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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. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. These are exciting and fun experiences for everyone involved.

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success. According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. It is a social network (like Facebook). If you are a B2B company, checkout Cisco's social efforts. I'm not a fan of compound metrics.

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7 Lessons On How Startups Use Social Media To Succeed

Startup Professionals Musings

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

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Increase Repeat Purchases with Cohort Analysis

ConversionXL

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. In Google Analytics, the Cohort Analysis Report is time-based, though you can apply a segment to a cohort. Segments include any “ subset of your Analytics data ” (e.g. Segments include any “ subset of your Analytics data ” (e.g.

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7 Keys To Optimizing Your Investment In Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

However, about 5% of the VCs in our database, mostly younger ones, are trying to build a competitive advantage by crawling large amounts of publicly available data and building analytical functions to flag companies with accelerating traction to them. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.