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Expa Labs – Some Lessons Learned

Eric Friedman

When Expa announced our new $100M fund in March, 2016, it was to continue our mission of creating new companies, but also use our learnings to form the Expa Labs program. This lesson comes into play because whether you are a B2C company or a B2B enterprise company. Nobody knows what will happen — despite the loudest pontificators.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Social Media Ad Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

As per the latest research , social media ad spend overwhelmingly surpassed television by the end of 2016- a result that wasn’t predicted. A recent 2016 report reveals that 85% audience believe that promoted accounts help them discover new businesses. It is an impactful twitter technique to drive engagements. Promoted Accounts.

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Denouement

View from Seed

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. But there is also opportunity in lean times. Uber is founded and AirBnB goes through YC in 2009.

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Denouement

Agile VC

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. But there is also opportunity in lean times. Uber is founded and AirBnB goes through YC in 2009.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

However, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes.