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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova

Elena Masolova

Eduson.TV, Pixonic, Groupon.Ru

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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova
Aug 1, 2017 · 5 min read

To ICO or not to ICO

I was overwhelmed with projects pitching me to fund their ICO as an angel investor, and decided to analyze the market 2…

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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova
Jul 15, 2017 · 10 min read

25 Things I Learned from Eric Schmidt, Marissa Mayer, Reid Hoffman and other Silicon Valley Executives

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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova
Nov 18, 2015 · 3 min read

"We don't want you to be profitable!"

Exclaimed our investor at a Skype call and he wasn't joking. The daily deals company Darberry (15 employees at Family stage) was showing fantastic growth ($100,000+ per month only 4-5 months after launch). All what mattered then was speed of growth, capturing…

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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova
Oct 21, 2015 · 4 min read

Improving AARRR pirate metrics

The tribal stage of the startup is all about running right experiments and quickly making changes based on the results. In addition to experiment with daily knowledge channels (which aims to raise retention), I’ve looked at Eduson.tv customer funnel (acquisition ->…

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Elena Masolova
Elena Masolova
Oct 7, 2015 · 3 min read

Starbucks and Porn: Blitzscaling at Family Stage with 1–10 Employees

“Have you guys bought porn traffic?”

Manager calling from Japanese hosting company Heroku sounded really worried. Oleg, CTO of a social networking dating application (Hot-or-Not…

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