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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. Finally the day came, we unleashed the landing page, emailed our existing customers, and started advertising online. False negatives would be an issue, but combining ad words with other forms of advertising, such as guerrilla marketing, might yield a more robust answer.

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Bitesize Friday: Compass EOS, Soho OS, Supersonicads, Legolas Media and More

VC Cafe

Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. The company is currently engaging with buyers and sellers in the marketplace, focused on revolutionizing the usage of data for performance based advertising. See the Soho OS video demo below. Around the world.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

Advertise Advertise. In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler.

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