VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

explosion, when new social networks were popping up on a weekly basis, About.me Fast forward to 2021, Linktree has more than 8 million users and raised $45M series B a month ago co-led by Index Ventures and Coatue, less than a year after raising $10M series A from AirTree Ventures and Insight Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. So here’s a reminder of why 2019 is 10000x better than 20 years ago. “We

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Eric Friedman

MAY 9, 2019

(I originally drafted this post years ago while at Foursquare an in an effort to share more thoughts I edited for 2019 and bringing this to the surface – enjoy!). This was warranted because the network was growing, consumers were happy, and this is “what social networks did” so I was the very vocal minority.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

While there are only a few months left in 2019, there’s no wrong time to get started on an Instagram marketing campaign. Keep reading to learn the ins and outs of using this social media platform as a way to build your brand and to drum up interest. Source: Pixabay. But how do you choose the right influencer?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

She began the CIA’s Lessons Learned program and led the Agency’s first effort to address the challenges posed by social networks, digital ubiquity, and the emerging culture of collaboration. In her last assignment she was the Deputy Directory of Intelligence and part of the team that led the CIA’s Analysis Directorate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This is the most comprehensive guide online to creating a strong brand identity for your business or organization in 2019. You may want your customers and prospects to see your brand as innovative, fresh, and socially conscious. Logo Design Trends 2019: Your Ultimate Guide to Navigate The Biggest and Hottest Trends.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

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. And Josh Kopelman and First Round Capital were among the seed investors in Uber, the blockbuster IPO-to-be of 2019.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2020

But what it means is that, in 2019 the good news is that everybody has a megaphone. Because you see that all the time on Instagram, on social networks, even in ads, it feels like the copycat syndrome is real. Tim Staples: Yeah.

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