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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. It’s why songs like this translate to tweets , remixes , and playoff game invitations. Once online, it caught the attention of executives at Apple who flew him into California to make it a commercial reality.

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How to Steal the Next Billion Dollar Website Idea: A Case Study

Viper Chill

What about a version that analyses hotel prices by monitoring the likes of Agoda to let you know when the best deals on rooms will be available. This page allows you to see active listings (meaning within 30 days of being published) that are already funded. I could totally see spin-off versions of this working well.