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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Six Nudges: Creating A Sense Of Urgency For Higher Conversion Rates!

Occam's Razor

Present a yummy spreadsheet that quantifies the cost of inaction , how much money you’ll lose by not delivering a 25% improvement every week. Sometimes, by using one of the multitude of price aggregators, you can have an understanding of where your pricing is at an item level. Social cues to the rescue. Welcome to Nudging.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

Compute ROI: (cost of Facebook campaigns + salary of people running campaigns + agency creative costs) vs. profit from incremental product sales. An additional prove value scope can also be: Cost savings. The reduction in customer service costs – no more phone calls! But not, ever, in aggregate.]. Too strong?

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Contributing to the high cost structure was the new culture of working 9-5 Monday through Friday. Company : Wesabe. Company : EventVue.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. Brandsforce - Company Website.

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

In a nutshell, the program provides startups with $20,000, office space, account and legal help as well as a small network of mentors, all of which are aimed to help the companies get to a proof of concept. The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment.

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Disrupting the Diploma

Reid Hoffman

These days, getting that sheepskin from a top-flight university can cost approximately $200,000 in tuition alone. To help temper the high cost of college, a number of high-tech start-ups have been making impressive strides in the realm of online instruction. Diplomas: Time for an Upgrade. We sometimes call a diploma a “sheepskin.”