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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of entertainment tech, gaming and commerce. The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. 2020… where to start?

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How to Increase Ecommerce Conversion Rates

ConversionXL

So, if you want to improve where you are right now, take stock of these 23 ways to improve your ecommerce conversion rate. Technically, you could have an ecommerce site with only images and no product descriptions, but I don’t recommend it. Once Amazon implemented free shipping, sales went up in each country except one—France.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

At the time we were planning a workshop for B2B tech startups from the IMEC accelerator (Ghent, Belgium) and had a chance to interview many of the companies that had signed up. Buyers became more critical due to a reduction in reosurces and as a result the entire process started to involve more people ultimately taking longer to close.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. WSJ even points out that poor IPO performance “can be blamed primarily on the overall stock market” In fact IPO shares have outperformed the broader S&P 500 over comparable time periods. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. September 15, 2011.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? So let’s take stock: What do we offer? But hedonistic pleasures aside, The Netherlands actually has a great foundation for tech entrepreneurship. Not in my view.

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Paul Graham on fundraising

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. but rest assured they would be. When a company is only two months old, every day you wait gives you 1.7%

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. It's a unique approach, and one we'd love to discuss with entrepreneurs and their investment sources.