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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

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The term “frugal innovation” was coined by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu in their 2012 book Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth. For example, you might use guerilla marketing techniques to promote your product without spending much money on traditional advertising channels.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Founding Date: 2004. How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). lead gen) and advertising revenue from both of these companies. Kayak Software Corporation.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. conference happened at the end of 2004). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? We have a long way to go baby!

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

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Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Nutritionist Stacy Goldberg says she tried a lot of things before deciding on the idea for her company, Savorfull , in 2012.

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Getting Better At Email

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To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. She has earned spots for her brands on the prestigious and highly coveted trade lists including AdWeek’s Hot List, and Advertising Age’s A-List. The rest is just digital noise.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

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February 2, 2012. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Facebook, Inc.

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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

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Unconscious Branding by Douglas Van Praet (2012). Mauborgne (2004). On marketing and advertising. In Delivering Happiness , the late Tony Hsieh details how he built an incredible company culture and went to extremes to make customers and employees happy. – Douglas Van Praet. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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