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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

ReadWriteStart

On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there.

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[Review] The Mesh: Why The Future Of Business Is Sharing

YoungUpstarts

Aided by social media, wireless networks and data crunched from every available source, people are moving towards sharing goods and services at the point of need. 2) Using advanced web and mobile data networks to track goods, aggregate usage, customer and product information, and strengthen customer intelligence.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. Our content delivers across social media and television (both traditional & over-the-top streaming) in both paid and earned forms. Photo credit: Jenna Green. 11- Flagship product.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. We streamline strategy development using a Reality-Based approach, then execute cross-media programs including websites, brochures, ads, booths. It has been fun to get to know her again.

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Data Analysis 101: Seven Simple Mistakes That Limit Your Salary

Occam's Razor

I love that the analyst is segmenting the data rather than showing the aggregate trend ("all data in aggregate is essentially crap" – me). Ditto for Social Media. It is likely that the Social Media conversions are already included in Referrals and, of course, in Mobile. you have your answer.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light.

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Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search

Occam's Razor

[And can''t you just see how this really deep understanding of customer interest, based on their data and not your opinions or, worse, an "expert''s" opinion, will be incredible when it comes to fueling your social media strategy? " To think you just managed to get those little green bar's worth. You can't.

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