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The SBA Needs To Get It’s Act Together On The PPP

VC Adventure

After its enactment but before it was implemented, there were questions about the SBA’s “affiliation rules” which can disqualify companies if the aggregated number of employees at affiliate companies is greater than 500. The program sparked confusion from the start.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Twitter, LinkedIn - Why Not Affiliates?

ReadWriteStart

make so little use of the affiliate business model for monetization purposes? Please use the comments below to give your thoughts and analyses on why you think Twitter is not using the affiliate business model to monetize its immense traffic. This is a question I would like to address to you guys as well.

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The Glow Up: 13 Sources Of Alternative Financing For Startup Businesses

YoungUpstarts

If you’re looking to raise money from affiliates and peers and not take out a loan, then you should consider crowdfunding. They are debt, equity, rewards, and charity. Equity-based crowdfunding is when someone invests in your business in exchange for products or a share. There are multiple crowdfunding sites online.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. Let's recap.

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5 Things You’re Measuring Incorrectly With Digital Analytics & What To Do About It

ConversionXL

In other tools, it’s completely possible to understand the customer in the context of their digital behavior by going beyond the page tag and into BI or perhaps a Digital Data Distribution Platform (D3P) in the cloud. Direct response means you expect people to do something when they arrive at your site. You expect them to take an action.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

If you’re working closely with partners who are helping you distribute your product, it’s especially important to make sure they understand who you are, how you speak, and who you serve. You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”.