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Twitter Link Roundup #165 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Valuations in the Series A and Series B Market are Booming – [link]. An Ode to Distributed Teams | iDoneThis blog – [link].

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Founders: Learning should be your top 2013 New Year’s resolution

The Next Web

Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Advanced Google Analytics : Learn all about RegEx, advanced segmentation, intelligence alerts, custom reporting, event tracking, virtual page views, Ecommerce tracking, and custom variables with practical exercises.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. They already distribute over $100M a month amongst their 200,000+ creators.

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How and Why You Should Validate Your App Idea Before You Build

Up and Running

As part of my initial customer outreach and research phases, I personally (not over a phone call, social media, or a landing page) met with over 600 potential partners (recycling centers and local businesses). Then, about two weeks before launch, I distributed a survey to those 256 partners. 60 percent of respondents chose premium!

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Online and ecommerce businesses are especially attractive here, since they are instantly worldwide and not people-intensive. I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements.

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Opportunities for startups in the creator economy

VC Cafe

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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