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Hype Parasite App
When an app developer sees an app getting a ton of downloads and attention on the App Store and decides to make a copy cat version of the app to ride on the hype train.
Flappy Bird apps, 2048 apps, Pokemon GO tracker apps
zazpowered over 8 years agoKanye
noun
1. Rap artist
verb
1. to beg billionaires for money
credit: https://twitter.com/rklau/status/699122149701787653
Example:
Jeb Bush really kanyed ahead of the SC primary.
zazpowered almost 9 years agoDark Pattern
A Dark Pattern is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.
Added by zazpowered almost 9 years agoStartup Founder
Something you put in your Twitter bio or Linkedin profile when you are starting a stealth company and cannot announce your company to the public but also don't want to miss out on an opportunity to tell other people that you are entrepreneur. The alternative being waiting for your company to be launched before putting it on your Twitter or Linkedin profile
Startup founder. Working on a Bitcoin startup
zazpowered about 9 years agoStarbucks Office
When a scrappy startup founder brings his monitors and laptop to Starbucks to set up a coffee shop office. Often done when the home office has become too mundane and a change of scenery is needed.
zazpowered about 9 years agoGarage
Made famous by Steve Job's and Steve Wozniak's founding of Apple in a modest garage in Los Altos. Now a term used by startup founders to appear frugal to investors or to express "started from the bottom now we here" sentiments
"We are a billionaire dollar company now but do you remember those days when we worked out of a garage?"
zazpowered over 9 years agoGenius
Someone who works at an Apple Genius Bar to fix and teach you how to use your Macbooks and iPhones
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zazpowered over 9 years ago
Code Gay
When a developer is attracted to another developer's code. Made popular by Silicon Valley
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zazpowered over 9 years agoPaaS
Platform as a Service. Provides a platform for developers to deploy and manage web applications without them having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
Heroku is a popular PaaS
zazpowered over 9 years agoPaas could be the Easter egg coloring Platform as a Service.
it should be > Platform as a Service. Provides a platform for developers to deploy and manage web applications without them having to worry about the underlying infrastructure, but the platform.
MAU
Monthly active users. Number of unique users of an app during a month or 30 day period
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zazpowered over 9 years agoY Combinator Fellowship
A lighter weight YC program that grants $12,000 with no equity taken. The program last for 8 weeks and is part of YC's goal to help a greater number of startups.
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zazpowered over 9 years agoVideos of 2015 YC fellowship http://www.topchart.io/lists/ycombinator-fellowship-2015-founder-videos
@charlesjo I've been following that list. Good stuff on there
Yahoo Purple
The signal of a bad and usually old fashioned product. If the product seems innovative and actually useful you will quickly find out that it is like a typical Yahoo app (sucks/requires a Yahoo account) and there are other apps that do the same thing but better. The only exception is Yahoo Fantasy Sports
http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/125351474614/yahoo-livetext-a-new-way-to-connect
zazpowered over 9 years agoTerms Were Not Disclosed
Usually refers to an acquihire or an acquisition in which the price was not big enough to be impressive.
Google has acquired Yo. The terms were not disclosed.
zazpowered over 9 years agoYahoo -> Polyvore
Postmates Trifecta
When you use Postmates for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the same day
I love innovation in Silicon Valley. I just completed a Postmates trifecta which allowed me to stay at home and play Counter Strike all day.
zazpowered over 9 years agoProduct Hunt
An app well known by tech people in Silicon Valley as a way to discover new startups and apps
Added by zazpowered over 9 years agoProduct Hunt has been hunted!
Network Effect
The effect that a user of a product has to the value of the product to other users. In startups this commonly refers to the additional value that each customer will gain with each additional customer that the startup acquires.
I didn't really want to use Snapchat but all of my friends use it to communicate with each other so I almost had to.
zazpowered over 9 years agoClickbait
Content that is sensationalist to attract clicks and page views for ad revenue. It is commonly employed by sites such as Buzzfeed and Upworthy.
This is MOST amazing thing you will see all year! Must see!!
zazpowered over 9 years agoCollege Dropout
Somebody who tries to follow in the footsteps of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates but will most likely end up working drive-thu at Mcdonald's
Tim: "I'm about to drop out and start a company like Bill Gates; this is going to be amazing."
Jim: "Gates dropped out of Harvard and had good plans for what he wanted to do. You're dropping out of community college because you hate school. I don't think it's going to work out."
zazpowered over 9 years agoCTR
CTR which stands for click through rate is the ratio between clicks and impressions. It is a commonly used term in online advertising and email campaigns as a way to measure effectiveness.
Dan placed a small banner ad on his website that received 5 clicks in 100 page views for a CTR of 5%. After making the banner ad full screen his CTR increased to 100% but nobody returned to the site.
zazpowered over 9 years agoI've had this problem with mobile apps. I spam ads, but nobody comes back.
@SingleCommaClub where do you think i got it from
A/B Testing
A/B testing is when you test two variants of something A and B to determine which one maximizes the outcome you want. It is commonly used in web design.
After doing some A/B testing, Buzzfeed determined that the headline "You'll never believe what happened next" had a 50% higher click through rate than the headline "The cat ran across the lawn" so that's what they used.
zazpowered over 9 years ago
Wyle E. Coyote is a super genius.