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Startup CEO New Years Resolutions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

And congrats to Alex Le, cofounder of a prior investment, Serious Business, whose first game since the Zynga acquisition is CityVille.]. Although the industry is in much better shape than the dark days of 2008 and 2009, many CEOs have fully embraced the continue to internalize the lean startup principles that came out of those years.

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Don’t Jump Too Soon: How To Properly Pace Business Growth

YoungUpstarts

by Brent Freeman , co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs. This was an obstacle I encountered while at Roozt.com, the Etsy-style platform for social entrepreneurs we launched in 2008. Despite what many entrepreneurs may think, know this: Not all growth is good growth.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. Started in 2008 by Eran Gilad, Yaniv Ben-Arie, Asaf Shtekler and Niv Singer, the company has a headcount of 15 in Tel Aviv and works with Israeli agencies and advertisers. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2

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Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Stealth is a customer-free zone. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. We can capitalize on new customers.