Upworthy’s co-founder, Peter Koechley describes how his media site succeeds in its mission: to make videos with important content – content that really impacts on how people live their lives — go “as viral as some idiot surfing off his roof”, to borrow from the
Here’s a question to tax the gray matter of enterprising tech product managers and chief revenue officers: how do you get your newly-launched tech company to transform the 48 cents you have sitting in your bank account into well over $1 million in revenue in
Community managers who prize user engagement might do well to take a good look at New York-based fitness and gamification startup Fitocracy, whose community-driven engagement platform has secured greater user engagement than Twitter since its launch in October 2010. And it’s poised to generate some
The New York-based social analytics website Unmetric has just raised $5.5 million in Series B, taking its total investment to $8.7 million. And most seasoned product managers will see why: over the last year, it’s been adding some pretty nifty tools to its analytic repertoire.
Seasoned ecommerce analysts may have their doubts about the viability of a subscription all-you-can-read e‑book service, but New York-based startup Oyster thinks otherwise, having recently launched an iPhone app offering unlimited access to 100,000+ book titles. The $9.95 monthly subscription offers titles from a diverse