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10 Marketing Strategies To Drive Exponential Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/29/2020.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

The sum is equivalent to the combined annual revenue of Snap and Twitter for 2020. Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. Billion in 2020. Platform take rates = tax.

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How to Master Entrepreneurship Without Breaking a Sweat

Up and Running

Think social media, loyalty programs, discounts and freebies, contests, and so on. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to develop relationships with seed investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, private investing firms, and even banks, depending on your business goals and growth capacity. Get a mentor. “A

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Embrace: Valerie Lopez on the importance of employee-led resource groups

Transformify

Our guest today is Valerie Lopez, Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Cision , leading global provider of earned media software and services. Looking at a market from outside gives you only a vague idea who your target audience is and what their needs are. About the author.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Renzoe Box

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 12, 2020 Women who wear makeup know that leaving the house with more than a single lipstick is a pain. One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Graham will pitch Renzoe in the category Consumer Technology & CPG (9:30 am to 10:30 am Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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Ethnic Names: Katie Kern on how an ethnic name can impact your career prospects

Transformify

Our guest today is Katie Kern, Partner and COO of Media Frenzy Global. Especially when entering new markets, it is essential to have knowledge about the culture and preferences of your target audience. Lilia Stoyanov is CEO and angel investor at Transformify. Katie, what does diversity hiring mean to you?

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“I guess we’ll know we’ve made it when a woman can get away with behaving like Elon Musk.” Talking With VC Ashley Mayer About Finding Your Career, Taking Box Public, And Why She’s Not Interested In Reading Yet Another Female CEO Takedown

Hunter Walker

I’m particularly interested in how language once used supportively for empowerment by some female CEOs (#girlboss) can then be used negatively by media and detractors later on. Which audience do we need to reach, and what do we want them to do? Of course, media scrutiny doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

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