Published inThe Capital Platform·Feb 17, 2019Startups Are (Really Fu*king) Hard!By Cliff Lerner on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — Why is it that some things just don’t seem to get any easier the second time around? …Entrepreneurship10 min readEntrepreneurship10 min read
Published inThe Startup·Nov 29, 2018Building a Cryptocurrency App from Bali: The Top Five Pros and Cons of My New Life as a Digital NomadIn 2016, I sold my company SNAP Interactive. My nearly ten-year experience there as Co-Founder and CEO was a wild ride; one that saw about twelve of us become paper millionaires almost overnight; one where I was honored to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ; and one where I made…Digital Nomads11 min readDigital Nomads11 min read
Published inMission.org·May 30, 201820 Ideas For Facebook to ‘Make Online Dating Great Again’On May 1st, Mark Zuckerberg ‘shocked the world’ by announcing that Facebook will offer online dating features to its 2 billion plus users. Although the timing is surprising, it is actually not far-fetched as Facebook began as a dating site called FaceMash in 2003, and has finally come full circle…Startup13 min readStartup13 min read
Published inMission.org·Mar 23, 2018The Only Three Metrics That Really Matter For StartupsThis is taken from Chapter 8 of “Explosive Growth —What I Learned Growing To 100 Million Users” — The Ultimate Startup Growth PlaybookMarketing15 min readMarketing15 min read
Published inMission.org·Jan 16, 2018The 3 Questions Every Startup CEO Needs to Ask to Reach 1 Million UsersSome of this information is taken from my new book Explosive Growth — A Few Things I Learned Growing To 100 Million Users & Losing $78 Million. There are numerous strategies that helped my startup acquire at least 1 million users on several apps, however these are the 3 questions…Startup8 min readStartup8 min read
Published inThe Startup·Dec 18, 2017The Worst Ideas I Had As A Founder (That Went Extremely Well)Much of this information is taken from my #1 Best Seller Business Book, Explosive Growth — A Few Things I Learned Growing To 100 Million Users & Losing $78 Million. There is one truth that all founders — I don’t care if you’re a former CEO or a 22 year-old…Startup11 min readStartup11 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·Dec 11, 2017How To Get $100,000 In Free Press For Your Startup This WeekMuch of this information is taken from my new book Explosive Growth, which you can purchase on Amazon. In 2007, my company’s marketing efforts were, in a word, lackluster. I ran a dating service called IAmFreeTonight.com …Marketing6 min readMarketing6 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·Nov 30, 20175 Genius Things Tinder Did To Achieve Explosive GrowthMuch of this information is taken from the chapter, ‘Tinder Cracks The Code,’ in my new Best Seller Business Book, Explosive Growth, which you can purchase on Amazon. As soon as I saw Tinder, I knew it was going to crush the competition. Unfortunately, I was included in that competition. …Dating9 min readDating9 min read
Published inThe Startup·Nov 22, 2017How A/B Testing Got Us 100,000 Users In One DayMuch of this information is taken from my new book Explosive Growth, which you can purchase on Amazon. In 2007, my company was in a precarious spot: We’d scrapped our product for a full rebuild. We were rebuilding our product as a Facebook app — a totally untested platform. We…Growth Hacking6 min readGrowth Hacking6 min read
Published inStartup Pulse·Nov 18, 2017Your Product Isn’t Growing Because It SucksMuch of this information is taken from my new Best Seller Business Book, Explosive Growth, which you can purchase on Amazon. There is one question that can make or break any marketing campaign, but you never hear it asked at meetings: Does our product suck? It’s a scary thing to…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read