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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

China 219
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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing. Having JEI status is pretty much a golden ticket to financing, and JEI startups also get tax breaks and other benefits.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

Stealth 285
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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.

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Email Marketing: Campaign Analysis, Metrics, Best Practices

Occam's Razor

With all the sexiness oozing out of social media it might seem insane to write about email. I dare say even more than Search (and without a shred of doubt, more than Social Media). The difficulty in getting the numbers (bug Finance!) To not have it as an active part of your marketing portfolio is sub-optimal.

Metrics 137