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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.

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Sustainable Strategies for Internet Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Assess cost versus value with analytics and measurement tools. Engage your audience with social media.

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7 Strategies For Beating The Failure Odds Online

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Assess cost versus value with analytics and measurement tools. Engage your audience with social media.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us acquisition. through the Yahoo!

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How to Use Press Releases to Create a Steady Social SEO PR Downpour

Duct Tape Marketing

There was a day when the press release did a lot of the work in generating actual media coverage for a firm announcing a new product, acquisition, award or some other newsworthy milestone. Make sure that all of your press releases contain ways for people to connect and share in the most common social networks and social bookmarking sites.

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How To Add 25,000 Members To Your Forum – A Case Study

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

After making the acquisition, he immediately went to work to grow the forum and had some pretty amazing success, more than doubling the membership base. Based on Google Analytics , the average time spent on my blog on a daily basis was somewhere around 3 minutes. When decisions were being made, they would give their input.