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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

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TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 In my experience, I follow different resources, for instance, the Andreessen Horowitz blog , one of the top venture capital funds reporting trends in their newsletters, and INC.5000 5000 , a blog about the fastest-growing business models.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Venture Capital. (3).

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

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I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. He was trailblazing.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Announcing First Round’s Investment in GroupMe

This is going to be BIG.

I’ve always believed in small, private groups—dating back to when I first started blogging. I acknowledged that most blogs were private and only read by a handful people—like on Live Journal and MySpace. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.