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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space.

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6 Medical Professionals Who Are Killing It On Social Media

YoungUpstarts

The Nerdy Nurse is an active brand across all major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest. . She is not only a popular blogger and author, but she’s active across many other social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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5 Creative Ways to Use Text Messages in Marketing :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

TxtWire is another simple service that is very small business friendly Instant polling If you’ve ever attended a workshop or seminar that features polling hardware you know how cool it can be for a presenter to ask a question and then have the audience click their handheld controller to vote or make a choice. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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The Single Most Powerful Use of Social Media for Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s simply the act of plugging in and listening to what people that are important or potentially important to your business are doing and saying in all of the social networks they participate in. That’s right, you can derive immense benefit through social media tools without actually doing much more than listening.

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Okay, I'm Creating Content How Do I Get Someone to Read it 3.

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s easier to establish these relationships than ever, thanks to social networks. And since social networks are where content sharing happens, it makes sense to begin making those relationships early on. Help to be Helped The key is to follow and be useful to people who are also producing content in your niche.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website.

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