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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010).

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. My own metric is that you need experience >= 1.5

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Signed, sealed, delivered: DocuSign hits the Nasdaq

Cracking the Code

What a journey it has been since the genesis of the company in 2003, when it’s visionary team set out to automate the agreement process and solve many pain points from speed to cost and accuracy. Partners network Keith Krach, who joined the board of the company in January 2010, was appointed CEO the following year.

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How Do I Get More Leads in the Top of the Funnel 1 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

For example, The MailerMailer Email Marketing Metrics Report is number one for their important phrase email marketing metrics as a result of free content. With a squeeze page, you’re lucky to get into the first 20 pages on Google for a phrase like “email marketing metrics&#. But you want leads, right?

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) examined why people donate to charities. even selfish humans are more likely to act fairly when in public.” ( Burnham, 2003 , pp. Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) analyzed over 500 studies on charitable giving. That inflated metric, in turn, should help you collect more donations moving forward.

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What is a Marketing Strategy and How Can I Get One 1 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Free Weekly Marketing eNewsletter Years Worth of Posts Here Select Month July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 (..)

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What is a Marketing Strategy and How Do I Get One 2 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

The management happens with the following up on the metrics. Develop measurement to set your marketing goals so you can track and measure your progress. Look for numbers like sales, units, leads, presentations, page views, downloads, and conversion rates. You track plan vs. actual results and look carefully at the difference.