Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

So, how should you go about raising money in 2012? Keep your eyes and ears open and network. When times are bad, funding sources are a little tighter with their money, but fewer entrepreneurs are contacting them. So, it all evens out. Here are six rules to follow: 1. Bootstrap as much as you can. So the more people you meet the better.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

(We’ve looked) at how social media sites can be used as powerful networking tools for new college graduates, sharing our best picks for tips, tools, and more for Facebook , Twitter , and now, LinkedIn. That’s a mistake: LinkedIn is the online destination for professional networking, and you’ve got to be on it to get connected.

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Networking Social Network Social Media Portfolio 221

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

The Work/Home Möbius Strip | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. SMB Marketing in 2013: 68% of small businesses to increase marketing budget | MarketingSherpa Blog – [link]. The Work/Home Möbius Strip | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. What Startups Can Learn From Netflix | KISSmetrics Blog – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Financial and banking technology conference Finovate comes to Asia for the first time with Finovate Asia 2012. Finovate Asia 2012 will feature a demo-only format with 32 companies – each with only 7 minutes – to demo their latest innovations to the audience.

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Asia Singapore Seattle Washington 178

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Online Resources and Newsletters: Bostinno : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. VentureFizz: Good newsletter with funding announcements, best local blog posts, and other local tech happenings. VentureCafe - Networking venue within the CIC. University Resources. Harvard iLab.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

What Company Culture IS and IS NOT | Rand’s Blog – [link]. The 6 Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About [Cheat Sheet] | Hubspot Blog - [link]. The 6 Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About [Cheat Sheet] | Hubspot Blog - [link]. Top 50 Photoshop Tutorials from 2012 | Speckyboy – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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Social Media Media Lead Generation Startup 233

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Her newest project, My Blog Guest , is a free platform for guest bloggers and blog owners. inurl:"guest * post" search term] to find recent guest blogging opportunities on the topic of your interest. February 9, 2012 14:28:44.

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Social Media Analytics Media API 108

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2013

Today North American internet users have climbed to 79% ( US Census Bureau ) with a whopping 90% of these users claiming they use the web to help them make purchasing decisions ( Fleishman Hillard 2012 Digital Influence Index ). Here are some criteria to help see if you’re website is hip and happening or pathetic and passé.

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Analytics Mobile Search Web 96

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Buffer – Live blog the post-mortem. Buffer’s nimble, distributed team came together on Hangouts on a Saturday afternoon and live-blogged developments as their engineers worked behind the scenes to fix the hack and restore services. When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain.

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Security Engineer PR Framework 174

Board Effect

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The idea for Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 around the concept of encouraging people to do good deeds. This expansive network collaborates all year long in its mission of inspiring generosity. Giving Tuesday has a bit of history of its own. When is Giving Tuesday? This year, Giving Tuesday falls on December 1, 2020.

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Government Technical Review Software Review Web Development 98

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. I recently went to a networking event for one of the seed funds that invested in PandoDaily, and I’ve never seen such worry on the faces of the entrepreneurs. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. PandoDigest. Share on Twitter. By Sarah Lacy.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

3/ “Value Is In The Eye Of The Network” Bean-counters may scoff at acquisitions like GitHub as poorly run businesses that aren’t (yet) profitable, but in the world of 10-figure M&A, the exits seem to be largely a function of network defensibility and uniqueness. vehicle listed on January 2012 in Crunchbase.

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Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll likely organize a Harvard Business School Angels of NY event on this topic in 2012. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. I wrote a blog post on this.

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Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2012 Version – [link]. The Network Effect Isn’t Good Enough | TechCrunch – [link]. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2012 Version – [link]. John Winsor Blog – [link]. John Battelle’s Search Blog – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 101

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. And most notably absent is building a network. One that provides everything that a big, valuable, growing network should.

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Social Media B2B North America Media 185

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2012

Leading digital marketers from around the Asia Pacific and beyond gathered yesterday at ad:tech Singapore 2012 to share and discuss the continuing growth of the role of technology and digital media in marketing and advertising. People are the ones making purchasing decisions, not companies.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. When I’m helping clients conduct these tests, I almost always find that a great way to start is by offering user-sets different login options to determine which social network APIs should be implemented. Trending Stories.

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Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. July 18, 2012 10:15:01. July 18, 2012 10:20:12. July 18, 2012 10:26:22. July 18, 2012 10:36:46. July 18, 2012 10:52:20. July 18, 2012 11:14:22. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. Like Tweet.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 16, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. January 16, 2012 14:04:54. January 16, 2012 14:10:08. January 16, 2012 14:24:44. January 16, 2012 16:40:38. January 16, 2012 20:26:07. January 17, 2012 06:37:33. January 16, 2012 14:27:11.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 by Curt Finch. Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. it was what the networks were selling before ‘behavioral’ got hot in 2006. July 10, 2012 09:40:07. July 10, 2012 10:50:39. July 10, 2012 11:12:07. July 10, 2012 11:21:19.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

After realizing the “traditional” approach wasn’t getting them anywhere, they turned to their network. “We And, if networking doesn’t work, Ben suggests trying your local credit union, especially if you’ve got a relationship with them. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. But they didn’t let this stop them.

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Cofounder Green Small Business Administration Business Plan 137

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 21, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. Additionally, closing a business the ‘right way’ ensures the network, reputation, goodwill and momentum you’ve built with the first company can be gracefully transitioned to future projects. January 21, 2012 17:53:09.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your Marketing | Hubspot Blog - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The Power of Thinking Long-Term | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. B t Metrics – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

July 3, 2012 by Erin Everhart. Penguin : Released April 2012, this algorithm put tighter guidelines on website optimization and adjusted a number of web spam factors, including keyword stuffing, cloaking, unnatural links and content spinning. Have a blog and update it at least once a week. July 3, 2012 09:22:07.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

In fact, 54% of users said they may actually leave a website and go to another rather than complete an individual registration form, according to a 2012 survey conducted by Blue Research. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Subscribe via RSS population: Blog. Search for: July 3rd, 2012. I shared these tips with the PIE mentors and a few of them suggested I turn it into a blog post. 3 Responses to “Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors” Darrin says: July 8, 2012 at 11:59 am. Beer and Blog Portland.

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Portland Oregon Technical Cofounder Startup 46

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

For example, while I closed on the seed investment in Tinybop on November 19, 2012, I met Raul two years earlier at the first Brooklyn Beta in 2010, even before he was working on the company. You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter.

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Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication Founder 162

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 4, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. You’ve probably already used this trick when a username is taken on one of the big social networking sites. October 4, 2012 12:16:07. October 4, 2012 15:00:22. October 4, 2012 14:29:24. October 4, 2012 14:51:35. October 4, 2012 15:29:36. October 4, 2012 16:44:17.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

December 18, 2012. Steve Souders books and blog are fantastic. — Ryan McLaughlin (@ryanmclaughlin) December 18, 2012. — Tim Panicucci (@tpanicucci) December 18, 2012. — Nando Vieira (@fnando) December 18, 2012. — Paul Lewis (@aerotwist) December 18, 2012. Navigation n Search.

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Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. October 3, 2012 14:52:37. October 3, 2012 15:28:03. October 3, 2012 20:30:29. October 4, 2012 04:53:23. October 5, 2012 13:46:19. Cartoon Network Favorites Star in Strange Video. 5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn. Blogging Lists.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Heidi Cohen | December 24, 2012. Specifically, research by Shop.org, comScore, and The Partnering Group found that 70 percent of consumers click through on a retail blog to the firms website and 68 percent of consumers use YouTube to browse and research products. 2012 was a key year in Digital Marketing. December 10, 2012.

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Social Media Media B2C New York 86