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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. small businesses.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In 2010 I deconstructed the filings for GameFly and Quinstreet. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million.

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Catch Them On Thanksgiving, Convert Them Into Customers By Christmas

YoungUpstarts

With the right amount of effort and creativity SMBs, and the agencies serving them, can dramatically increase ROI while generating new, ongoing revenue streams through social media that last and grow far beyond the holiday season.

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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Our focus revolves around the LinkedIn lead generation by optimizing their profiles, scaling their approach and sourcing employees, therefore creating lead opportunities through a social media platform, such as LinkedIn. In addition, we also focus on a LinkedIn lead generation.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010 ” from Ad-ology, lead generation is the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. Measure the effectiveness of your efforts and expenditures – as well as competitors. Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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[Review] YOUtility

YoungUpstarts

sources of information consulted in 2010 prior to buying something. Here, consumption metrics (eg downloads, views), advocacy and sharing metrics (shares, likes, retweets), lead-generation metrics (filling up an online form), and sales metrics come into play. In fact, shoppers in 2011 need 10.4