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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. My own metric is that you need experience >= 1.5 The mantra was as follows: “no one is coming to save us, we are going to make it on our own&#. Warning sign? Say 40 years = 20 years real direct experience. At best. ~ Is 20 years enough?

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” But there were others, too: In 2010, Okta had only ten customers on board. Premium-brand market leaders [.]

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The Best Free Email Marketing Tool for Startups and Small Businesses

Up and Running

A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. There are metrics to review. Building a list and setting up email templates and campaigns takes time.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

I discussed it in my post on the topic linked above. ** One small note: many VCs who got into the industry in 2001 or later have never seen a “carry&# check. But I wrote about one other point that I wrote back in March 2010 so it’s clear I didn’t just dream this up after today’s panel.

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In Defense of the IPO and How to Improve It, Part 2: Peeking Behind the Pop

Ben's Blog

IPO “over-subscription” has also become a vanity metric for the bankers and the issuing company. Interestingly the data for the 1990-98 and 2001-19 time periods are roughly the same – approximately one-quarter of deals priced above the initial filing range. from 2010-2019.

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3 KPIs to Track For Your Social Media Success

Duct Tape Marketing

There are so many metrics you could be measuring on social media, so let’s cull down the list and make sure that the most important ones are at least being eyeballed. Reach is used as the denominator for the engagement rate metric (see below). Speaking of engagement, it’s our next metric! But where do you start? Engagement.