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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post).

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit. Folksonomy. Free product.

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

Back in 2006, the only way to rent from Netflix was by mail, where you received a DVD in the mail and you could only have a certain amount of them checked out at the time (I believe we had a subscription that allowed us to have three out at a time.) Ok, so here is the entire four-part series. What is the lesson learned here?

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. ► 2006. (7). Feedburner Network. Raj Kapoor.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. Long ago in October 2006 Google bought YouTube for a shocking $1.65 In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. Long ago in October 2006 Google bought YouTube for a shocking $1.65

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. ► 2006. (7). Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. ► 03/18 - 03/25. (1).

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Taking into account the difference in storage costs in 2002, Schippers estimates that Zuckerberg was spending $3,000 per month on hosting for the first year and about $10 million per month by 2006 as the network grew exponentially in that time period. 8) Angry Birds.

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