YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

Founder and CEO of Appsbar, Scott Hirsch, is a noted entrepreneur and expert in mobile marketing. Scott pioneered many of the most utilized concepts in online media including opt-in data collection, email to postal data appending, affiliate marketing, web syndication, internet reality shows and internet pay per view.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2014

For anyone that wants to capitalize on this massive growth market, where do you begin, what resources do you need? Once you do a bit of your own market research you’ll feel more comfortable with making this important decision. Although this will depend on your marketing budget, when in doubt, go free. Talk to your customers!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

For the second startup, we chose a year-old web/mobile startup whose market is college bound teens, with a founder who had skipped the initial customer validation process. Sharks, in turn, argued with one another and even attempted to form syndication in one instance. The semester concluded with pizza and ice cream.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

You’ve updated your brand or marketing strategy. Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. You’ve updated your brand or marketing strategy. Brand and marketing strategies are fluid, living things. But marketing efforts can fall flat if you lose credibility with your marketing collateral.

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Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My partners and I would be thrilled to support this founder in general, but we don’t have enough conviction about the market opportunity he and his co-founders are pursuing to proceed with an investment.

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David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. Though these tools can be helpful to the syndication process, I believe it will largely remain a relationship-based process for some time to come. . – Drop Technologies *: The fastest-growing mobile rewards program.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Today Evangelos invests in early- and growth-stage companies focusing on the enterprise in the areas of data and analytics, SaaS applications, and mobility. He is a senior advisor to several multinational corporations and a recognized thought leader on corporate innovation, big data, cloud computing, and digital marketing platforms.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Shama Kabani , Marketing Zen. Have an account? Look for someone who has experience working with a startup, and has an entrepreneurial attitude. Look for passion and skill!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: I have seen the future of marketing, and it is killing me. Hello and welcome to another episode of The Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Tell us all about Content Marketing Institute. Transcript.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

But in the next 5 years the web and mobile app stores will increasingly be a force in selling and customer acquisition for busines software. InsightSquared is tackling business intelligence software (hardly a sexy market) with an incredibly sexy product that incorporates Facebook style timelines and other features.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh sh and debuted on 2/10/10, today they’re at $20.53 (close 4/13/11) an increase of nearly 40%. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It’s pretty simple to record and syndicate audio content from your desktop or mobile device and broadcast it live – or recorded as audio podcasts – across social networks. Mobile apps available for iPhone, iPod and iPad (support for Android and other platforms are in the works) even takes your broadcasts mobile.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. .

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Since the 90s, Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has been making his mark in the media industry, working in areas that include television production, film, marketing and advertising. Games On Wheels is the largest mobile video game truck business in the country. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Groupon’s become a juggernaut in the immense local marketing space. 3) Groupon’s Business is Like An ATM: Groupon is currently unprofitable on a GAAP basis thanks to acquisition related expenses in 2010 as well as ongoing marketing spend to acquire customers. But even in Boston & Chicago it remains above $20.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

If you’ve been following my tweets lately, you’ve read some of my quick musings on the state of the seed market this summer. years is not a long arc – I have not experienced a prolonged down market as a private investor. We know private markets hold the key to 100x or even 1,000x multiples. In short, in my 6.5

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Note: Today, I am pleased to announce the “soft launch&# of a new channel of original and curated content of best practices, profiles, features, and commentary, covering the rapid transition to the mobile, app-based economy, aka, the appconomy. This interview is cross-posted from The Appconomy channel.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A similar revolution is occurring on the distribution side, both for users – who are now surrounded by countless screens that make videos more accessible than ever – as well as for content owners who are now syndicating their content in order to reach their audiences and stand out in this highly fragmented market. It’s a challenge.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Josh Brooks, who ran marketing for MySpace for three years, is the founder of a company that lets users take photos form their phones, and then use those photos to send postcards in the real world to their friends and family. pre money valuation and planned to use the money to market the app. POSTCARDS ON THE RUN.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2010

The company announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. This kind of investment, the amount, and the strength of this syndicate is a strong endorsement for the innovation we are bringing to market,” said Smooth-Stone CEO Barry Evans.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

There’re lots of reasons why we’re pleased to be involved, from the market opportunity and product and beyond, but of course team is central for all startup investments. Objective Logistics just closed a $1.5M seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

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.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

We love meeting entrepreneurs who take this blank canvas approach when thinking about disrupting markets. This is how new markets get created.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. Highly entrepreneurial, well-educated, upwardly mobile?—?a The tour starts in Dallas on June 4 and ends in Austin on June 6 with an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! Who should come on the bus?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Invodo , the only full-service eCommerce video partner for online retailers, and mobile commerce leader Digby today announced that they have partnered to implement retail eCommerce product video within mobile-optimized websites and rich apps for Smartphones. CrunchBase Information. Information provided by CrunchBase.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

2) The Pyramid Scheme of Startup Equity - Just like multi-level marketing schemes, in startups it pays to get in on the ground floor. Nearly all founders though are seeking to fix a market or industry that’s broken, and occasionally create whole new industries in the process.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s one school of thought that the paradigm has changed, and startups that achieve a market value of tens of billions or more will be more frequent than in decades past. Multi-billion dollar valuations for late stage startups like Dropbox, et al. I’m not so sure that’s the case.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Sector: We invest in internet and mobile innovation. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If you’re contacted by an associate at a firm you’ve wanted on your own radar (based on their knowledge of your market, the firm’s reputation, whatever), then by all means speak to them. My perspective is basically to make an informed decision on a case-by-case basis.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

YouTube Marketing and Analytics Framework for Success. Some have even tried original content (a la GoPro ), but originality without key integrations into the overall marketing strategy and media mix is hard to pull off/sustain. What's advertising/marketing/participation on YouTube? YouTube is magnificent. How cool is that!

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 10, 2017

Thanks to Mark McLaughlin , Results Marketing. Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Turn Off All Mobile Devices. I find that during the day when it counts the most, my mobile devices go off. I call it The Blur – when whatever I had to do becomes a blur. Have A Tic-Tac. Well really.

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LLC Oman Mobile Syndicate 106

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened. Mobile payments are the trillion dollar industry that everybody’s been waiting for but has never materialized. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. June 12, 2012.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

But for more urban markets with fast broadband, most Netflix subscribers will only want DVD/Blu-Ray for recent movie releases (if at all). And presumably pay TV providers may step up their marketing efforts along these exact lines as they seek to avoid the “dumb pipe” fate. older movies) and TV shows. Author howerl.

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