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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. However, they have been sending VCs far more investment checks in the last ten years than they’ve gotten back as distributions.

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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

ConversionXL

Inbound marketing. Conversational marketing. In retrospect, brand-owned terms feel inevitable: What could modern marketing be other than inbound marketing? What is clear is the close tie between the rise of term usage and brand awareness: Brand Brand-Owned Term Correlation in Search Interest HubSpot “inbound marketing” 0.82

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. After a quick google it became clear that this was the name for our new agency. Thanks to Matthew Tomkin, Tao Digital Marketing ! #2-

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Startup Marketing: 5 Startups that changed their name (and why)

crowdSPRING Blog

A lot of time can be spent choosing the perfect startup name. Conventional wisdom says that the name should be less than 10 characters, easy to remember, and the.com has to be acquirable. Startup names can be descriptive (PayPal), suggestive (Amazon), or even fanciful (Apple). Unsure if your startup is in need of a new name?

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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Ten Things You Can Do By December 31st To Cut Your 2016 Tax Bill

YoungUpstarts

Charging gifts by credit card or mailing a check before the end of the year nails down a charitable contribution deduction for 2016. For those age 65 and older, 2016 is the last year for a 7.5 Take your required minimum distribution (RMD). If you have a medical FSA or dependent care FSA at work, use up your 2016 contributions.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Yes, the concentration of entrepreneurial founding and management talent is here in the Bay Area, but so too is lots of private money, more and more large platforms which continue to grow in market share. Redfin specifically identifies Denver, San Antonio, and Houston as the next hubs newer generations will seek out. (I