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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

Both Sides of the Table

Most of these startups spend the lion’s share of their marketing budget in today’s social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Snap, TikTok and so on because?—?no it was built to arm those spending money in channels in order not to be at a disadvantage. ==> You can join the Trust waitlist here. no surprise?—?that’s

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10 Predictions About the Future of Ecommerce

mashable.com

Social Media. Social Media. Were seeing 3D printing start to take off, and were in the very early stages of this revolution. Amazons product suggestions are great because they have so much aggregate data. Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler. Watercooler.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

so it shouldn't be long till they hop across the Channel. OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. The Funding.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? The quicker the startup establishes a strong brand identity that “sells itself” through word-of-mouth and social media, earning goodwill in its name, the sooner it can effectively chase away knockoffs that try to use confusingly similar names , logos, or domain names.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. The most frequently used channel to research people is unsurprisingly Linkedin , followed by Twitter.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But ultimately great people drive the ideas and Highland Capital is proactive in reaching out to entrepreneurs even at early stages. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories. 41:30-42:00).

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

David Teten

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.