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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Qnary is one of numerous tools which can help build out your team members’ virtual presence. 3) Raise capital. 7) Negotiate .

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The Three Benefits Of Nailing Before Scaling

YoungUpstarts

By saturating one market or sub-market at a time, we started building the best marketing channel there is: word of mouth (WOM). We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica. Behavioral psychology helps us understand how this works.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP.

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Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

The Next Web

They feel the money can and should be spent on ways to grow the company, so they shift into growth mode by hiring more employees, paying themselves, hiring salespeople, running paid ad campaigns, and spending on overhead. You’re tinkering with your marketing and sales channels. How it applies to your marketing channels.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

There was a backlash against the Plaxo spamming yet it paved the way for everybody who came after them to get users to drive viral adoption and we’d throw up our arms and say, “oh boy, here goes another social network that my friends are going to spam me about&# mentality that made it acceptable for everybody who came afterward.