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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns. Cloud-based systems is compatible with major existing systems. WordStream solutions both create, generate, manage and analyze the performance of large keyword databases.

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CEO Interview with BlazeMeter, Self-Served Load Testing in the Cloud

VC Cafe

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. Alon: BlazeMeter is the first testing cloud with a sole focus on load testing, designed to simplify performance and load testing for developers and QA testers.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., Agora Cloud Services. Their first effort didn’t get much traffic: 6 clicks out of ~2000 impressions. per click!

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. SEM on five dollars a day Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences Marc Prensky's Weblog: Cell Phones in Class A new version of the Joel Test (draft) Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your c. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.