Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

Joris Poort , Founder and CEO, Rescale (Software platform and hardware infrastructure to perform scientific and engineering simulations; undisclosed capital raised, per CrunchBase): We spent two and a half years writing custom software to run large-scale simulations on Boeing’s data centers.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. China now has plenty of both.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Again, your merchandizing team is working hard to procure these amazing bundles for your customers, so why are they not a core part of your nudge strategy? better to be upfront as the customers are looking for that information…. Social cues to the rescue. The last couple of months have not been great for social networks.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

By Carla Freberg, Sales Manager – Vendor Services Group, Balboa Capital. It is referred to as Black Friday, and it brings out shoppers in droves who are looking for special promotions, door-buster deals, one-day sales and free giveaways. This year, Black Friday is expected to once again set new sales records.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. This was followed by another $500 million investment (along with Goldman Sachs) in 2011, at a $50 billion valuation. million in 2010 sales). In May 2011, RenRen—the Facebook of China —had a first day valuation of $7.4

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor. Director, Digital Marketing - EA.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When trying to lose thirty pounds in 2011, I found myself thinking at length about the cookies, cake, and ice cream I was passing up, trying to rationalize whether I could have a small piece, what the effect might be, and whether I even wanted to lose weight. Here’s how to calculate break-even point in sales.”. Have you considered X?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2016

Seth Godin once said, “You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.” Friends into customers? Yep, it’s relatively easy to promote your site (where followers and friends can make a purchase) on social media. What Is Social Commerce?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Office for Mac 2011 Delivers the Good.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

TackThis ( www.tackthis.com ) allows businesses to set up a full e-commerce solution on any website or social network, and even lets them manage that online retail shop with a centralized inventory and customer management system. TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. China now has plenty of both.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2013

Otherwise, you’re just wasting time and ticking people off (which, for brands, means potentially losing customers). To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. The rest is just digital noise.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

billion today as a public company (it went public in 2011). Cotter bucks the flavor-of-the-day entrepreneurial stereotype: the college dropout popularized by both our own Michael Dell and recently Mark Zuckerberg and the great movie The Social Network. Then almost all of our customers went out of business. It is worth $3.4

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. They had a phenomenal obsession with customer service and offered free shipping and returns. In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 Unique social networking product. Each one can provide valuable lessons to the entrepreneur.

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ConversionXL

MAY 29, 2018

Your existing social network, your social capital. I mean, I’ve done cold calling plenty in my early career and when I was in sales. So it’s the same thing with your business, so the best time to start acquiring customers is before you even start your business. I started CXL, the agency, in 2011.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Austin, Texas. Gift Guide.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

We might develop ipad trading applications for customers, but not internally. The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. LYONS: How do you grow the customer relationship thru these channels? BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In this post, we’ll explain what Google+ is, the key features every small business should understand, and how small businesses can use those features to increase sales. Google+ is a social network, but it’s more than just another social network or a competitor to Facebook. What is Google+?

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. The reduction in customer service costs – no more phone calls!

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Even though 2012 was a tough year overall for small businesses – the stubbornly slow economy didn’t help – technology improvements continued to offer hope of lowering costs, boosting efficiency, increasing sales and opening new markets. But they can’t, because that’s where the customers are. Mobile Dominated Business.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. But for a new coffee shop, things like customer service, atmosphere and selection, will make or break the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. Bottom of the sales funnel. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2023

Thanks to Victoria Yu, Making That Sale ! #14- 15- The Social Network Photo Credit: Samuel Park One movie that motivates me is The Social Network, which tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, built one of the most successful tech companies in the world.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2013

Otherwise, you’re just wasting time and ticking people off (which, for brands, means potentially losing customers). To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. The rest is just digital noise.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Last year, I tried out a custom textbook through one of the major publishers, which seemed like a great way to go. of the sale price, respectively, according to the National Association of College Stores. The artists received very little of album sales, but kept concert and merchandise revenue. October 3, 2011 6:21 AM.

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Up and Running

JUNE 20, 2012

Myth 2: I’ll get a neighborhood teenager to handle my social networking, they know the ‘net. Your social media communications plan must be as carefully crafted as any of your other marketing efforts. Myth 4: I built a Facebook page therefore I’m a social media marketer.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2011

(I’ve been pretty much spot on with most of my predictions for small-business trends in 2011 and trends for 2010.). Social networks evolve into markets. As social networks become more important in the lives of their users and the level of social behavior continues to evolve, they will become much more than outposts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

When 2011 began, 64 percent of small businesses reported having a website, but that still left an astounding 36 percent of small businesses without a web presence. If you have a website, your potential customers can find you. If you don’t have a website, your potential customers will find your competitors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

When 2011 began, 64 percent of small businesses reported having a website, but that still left an astounding 36 percent of small businesses without a web presence. If you have a website, your potential customers can find you. If you don’t have a website, your potential customers will find your competitors.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Word of mouth, referrals and buzz on social networks can increase awareness, build trust and influence sales.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

In fact, a study by Harvard Business School found that 79% of companies don’t feel as though they’re effective users of social media for marketing purposes. Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

In fact, a study by Harvard Business School found that 79% of companies don’t feel as though they’re effective users of social media for marketing purposes. Problem 1 – Social Media Platforms Are Not Designed To Get New Customers. Distribution stops once they run out of social networks to publish to.

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