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These guys poked fun at viral headlines. You won’t BELIEVE what happened next

The Next Web

Prior to starting a company he worked in PR where he helped put out fires and manage digital communications. It went viral shortly after, but let’s back up. There’s never a guarantee that something will go viral, but there are ways to stack the deck so the chances increase. Len Kendall is the founder of CentUp.

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Is Crowdfunding for Startups a Good Idea?

ReadWriteStart

A campaign should only be used if your product has a “viral” quality to it. Bridget Reed, Co-founder and VP of Content, The Word Counter Yes, but Look for Restrictions Crowdfunding is an efficient and cost-effective way to raise money to finance the development of a startup. The crowdfunding act itself becomes a marketing strategy.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. You Manage What you Measure. That’s not acceptable. Is it 4/1,000?

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

As Techcrunch announced earlier today, Accel led a $10m round in the company to help them develop their service across all Europe. Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 12:17 PM. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1).

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Who the hell is this guy? Thoughts on being a career VC

This is going to be BIG.

Not being an investor for a long time doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't have developed an investment thesis of some kind. I also co-led several secondary portfolio transactions where we bought pools of venture capital fund investments off of other investors when they were bailing from the asset class.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

My posts gained traction and — after I was lost my job following the 2008 market crash — peers encouraged me to develop not just content for the site, whose focused on the crossroads of arts and politics, but the business of blogging as well. PR and Prose. Thanks to Lauren Gilmore, PR and Prose ! #9-

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). The site was once great; marketed by a high-end NYC PR firm.