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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

Gordon Platt, President, Gotham Media , observes, “You may meet people on-line, but when’s the last time you really made a long-term, financially meaningful commitment exclusively as the result of a virtual interaction?” High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Tech stack. I host on Hostforweb **. Crunchbase.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Early liquidity. Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business.

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16 PR Strategies Every Small Business Should Stop Using Right Now

Up and Running

A marketing/PR agency may have a flashy portfolio that impresses you with their big name clients, but for a startup or small business, paying thousands each month to such an agency isn’t going to be good bang for your (limited) buck. Traditional distribution services no longer work. Expensive Agencies. Press Release Wires.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

Four of the portfolio companies have had successful exits: CardMunch was acquired by LinkedIn , BackType was acquired by Twitter , IndexTank was acquired by LinkedIn , and just this week, card.io K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. was acquired by PayPal.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

Four of the portfolio companies have had successful exits: CardMunch was acquired by LinkedIn , BackType was acquired by Twitter , IndexTank was acquired by LinkedIn , and just this week, card.io K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. was acquired by PayPal.

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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, 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! A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA.