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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

AI characters are already hosting interactive streams and shows in which they respond to audience questions, comments, or votes in real-time. Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash

David Teten

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Traditional budgets can be destructive and a huge waste of time.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. If the companies in their portfolio don’t have much in common with yours, it’s usually better to look elsewhere. Draw upon connections to help get an audience. Tailor your pitch deck.

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Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Startup Lessons Learned

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big!

Occam's Razor

Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). You'll find the report in Audience > Mobile > Devices. On top of the graph click on Select A Metric and choose Goal Conversion Rate. Change the metric on top of the page to Goal Values and bam! What other sources are big for them? Very handy.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. Jocz , you may need to change how you segment your audience: Marketers typically segment according to demographics (“over 40,” say, or “new parent” or “middle income”) or lifestyle (“traditionalist” or “going green”). How you execute campaigns may change, too.

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