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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

I think this episode is worth watching ( video is here ) but as always I’ll try to summarize for anybody short on time. We covered the topic in the video and if you don’t know the issue you might learn from listening to our discussion. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. Gigs vary in categories like advertising, video and animation, graphics and design, programming and tech, music and audio, gifts, fun and bizarre, online marketing or writing and translation. AdMobilize.

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Twitter Link Roundup #133 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! – [link]. Can There Ever Be a Fair Price?

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

If you want to scale faster you’ll need venture funding, both because of the anemic revenue, and because otherwise you can’t afford to advertise. You’ll need on-site visits even in this day and age of video-conferencing. (Again, like shared hosting companies.) This is a hard slog. That’s a better question.

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7 Promising Trends Defining the Future of Remarkable Brand Storytelling in 2016

Brandanew

As per moment product manager Madhu Muthukumar, Start swiping to dive right into the story, with immersive full-bleed images and autoplaying videos, Vines, and GIFs. R eal-time video storytelling has seen an increase in popularity with the growth of live feed social platforms like Periscope and Meerkat. billion in 2013.

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