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10 Secrets of Successful Crowdfunding - From Scott Steinberg

ReadWriteStart

SS: You have to be strategic because there’s no stealth mode. If you fail with a crowdfunding campaign, your brand and reputation will take a hit and you’re going to have a hell of a time going back to investors after that to convince them there’s a market for your service or product. It comes down to a sales pitch.

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

VC Cafe

Consider this: Jack Conte , Patreon’s CEO summarised it beautifully in the video below (or on this blog post if you prefer reading) by breaking down the evolution of the creator economy. Fans pay between $5 and $50 a month to get access to images, videos and other content. Billion in 2020.

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Stephen Fry is tickled by Ticckle’s online video debate platform

The Next Web

You pretty much just need to sign up, record your 30 second video clip (Ticckle) and let it loose. One of the happy side-effects of using video to interact is that it puts a face to an opinion. While Fry’s financial investment in Ticckle is undisclosed, to date the company has raised around £100,000 from four angel investors.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. . They also have my favorite company intro video ever. Watch this space.

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How to Evaluate an Offer from a Startup Incubator

The Startup Lawyer

If the incubator doesn’t take its class “stealth,&# take a look at what the incubator does to market itself and its incubated startups. Take a look at pictures and videos from previous demo days, if any, and see if they’ll help get your startup’s name out there. 8) Determine the Opportunity Costs.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

Like a traditional capital fund, Kayweb Angels also has a board of directors that provides its startups with connections, guidance and help securing further funding. Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com.

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

The Investment Readiness Level (IRL) The collective wisdom of venture investors (including angel investors, and venture capitalists) over the past decades has been mostly subjective. if you can’t see the video above click here. We call this the Investment Readiness Level. . Lessons Learned.

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