VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A bout 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. VC Cafe's own little 'cloud' for MWC 2010, taken from the Israeli IMA brochure. The IMA expects the companies to have more than 4,000 meetings during the conference.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

It’s great insight into how creatives think – as someone from the F&B industry, I particularly enjoyed the examples of how Guinness conquered Africa (through a campaign that featured a James Bond-esuqe character called Michael Power), when SKOL leveraged on Brazil’s largest cultural event Carnival, or even Miller’s High (..)

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 28, 2019

In 2010, he co-founded OwnLocal and joined the Y-Combinator accelerator program and a year later moved to Austin. The post Austin’s OwnLocal Creates Dynamic Online Ad Campaigns for Publications appeared first on SiliconHills. That’s when he came up with the idea of digitizing newspaper ads and putting them online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Done right, it’s not a one-off campaign by a handful of staff; it’s a long-term commitment. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. small businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

In fact, I originally spoke out publicly in favor of gay rights when it was somehow still controversial to do so back in 2010 after California had made some bad political choices. Being transparent in 2010 felt like more of an anomaly but being transparent in 2017 feels like more of a requirement to me. You should, too.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2014

While rankings are an important part of an SEO campaign there are other areas you should pay attention to. Start incorporating these tips in your SEO campaign and you are likely to earn quality, sustainable traffic from search engines. by Eric Covino, President of Creative Signals. Here are some tips: Tip 1.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Gathering your team to plot out your next marketing campaign can seem daunting, especially for a new business. If you aren’t strategic and thoughtful about how you spend your money, you’re more likely to waste your money on campaigns and tactics that don’t work. . Take, for instance, a 2010 marketing snafu by Gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly has demonstrated both high user engagement and better than average conversion rates of 1%-3.5% (versus 0.05% for traditional display advertising) for February 2010. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Israel moved in the right direction in 2010, climbing 11 spots to #30. Israel was also crowned as one of the ‘Rising Starts of 2010′ along with Chile, Argentina and Iceland. If you’re interested in the full study, you may download the full 2010 Country FutureBrand Index on this link. Hat tip to Uriah Av-Ron ].

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

million with a crowdfunding campaign. When the crowd-funding campaign ended two weeks later, nearly 19,000 Dutchmen and women had invested a minimum of $80 each. In 2010, philosopher Rob Wijnberg (1982) became the editor in chief of nrc.next , the morning edition of NRC Handelsblad , the Netherlands’ premier daily national newspaper.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Start an AdWords campaign. Just put in your credit card. I used to use $.05,

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Done right, it’s not a one-off campaign by a handful of staff; it’s a long-term commitment. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010 ” from Ad-ology, lead generation is the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode since the middle of 2010 and is making its debut at this year’s conference in Austin. The company’s current ad campaign has Square directly in its target as it showcases the use of the company's technology platform by some industry heavyweights.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

He spoke with Matt Scherer, the publicist for 2010 Innotech and an Austin Startup contributor, on the deployment of social media in the campaign. With the 2010 election coming up, what has been the biggest difference in social media strategies as compared to 2008? We have a spirited race for governor of Texas.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

His “Torches of Freedom” campaign in the 1920s promoted smoking among women as a symbol of liberation, opening a new market to cigarette companies. Neuromarketing maps neural activity to consumer behavior to help marketers craft more valuable, science-based campaigns. Are we treating people like people with hopes and desires?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

So, so we campaign the largest OEMs who never call, but who could, if we could persuade the, make us in one swell foop? We must get established EDI companies and new SAAS B2B platform operators to adopt our EDI API, with all of its amazing advantages. But, they need to fold this tech into their SDLC, which is no small commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. Read more: TechCrunch.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Binpress is a discovery engine, and as such, they are using PPC and SEO campaigns, promoting through other coding marketplaces, and creating partnerships in order to drive traffic to the site. BinPress was founded by Adam Benayoun (CEO) in August 2010 and is currently looking for funding. A marketable landing page.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Israel moved in the right direction in 2010, climbing 11 spots to #30. Israel was also crowned as one of the ‘Rising Starts of 2010′ along with Chile, Argentina and Iceland. If you’re interested in the full study, you may download the full 2010 Country FutureBrand Index on this link. Hat tip to Uriah Av-Ron ].

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Iceland Chile Argentina 141

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Israel moved in the right direction in 2010, climbing 11 spots to #30. Israel was also crowned as one of the ‘Rising Starts of 2010′ along with Chile, Argentina and Iceland. If you’re interested in the full study, you may download the full 2010 Country FutureBrand Index on this link. Hat tip to Uriah Av-Ron ].

Iceland 141

Iceland Chile Argentina 141

Feld Thoughts

JULY 17, 2023

I was deeply involved with the Startup Visa movement back in 2010. Their pitch had promise, and I encouraged them t set up a crowdfunding campaign. They did this, and I was one of 612 people who supported the campaign, which raised $48,340. I met with Soundarya and Sameer on a video call in late August.

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Board Effect

JULY 5, 2021

In the philanthropic arena, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, who were inspired by philanthropist Charles “Chuck” Feeney, created The Giving Pledge in 2010 to encourage other billionaires to give the bulk of their wealth away now or in their wills. Some of the wealthiest people in the world have already made their pledges through the campaign.

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Government Technical Review Global Distribution 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

In 2010 I didn’t know a single thing about LPs (the people who invest in VC funds). When I started meeting LPs in 2010 I would walk my list around to my friends who were VCs and say, “I don’t want you to introduce me to 10 names on this list. All of this, of course, is Sales 101.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. The post is written in these six steps: Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Building a list and setting up email templates and campaigns takes time. For example, finishing a campaign and ready to send or schedule it? I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns. There are metrics to review. Segmentation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Gregory Winger, “ China’s Disinformation Campaign in the Philippines ” The Diplomat , Oct. Cyber Command formed in 2010 and is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. Graff, “ China’s Hacking Spree Will Have a Decades-Long Fallout ” WIRED , Feb. Political Interference.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

RingRevenue grew it’s revenue 3x 2010 over 2011 and is on track to grow more than 3x again in 2012 with no signs of slowing. One key to understanding how to make mobile campaigns work is that you must have call filtering between the push of the button and the call hitting a call center. Again, I have the data that proves it.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 24, 2012

Finnish company RapidBlue has released the results of a study showing that Google Adwords campaigns result in increases in visits to stores and time spent in stores. The study looks like it was pretty thorough. That would be a huge step forward.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply Mike Byrnes , on April 28, 2010 at 9:17 am said: Steve: I just found your site and blog from a link off Venture Hacks “Two great talks from SLLConf&# I fell like I’ve just found the mother lode! Thanks Phil Gainley Reply Margit Niemelä , on August 16, 2010 at 6:29 am said: Steve, wonderful job! Thanks a million.

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Board Effect

MAY 5, 2021

Much like their 501(c)(3) counterpart, 501(c)(4) organizations can’t directly or indirectly engage in political campaigns whether they support or oppose a candidate. In 2010, the Supreme Court allowed corporations and labor unions to register as 501(c)(4).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Started by Jonathan (Yoni) Meiri in 2010 and has recently announced a $50,000 seed round. Non Profit organizations can launch campaigns within minutes, upload content, sync their donors data base and social media activities, send emails, manage donations, create personalized grassroots fundraising pages and optimize based on analytic reports.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) – [link]. Lessons Learned From StartupBootcamp 2010 – [link]. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

To go “top down” in all of their campaigns. I once had a potential LP back in 2010 (when fund-raising as a VC was harder for me) tell me that he thought he was a better fit to look at our next fund rather than this one. She stood in front of the sales executives and shouted at them like she was a high school football coach.

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LP Software Review Europe Founder 189

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A 2 minute iPhone video from your CEO would have such a bigger impact than a highly manicured campaign or corporate sounding email. What does a thoughtful campaign look like? De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

The worst news : The worse news was what wasn’t said, less than 10% of our existing customers bought because of some proactive marketing campaign. We were losing money on every board we sold. No one remembered our ads, saw our reviews or had read a positive article about us.

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