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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. For many startups, the transition isn’t a hard sell.

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

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we had no revenue. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Investors see a lot of pitches.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

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Advertise Advertise. Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions. ." — Derek Flanzraich, Founder & CEO, Greatist.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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What is your viral coefficient? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Advertising. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Friendster.

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5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!)

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At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Finally, we work hard to create marketing value in the social media space and work to engender word-of-mouth and the viral effect. The Obama campaign and viral video. Yes we can!

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). Back then there were “email forwards.”

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