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February 27, 2012 04:30 am GMT

Habits Are The New Viral: Why Startups Must Be Behavior Experts

2386473Face it; youre hooked. Its your uncontrollable urge to check for email notifications on your phone. Its your compulsion to visit Facebook or Twitter for just a few minutes, but somehow find yourself still scrolling after an hour. Its the fact that if I recommended a book to purchase, your mind would flash Amazon like a gaudy neon sign. If habits are defined as repeated and automatic behaviors, then technology has wired your brain so you behave exactly the way it wants you to.In an online world of ever-increasing distractions, habits matter. In fact, the economic value of web businesses increasingly depends on the strength of the habitual behavior of their users. These habits ultimately will be a deciding factor in what separates startup winners and losers.

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