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Saving the Web from the Tyranny of the Click [Traction #17: Tony Haile, Chartbeat]

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Tips for media and other content-driven platforms (including blogs) for rethinking its key metric from clicks and pageviews to something else — and the tech breakthrough that helped Chartbeat create it. The post Saving the Web from the Tyranny of the Click [Traction #17: Tony Haile, Chartbeat] appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

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Maybe they will get there, but I think that the experiential nature of the category — both in terms of the actual products and the brand experience — mean that this will play out very differently from other categories like media or consumer electronics. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying.

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

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You can of course share privately that you’ve raised a round, but it’s a different story than a prospective employee (and their friends & family who she is going to brag to) can easily find it with a web search. and hopefully media coverage?—?by Perception is reality in the game of recruiting. Inbound partners.

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Why Investing in the Everyday Economy Isn’t Just a Consumer Strategy

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This technology enhances a consumer experience for literally thousands of media properties across the web. And in the entertainment category, our portfolio company TripleLift provides monetization for online publishers through native ad technology. 2) Pervasive Tools.

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How to Do Research on VCs (Written by a VC)

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And of course, many individual VCs blog or have social media presences, so you can get a sense of what a particular partner is interested in or what themes they’ve concentrated on.

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Announcing NextView Operator Guilds

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As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms. Responsibilities included TV advertising, consumer media channels, creative, PR, research, UI/UX, photography, and brand strategy. Fatma Collins, VP & Head of Product, Artsy.

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The What & Why of Hiring a Great Startup COO

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This is a guest post from Stephano Kim , former co-founder of Web 1.0 For example, a visionary-type founder can free up time to focus on a product’s big picture plan, company branding, leadership, media/event appearances, and recruiting top talent — all enabled as a focus area thanks to a COO. When should founders hire one?

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