crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Funding is not an indicator of success, irrespective of the impression that you might get from the news and media. Participating and winning Startup competitions can also help you to accumulate some funds along with gaining some credentials and as well as getting some media mentions. Funding is just a stepping stone. Equity investors.

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Startup Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur Seed Stage 150

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR. VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Technical Review Social Media 83

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. If we’re doing too many deals in eCommerce or healthcare IT we might ask whether we’re seeing enough deals in other categories. in fact we still look at many deals in the media sector whose main objective is to entertain people. Far from it. 6SensorLabs.

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Technical Review America United States Partner 362

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. 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.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 4, 2014

the ecommerce companies or software companies that we invest in) and you have a $1m revenue run rate and 20%+ month-on month growth you will generally be in good shape. ———– We have an Open Day the week after next where we will offer our help to four early stage ecommerce teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Most people have heard of Foursquare for local nightlife and Airbnb for rooms, but other nationally recognized sources for local services are still hard to find, including social media, local news, advertising, and event calendars. You need local partners and relationships for credibility.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

Certainly if you look at eCommerce & social media – women are the ones using these products. Make sure they’re on your board, your board of advisors, whatever. Make sure 50% of the people you hire are women. The women are out there.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

But focus to date has been on the low-hanging fruit such as social or ecommerce data, so there’s still opportunity where data is harder to acquire and/or to label. One essential aspect of search relevance is surely ‘trustworthiness’ so that content and claims made in social media and news sites can be verified or scored for authenticity.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Software Review Startup 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The first category includes companies that have a dominant position in their national market and are often internet or ecommerce companies. I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Global 110

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). Hamet is a 3x entrepreneur and also former EIR with True Ventures. Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us.

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Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. Use social media to be sure people are aware of it.

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South Africa Europe Disintermediation eCommerce 310

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2011

I'm quite possibly the least fashionable person in the entire venture capital industry. Yet, I wondered whether or not she had accidently met with the wrong VC. She saw the sneakers, right? I think I might have been wearing my Android robot walking the dog t-shirt. Lucky for me, she didn't seem fazed, and we hit it off.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Mr. Fralic earned his BS in Finance from Villanova University and his MBA from St. Prior to joining Quigo, Mr.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The ability of social media to help you get escape velocity is great, but it cuts both ways. It is easier to start something now than ever before. A strong value proposition carried at the speed of Twitter and Facebook to the right audience could crush your company just as fast as it grew if you can’t scale. Scale brings complexity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

What is interesting about this deal is that LivingSocial took in $14 million in VC just 6 weeks after they announced a $25 million round and the money came from Jeremy Liew, who is a well respected venture capitalist who just completed a similar type investment in ShoeDazzle. eCommerce is hot again! the funding and market coverage.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. I’d start by trying to follow them on social media to get to know them a bit, and then reach out with a relevant intro request through LinkedIn.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Free FoundersCard membership, 24/7 online support through forums, discounts on products and services, offline events, the assistance of an editorial team to aid in the creation and dissemination of content for the purposes of brand building and media opportunities, and more. Thanks to Pete Chatfield, Household Money Saving !

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 28, 2012

Software to help enterprises leverage social media was the investment theme that underpinned our investment in Conversocial last year and we have been looking for more companies that leverage the same trends. The first major acquisition of a social business was Salesforce’s acquisition of Radian6 for $326m nearly 18 months ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

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IPO Angel Investor Startup Incubator 120

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around Texas who can syndicate deals or take direct investment University and entrepreneurial community leaders Local celebrity guests Press and media Grab your seat now and get an early-bird discount before March 31. This won’t be a boring bus ride!

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Prior to this, Mr. Perkin was Executive Vice President at EmSense Corporation, a leading next generation media measurement company.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Nextiva , GoToMeeting and Grasshopper for telecommunications and web conferencing Interspire , Simplycast , HootSuite and SnapEngage for e-mail, chat, and social media marketing. GoDaddy and RackSpace for web hosting and ecommerce. The best email marketing and social media minds. The best research minds.

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Software Social Media Database eCommerce 48

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Ryan Chan, founder at UpKeep said, “We created an LLC at first, but after realizing that we wanted to take on venture capital, we decided to move to a Delaware C corp.”. venture capital. Seek out venture capital funding. 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading. or even be a U.S.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

For example, today, designing a smartphone App that alerts you when you have lost your car keys isn’t a viable standalone company; today, a service-based local software solution to manage ecommerce for brick and mortar companies, even if it is profitable, is not an interesting technology investment.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

It is still unclear how much capital these businesses will require or what the exit market will be like. Venture Capital' Writing and reading back this list it strikes me that whilst it is too early to know how big this wave will be there is more than enough going on to want to start making some investments.

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Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2017

times the size of the global venture capital industry today. With so many businesses seeking to capitalize on the crowdfunding trend, there’s more competition than ever. Updates should also be shared by email and social media. But, Kickstarter and Indiegogo aren’t the “Field of Dreams.” Signature colors.

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Campaign Design Video Social Media 51

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Learn how to raise capital from angel investors and venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target). Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. Khan Academy.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

When the Mets got to the World Series, they release a kettle corn flavored ice cream with blue and orange M&Ms and a contest on social media around naming the ice cream. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. I was an ecommerce merchant in 2009, and my business was effectively being raked over the coals by fraudulent chargebacks. Like a help centre.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies.

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