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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. It’s a Demo Day thing. I spent time on college campuses.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. It’s a Demo Day thing. I spent time on college campuses.

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5 Effective Ways for Startups to Lower Customer Acquisition Costs

Up and Running

Especially in the early stages of growth, standing up to competition means that your business also needs to minimize the cost of acquiring new customers. But it is of particular interest to companies who are in the early stages of their growth and want to attract new investors.

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

We started with a general webinar about how to turn your website into a marketing machine, then we went on to SEO, then blogging, then social media. We hit a challenge once we got to social media, because it was becoming much more crowded in our space with more businesses educating and creating more content. NVV: How did you adjust?

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Bellroy has built a consistent identity across social media that evokes feelings of adventure, durability, and uniqueness. When a company is in a growth stage, focus product marketing in your marketing department. Their content across touchpoints like their website and social media consistently matches their core values.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

Streaming media. Social media. The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. 4 days ago. From $1.5B

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How to get your mobile app discovered in 2021

VC Cafe

What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? App discovery today: Word of mouth – family and friends remain the #1 channel for new app discovery. Social media – while a lot of the social media exposure to apps is done via targeted advertising, with over 2.5 Unfortunately not.

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