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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony. You will not find a massive volume of users, but maybe you will find better partners. Not all businesses like that.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But in business, you want a lot of partners. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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9 Social Media Tips To Boost Small Business Brands

YoungUpstarts

Partner With Influencers. To expand your brand’s reach on social media you’ll want to partner with influencers. Consider asking influencers to review your products or services or partnering with them to promote a giveaway. Save Time With Third-Party Tools.

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How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

David Teten

According to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, about 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists in the U.S. Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions.

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Five Questions With Jeff Berman (Public Defender Turned Kardashian App Builder)

Hunter Walker

Then we proactively worked with Congress, state legislatures, state attorneys general, public interest organizations, and others to develop internal policies, promulgate best practices, and partner to craft regulation that would help protect customers without strangling business. That’s the best scenario.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. ShoeDazzle.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

They created a Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly €190,000 from 9,000 supporters. He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. Growth came quickly, almost too fast.

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