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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post). OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., As Techcrunch announced earlier today, Accel led a $10m round in the company to help them develop their service across all Europe. ► 2006. (7).

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I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 2 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. Adding the Facebook Like. : The Complete Small Busine.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

It was late 2006 and I was serving old media as a national editor at an entertainment industry trade publication, plus freelancing for an alt-weekly and writing a book. I could do what I was doing online with my own publication, so I started Greer’s OC in July 2006. Our tag line is why age gracefully when you can age youthfully?

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). And I’d been a user since 2006. People don’t tend to talk about SEO as a sexy marketing approach, but it can generate enormous amounts of highly-targeted, high-converting traffic.