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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Founded in 2007. Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles.

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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. If you provide valuable business advice, listeners will return, which means better advertising opportunities and more people to channel towards your business or services.

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

Occam's Razor

I spend 70% of my time in the US and for those discussions I'm primary looking at speed (connection above), mobile penetration (yes, 2007 was the year of mobile!), For example, if you are in Russia and an ecommerce business, it is even more important to have a well thought out mobile strategy. It is the lead influencing channel.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

what distribution channel? Off to a running start, they not only wrote down their initial business model hypotheses but they immediately got out of the building and began interviewing prospective customers to test their three most critical assumptions in any business: Value Proposition , Customer Segment and Channel. Xu Cui (Ph.D,

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How To Convert Visitors Who Are Considering Switching From a Competitor

ConversionXL

Another thing I like to do is get away from their branded channels and see what conversation is being had in “unmonitored” communities. Blog eCommerce Resources Landing Pages Lead Generation' Improve on in your own business or. Highlight your strengths where they’re weak to snipe customers from the competition.

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A Step By Step Guide To Building Customer Journey Maps

ConversionXL

A CMO Council study conducted from 2007 to 2008, “Business Gain From How You Retain,” found that: “Over 50% of global marketers report that they have fair, little, or no knowledge of the customer demographic, behavioral, psychographic and transactional data. Image Source – Marketing Charts. Mapping The Customer Journey… The Next Step.

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10 New Israeli Startups, Hear Them Roar

VC Cafe

VisualBee is an exciting plug-in for PowerPoint 2007/2010 for automatic enhancement of presentations. Using Zibaba’s technology, retailers now have the ability to create a complete storefront inside Facebook which encompasses a full eCommerce solution within the Facebook environment. 7) VisualBee. Watch the video: 9) Zibaba.

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