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DECEMBER 11, 2019

These are literal quotes from social media and email announcements over the past six months from VC Partners moving on to other competitive firms, and, well, just moving on. “I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining [New Firm] as a Partner where I will continue to invest in great Founders across the industries I care about.”. “I

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MARCH 3, 2016

You can use pageviews or engagement metrics such as number of social media shares or comments on blog posts (usually a slippery slope), or you can build an initial subscription list even without a product, which can be used to nurture leads, get feedback, or even ask people to spread your message and grow reach. Why should we do it?

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APRIL 2, 2015

The same debate around pitch deck design also extends to other important touchpoints: a company’s homepage, careers page, product pages, social media profiles, business cards, and so on. But startups need to make tradeoffs, so the question is really, Does polished design matter, or should we focus on other things for now? .

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MARCH 12, 2015

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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MARCH 31, 2015

NVV: What’s the right way for entrepreneurs to use Twitter and other social media to interact with journalists? Feel free to send ideas on an angle but, ultimately, know that I want to decide how the story gets told. So there’s no need to butter me up first.

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APRIL 18, 2018

The characteristics we are looking for are: Strong writer and communicator who is fluent with social media tools, common marketing SaaS software, and publishing platforms. High intellectual horsepower and initiative. Deeply curious about tech, startups, and in helping to champion founders that are redesigning the everyday economy.

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MAY 27, 2015

He discusses what it was like pioneering virality- and social media-based products before that was even a thing, and how the climate and technology of Silicon Valley back then was radically different than today.

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MARCH 10, 2015

Whereas ESPN only promotes ESPN content in their app and other channels, we could include the big, national outlets plus local coverage, social media discussion, and more. Our advantage was that we were source agnostic. Bleacher Report’s Team Stream app.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

And despite some challenges like fake news, the democratization of publishing has empowered a nearly unpredictable explosion of content creators outside Hollywood resulting in entirely new media types. Even the term “social media” itself was barely in our lexicon a decade ago , and now Facebook has 93% penetration in adults.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Those internet commerce websites, not to mention social media platforms, online banking accounts, and any other digital destination where we’ve left our identities, personal information and financial access, aren’t foolproof vaults for storing our sensitive data. cybernero or dimtim123).

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