Equity Fingerprint + Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge
These are quotes from the conference.
Part 7
Natural to go for a viral distribution model
Embody real life - the way you live
Everybody uses social networks
People start crossing over between social and professional networks
Social networks is an infant technology with infant products
Generational thing; different ways of expression; destroy barrier between work/play
Lots of innovation still to come on revenue models for social network sites
Most people will not use security features/filters
In Silicon Valley, there are around 14 experts on viral marketing, how to reach 10 million people. THERE IS A SECRET
LinkedIn started by 13 people sending out 138 invites
Orchid is big in Brazil and a flop in Silicon Valley
Catch a community with the right thing
Binary decisions; viability
Small differences on a site make a huge difference
Challenge - they are all the same
Watch reputation as people expose their personal relationships