crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

SMB Marketing in 2013: 68% of small businesses to increase marketing budget | MarketingSherpa Blog – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves – [link]. Crowdsourcing: The Future of Advertising?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Will 2013 Be Harder For Startups Than 2012? (by

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Future of Startups 2013-2017, beginning of a series. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. The big advantage that we have as a venture capital firm over a hedge fund or a mutual fund is we have a 13-year lockup on our money. So jump on this next rain now, more postings on this to come. ALEXIA TSOTSIS.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

Chapter two was Engauge, which we sold to Publicis in August 2013. One inhibiting factor is Atlanta’s community of angel investors and venture capital firms, many of whom have little experience with B2C startups. Backed by his $5 million Atlanta Ventures fund, Cummings hopes to “de-risk” such investments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

Even The Onion has joined the game by launching a parody site – Clickhole – that on the one hand, pokes fun at click-bait, but ultimately, runs monetizes through advertising, just like every other click-bait site. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

based venture capital investors, by deal stage. Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. “So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. Great data – [link].

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. Today in 2013, the majority of LinkedIn’s revenue comes from an enterprise version of our subscriptions product. In 2013, it’s whether you can break through the noise.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

Danny Cohen, Partner at Carmel Ventures and keynote speaker at the upcoming Marketing & Ad;Tech Israel conference, discusses three trends impacting 2014 Israeli digital media: Content Marketing, Next-Gen Publishing and Mobile Advertising. In 2014 we are looking for innovations around better mobile advertising. Bubble 2.0 $4.2

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. They are more likely to disclose, or perhaps even advertise their prices. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In 2013, we are in the midst of a critical platform transition from the browser-based Internet to mobile applications platforms like iOS and Android. Unless you are fairly certain you have a high conversion rate versus your peer group, you can be at an extreme disadvantage buying high volume advertising. 71 Things to A/B Test.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 4, 2012

For 2013 I’m trying to figure out where to go next. I see people connecting and getting things done and real relationships building. And I’ve met some amazing people. is a funny place but I love the startup scene here.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 24, 2012

2013 will repeat the cycle, so let’s all change our thinking, get back to basics, put the egos aside and respect the expertise available to us. The result will be thousands of pissed off, unemployed people sitting on the beach in Santa Monica wondering what the hell happened. Contact me if you’re in this camp.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

In starting ADDISON Yacht Charters, we began market analysis and business planning efforts a full year before we launched the company in November 2013,” says owner Scott Bessette. Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm? What Do Venture Capital Firms Want?

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Yet another, and much larger set of companies, come from our investments in other venture funds. In 2013, we started thinking hard about the future of Foundry Group. In 2013 we raised a fund called Foundry Group Select. We have also invested indirectly in many others through our investment in Techstars.

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VC Adventure

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Yet another, and much larger set of companies, come from our investments in other venture funds. In 2013, we started thinking hard about the future of Foundry Group. In 2013 we raised a fund called Foundry Group Select. We have also invested indirectly in many others through our investment in Techstars.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

Venture Capital Returns – [link]. 18 Meta Tags Every Webpage Should Have in 2013 | iAcquire Blog – [link]. The Courage to Advertise Without Female Stereotypes – [link]. Publishers: Here’s Why Your Display Ads Are Getting Trounced By Social and Search | Advertising Age – [link].

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. StartLogic *.

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