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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? Europe is roughly the same as the US. Europe is roughly the same as the US. These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. We like sight, sound & motion.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

This audience is immensely attractive to Brands and Marketers around the world. Completely ignore the question of whether Facebook works (for many, many, many companies it is a very effective marketing channel). It is always so cool to run marketing campaigns in large homogenous markets (like Europe, Asia, or large chunks of the US).

Metrics 165
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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #13: To be stealthy or not?

Austin Startup

Everyone in the eCommerce industry, including the Shop.org community, was wondering what company I would found next. At some point, you need to aggressively come out of stealth mode and market and sell like crazy to win. They were also serial entrepreneurs, having founded the eCommerce site Fogdog.com before.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Mobile Marketing Comes of Age: Retailers finally began to see the promise of location based applications and consumers changed their shopping behavior using their mobile devices. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year. Charity Water is a great case study for this.

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale. eCommerce is different than free consumer apps, games are on a league of their own, etc.

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20 US Startup Trends: Get Inspired and Launch in Your Country

VC Cafe

US reps: Storenvy, Goodsie, Magento.go, as well as larger companies like Yahoo eCommerce. In Europe: Zin.gl, Badoo. In Europe: BuyVip (acquired by Amazon), Privalia (Spain). If it already exists in your market, think if you could make the product better, cheaper, faster or more viral. Social Commerce -.

Spain 104
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The CXL Guide to TikTok Ads: How to Use Them to Acquire New Customers

ConversionXL

With over one billion active users in more than 150 markets , TikTok Ads present a great opportunity to reach people who are interested in your product, even if your product is not marketed to Gen Z. TikTok users embrace ecommerce. Simmons achieved virality for three reasons: The task was fun and simple.

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