Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Top Hat co-founder and CEO Mike Silagadze said: “Most people we talked to were very skeptical about our marketing approach; they thought it wouldn’t work. If we’d listened to outsiders it would have been a terrible idea because they would have told us not to do it.”. They focused on revenue early on.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But perhaps to most insightful was their discussion about Machine Learning / AI. Or Oculus or twitch went public there would be more competition and he believes that as a country this isn’t good for us. Sports A final 5+ minutes talked about sports. Mostly about how the NFL is a problem sport due to concussions and injuries.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Today most materials are shared over email, so don’t worry about printing out copies. End with some high-level financial data to show that you have aggressive but sensible expectations about how your business will perform over time. The demo shows us your vision in a way we can interact with. The presentation.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Eager to continue learning more about what habits contribute to success, I reached out to the entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council to share the daily habits that make them more productive, successful, and happy overall. Let us know on Facebook or Twitter —we’d love to hear your input. Your mind is powerful.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Kang Health (2016) – HQ’d in New York and started by Allon Bloch, the former CEO of Wix.com, Kang Health wants to crowdsource health data to provide better information about health conditions, symptoms and treatments. the company raised a strong $3.3M in seed round in November.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

I hope you’ll take a minute to read about Fika Ventures but by quick background it is a $40 million LA-based seed fund founded by three of our favorite local investors: Tianxiang Zhuo , Eva Ho & arteen arabshahi. See in the end, in LA VC firms are far more collaborative than competitive. We love LA!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The first sign that there might be more to Glenn Beck than the impressions I had had from occasionally watching a clip from his show was when he wrote a very thoughtful piece about the Facebook algorithm and I was so impressed with what he had written that I had to publicly acknowledge it at the time on May 20th, 2016. Please watch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the most talked about Fireside Chat’s of the 2-day Upfront Summit was the talk between my friend Joe Green and Pete Buttigieg , the mayor of South Bend, Indiana aka “The Happy Warrior” currently in a bid to become the new head of the DNC ( you can learn more here ). Joe and Pete went to college together at Harvard. Pete’s background?

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Rob Go

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Our entire team at NextView is very pleased to announce that Ginny Mineo will be joining us as Director of Platform. Ginny comes to us from HubSpot, where she had a tremendous impact on the company in a variety of ways. Needless to say, she received rave reviews from everyone we spoke to about her. Not running out of money.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

There is such a thing as employees that don’t really give a frek about their job or company, they just come to work. Let me share a real-world story with you about this phenomenon, how I end up simply framing the problem above, and the solution for my clients. You can even get them to care about the long-term interests of the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. And while the US had FANG (Facebook, Amazon/Apple, Netflix and Google) China has BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent). Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In most cases, your customers won’t care about getting a friend of theirs sign up for your company’s offer (whatever you have to offer) because they don’t see the value in it. It’s not that your referral program is bad, it’s that your customers won’t be motivated to use it , even if you give away a lot of money.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

This had an impact on the 2008 election where apparently groups of DIGG publishers would promote positive stories about Obama and negative stories about Hillary Clinton (sound familiar?). Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?” I asked Jonah about this. “I He thinks the very nature of video is changing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

25% of your prospects’ day is spent HERE… US workers spend 6.3 With all that in mind, your action plan will center on lukewarm , email, and in my experience, many business owners and marketers have head trash about it, so let’s cover some common misconceptions: Misconception 1: “Unsolicited email is SPAM!”.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

And if you want to maximize the return you see on this content, the majority of the work actually occurs AFTER your content is published (if you’re interested in learning more about content promotion tactics, this blog post by Ameer Rosic is a great place to start). About the Author.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

So it was a timely conversation at this year’s Upfront Summit because the week of the Summit, Sequoia had announced that it was transitioning leadership from Jim Goetz to Roelof Botha (and US operations to Alfred Lin). And so it goes. Essentially we run the firm together but play different roles. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Living in a fantasy world of denial can cost us our happiness and often our business or job. Here is another one – most of us will not change until the pain of not changing is worse than the pain of changing. Here is what most of us must understand and accept as truth. We are going to have pain either way.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

When any of us go through change, whether positive or negative, we suffer from the pain of fear or anxiety. Most of us have experienced a fair share of fear in our lives and have a good idea of what it is and how it makes us feel. Fear causes stress in all of us, and remember that stress can be a killer. Mandy Hale.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Become humble, because it’s not really all about you. When you embrace humility, you can finally stop thinking ‘it’s all about me.’ We go on autopilot, but the irony is that in the Smart Machine Age we will have to slow down in order to do the jobs that will earn us a living.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

It’s not about you. It’s about them. 15 percent to 20 percent of the US population). They have a sense of urgency about them, and that urgency is to get to their goals in the future. 25 percent to 30 percent of the US population). 35 percent to 40 percent of the US population). They each are unique.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Ultimately, the leap to entrepreneurship was about freedom – in my schedule, in my life, and in my work. Having launched and exited three companies, along with a string of early entrepreneurial endeavors, is it better to look at ourselves now or when this bug likely bit us all – very earlier on. 2 – A Few Reasons.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The four of us did this on an impulse last month after the Executive Order on Immigration hit. We were all extremely upset about the executive order and decided to do something about it. Since we are matching 1:1, each dollar you contribute gets NILC another dollar.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any job they have had. There’s a lot to love about being an entrepreneurship but what I love most is the scope of learning. I also care deeply about the CoverWallet team. 1 – Scope of Learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

It’s easy to find yourself caught in the trap of just GSD (getting s**t done) and not stepping back to be thoughtful about whether you’d benefit from doing fewer things but doing those things truly well. On the surface this person is losing efficiency but in the long-run the gains for direction setting are huge.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Of course, affiliate marketing has this mysterious aura about it. If you’ve read about affiliate marketing before, chances are you’ve heard of affiliate networks. The sooner they understand more about your products and how to promote them, the sooner the results will come.” (via What Is an Affiliate Network?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

We had the opportunity to speak with Lisa to find out a little more about her background, her business, copywriting tips and any advice that she would have for entrepreneurs and business owners. Tell us about your background and what led you to start your business? Tell us about your business and what you do?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

One of the philanthropic activities that Amy and I have been doing is helping fund documentaries around issues that we care about. When she told us last summer about her new documentary called Bias, Amy and I jumped on the opportunity to be the executive producers.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

If you are truly serous about knowing how to set up a business in the US , you will need to take an honest look at how much money will be required. There are some experts that say the timeframe for this is up to 5 years, but if your business idea is based on a trend, you may want to implement the plan quickly. The Budget.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Below are three techniques we recommend you use to help protect your business from the threat of chargebacks: #1: Choose a recognisable name. To understand why your name plays a big role in chargebacks, let’s look at US tech company, 37signals. Let us know in the comments. Software 0.89. Financial Services 0.79. Gaming 0.59.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

For about three weeks I’ve been meaning to write about the amazing success that is Amazon. Back then it was when I read they were planning to create 100k US jobs in the next 18 months , are worth more than the next eight biggest US retailers combined (see chart above), and that they now employ 45k robots , up 50% year-on-year.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Read customer reviews about the registrar. If you don’t know the location of the registrar, ask about their business domicile. Purchase all available extensions if possible, such as.com,net,org,us,biz, etc. If friends and family own domains, ask their preferences. Registering your domain is a relatively small cost.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Most of us work in our businesses, either as managers or owners, and rarely step outside to think about how this will end in a perfect world. But for most of us, this question is or should be real and very personal. It is a fair question. Of course, you’ll find another exciting venture and start again.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Calling an airline or hotel, for example, rather than booking over the Internet, gives you the chance to ask about discounts that they will offer you. When we think about travel for business, we often think of flying to the location. Some of these could include frequent flier benefits, corporate discounts, or even rewards programs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

According to the Content Marketing Institute , 70% of companies plan to increase the amount of content they create in 2017 with the use of outside resources. While they are right about wanting to publish more via freelancers, doing so without a cohesive plan will thwart their good intentions. This leads us to our next tip.

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YFS Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

So many of us struggle with consistency. Here are 5 common reasons why you are not consistent in business and what you can do about it. This article Why You’re Not Consistent In Business appeared first in YFS Magazine.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In the old days, the salesperson used superior product and market knowledge as a lever to manipulate or outwit the customer, who was at a distinct disadvantage. In some cases, they know more about the market and the product than the salesperson. Customers want someone they can trust to help them make a good decision. Stop Selling!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Thus your objectives for social media should at least include monitoring your online reputation on the three top platforms, and hopefully taking the minimum actions to turn any negatives into positives for the rest of us. Of course, the right approach is to be proactive along all the following fronts: Reputation management.

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