weekend with great tips and lessons. Here’s a look at some of the top stories to help your startup excel.
What do Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Dropbox and Skype have in common? Except for being ridiculously successful, they all enjoyed a strong viral effect that helped accelerate their growth.
How did they do that? Here’s the thing; most people assume that these companies grew by pure word of mouth. Well, that’s only half of the story. The other half is that they deliberately built viral features into their products that helped spread the word.
How to Manage Your Company’s Online Reputation (Infographic) 
Many of us are intimately familiar with the rigmarole of personal online-reputation control, especially as the 2011 holiday party season comes to a close. We know to delete any tipsy tweets and comb through Facebook to un-tag ourselves in embarrassing party photos.
What Startup to Build? 
If you’re asking which startup to build, not whether to build, you probably have several half-baked ideas and don’t know which one to devote yourself to. Or you have no idea at all.
When An Entrepreneur Fails From Lack of Nerve Watching an entrepreneur fail is sad, but watching them fail from a lack of nerve is tragic.
