Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

An investor in a crowdfunding campaign is likely to lose much less than an investor in Enron did. My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. But it’ll take more than a branding campaign for Microsoft to attain even a sliver of the fandom enjoyed by Apple.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2019

Are there any D&I campaigns you're especially proud of? It’s no longer a series of campaigns or activities. A D&I campaign may deliver great results, but continuous efforts are required to build a corporate culture of inclusion and belonging. It’s woven into our workplace, marketplace and communities.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Finding money online (principally online lending) has not seen the same level of explosive growth in the US, although in Europe and India there has been real growth in microlending (including “pay day loans”) from companies ranging from Wonga to SKS Finance. Real time web usage outpaces business models.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores.

Technical Review 78

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Peeling back one more level, they may tell you that they ran three major campaigns to drive visitors to the site, as well as relying on the normal levels of word of mouth traffic. So the other variable that we can try to increase is the conversion rate for each campaign, and the conversion rate to trials.

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

Stealth 285

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. While non bank business financing is currently miniscule by comparison, the numbers from kickstarter.com tell us something is brewing. The final question is what happens to our data when we die?

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

Traffic sources, like keywords, referring sites, campaigns, countries, are examples of dimensions. If you would like to, start by downloading three of my favourite custom reports , or these three paid search campaign analysis custom reports. All data in aggregate is crap. So, demand custom reports even on day one if you can.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 6, 2016

Well, in these first few days of the New Year when hope is fresh, as we do our goal-setting let me suggest we set solid Attainable Goals that as we accomplish them in their aggregate add up to Stretch Goals that tickle the loins and fire the imagination ! Marketing Campaign Conversion 2. Sales Team Performance. 1,000 leads).

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

But just wanting to raise and offering your opportunity to investors isn’t enough to guarantee a successful campaign. They may know what making a donation or buying a product on Kickstarter is but they don’t understand crowdfunding as we in the industry view it, which is financing a startup or a company and actually owning a piece of it.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Database, File Storage & Information Management Pixily – An online service that lets you aggregate, organize, find and share your documents. IFM Campaign Manager – A Web-based email list management and marketing tool. Synergymail – Online email marketing app that includes campaign tracking.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Unfortunately, John Doeer was not in the panel this year, but Tony said he could not believe anymore in Johns forecasts after his support of Hillarys presidential campaign. The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. Yahoo Finance.

Software Review 48

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

Everybody that comes to know us, we want to set up processes, campaigns, touch points; even in our C.R.M. You know, service, education, your follow-up – even finance? The idea behind this is that if we recognize those behaviors, that we wanna move people logically through. You know, how does marketing impact? How does sales?

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Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

The Internet has made it easier for individuals and organizations to raise money for charitable purposes, political campaigns, artists seeking support from fans and various other projects. In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas.

SEC 58

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2019

My professional areas of interest cover Customer Service, User Experience and Finance, though here on Occam’s Razor my focus is on influencing incredible Marketing through the use of innovative Analytics. Each chosen obsession is very much in the spirit of my beloved principle of the aggregation of marginal gains. Suck less more.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bonus read: Four types of experiments you can run on Facebook: A/B, Holdout, Brand Survey, and Campaign Budget. ). One of the coolest things we’ve done over the last year is to ascertain how to get t rue incremental complete campaign brand lift for our large campaigns. Accommodate for this reality in your PR campaign.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

experiment with p type of campaigns. I'll consult with my finance team. Now when I do analysis of my performance (not just in aggregated but segmented by geo and campaign and source and…) I'll know if our results are good or bad or ugly. In aggregate almost all data is useless (like # of Visits).

Analytics 138

Analytics Metrics Web Framework 138

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

And if you can pass that barrier (with, say, dimension widening using universal analytics), it is very hard to find this data inside the company (Finance department?), at a level of aggregation or granularity you need, and send it into your digital analytics tools. The whole thing is so painful.

Metrics 159

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 6, 2009

The first source of the data are the logs that store the queries that are done by users on google.com (logs that have this data in aggregate, not by individual histories – you'll see the latter is not necessary). Example, here, Apparel, Beauty & Personal Care, Sports & Fitness, Finance etc etc. Delightful.

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Search PPC Matching Analytics 103

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter.

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