Question 9 Who might you find in the throes of growth hacking?

A small start-up that wants to stand out in a crowded field

Question 6 What is a viral loop?

A process by which content spreads from one user to another

Question 4 What are nootropics?

Substances that are supposed to enhance cognitive function

Question 1 What is a unicorn?

A startup valued at over one billion dollars

Question 5 What does it mean to acqui-hire something or someone?

To buy a company in order to get its talented personnel

Question 3 What is API an acronym for?

Application programming interface

Question 8 What is dogfooding?

A company using or testing out its own product internally

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Question 7 What does BYOD stand for?
A. Bring your own device
Bring your own disruption
Bring your own data
Bring your own developer
2
Question 9 Who might you find in the throes of growth hacking?
The top members of a venture capital firm
An architect working with a company like Uber
A small start-up that wants to stand out in a crowded field
A big start-up having trouble handling fast pace of growth
3
Question 10 What is a burn rate?
A metaphor for how quickly one damages relationships
A speed of processing
An estimation of turnover
A financial calculation
4
Question 6 What is a viral loop?
The effect of virus makes a system vulnerable to viruses
A system repeatedly being infected by the same virus
A process by which content spreads from one user to another
The ability to repeatedly bring user back to product or site
5
Question 4 What are nootropics?
Sheltered & cosy location hidden from view at large company
Form of anxiety that manifests as a feeling unable to work
Substances that are supposed to enhance cognitive function
Behaviours associated with inexperienced employees ("noobs")
6
Question 1 What is a unicorn?
A startup valued at over one billion dollars
The best engineer at any given company
Mythical white horse with a horn
A single funder who provides all the capital a startup needs
7
Question 5 What does it mean to acqui-hire something or someone?
Hire a person with aim of owning concepts in the future
To buy a company in order to get its talented personnel
Hire a person on terms that make it impossible to leave
To purchase a robot to do a job previously done by a human
8
Question 3 What is API an acronym for?
Agile protocol inference
After-party investment
Application programming interface
Assumed product integration
9
Question 2 What is an H1-B?
A business registration status
A type of funding
A type of visa
A chess move often used as a metaphor for company strategy
10
Question 8 What is dogfooding?
A company using or testing out its own product internally
Making new engineers at startup do mundane coding "chores"
Cultivating users so loyal that they "salivate" for product
Offload low quality product to buyer with questionable taste

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Silicon Valley Urban Language

10 termsStudBud Administration76 plays

Silicon Valley Urban Language

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Questions 10

Answers

1
Question 7 What does BYOD stand for?
A. Bring your own device
Bring your own disruption
Bring your own data
Bring your own developer
2
Question 9 Who might you find in the throes of growth hacking?
The top members of a venture capital firm
An architect working with a company like Uber
A small start-up that wants to stand out in a crowded field
A big start-up having trouble handling fast pace of growth
3
Question 10 What is a burn rate?
A metaphor for how quickly one damages relationships
A speed of processing
An estimation of turnover
A financial calculation
4
Question 6 What is a viral loop?
The effect of virus makes a system vulnerable to viruses
A system repeatedly being infected by the same virus
A process by which content spreads from one user to another
The ability to repeatedly bring user back to product or site
5
Question 4 What are nootropics?
Sheltered & cosy location hidden from view at large company
Form of anxiety that manifests as a feeling unable to work
Substances that are supposed to enhance cognitive function
Behaviours associated with inexperienced employees ("noobs")
6
Question 1 What is a unicorn?
A startup valued at over one billion dollars
The best engineer at any given company
Mythical white horse with a horn
A single funder who provides all the capital a startup needs
7
Question 5 What does it mean to acqui-hire something or someone?
Hire a person with aim of owning concepts in the future
To buy a company in order to get its talented personnel
Hire a person on terms that make it impossible to leave
To purchase a robot to do a job previously done by a human
8
Question 3 What is API an acronym for?
Agile protocol inference
After-party investment
Application programming interface
Assumed product integration
9
Question 2 What is an H1-B?
A business registration status
A type of funding
A type of visa
A chess move often used as a metaphor for company strategy
10
Question 8 What is dogfooding?
A company using or testing out its own product internally
Making new engineers at startup do mundane coding "chores"
Cultivating users so loyal that they "salivate" for product
Offload low quality product to buyer with questionable taste