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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Team Pip.io

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Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020

Duct Tape Marketing

Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on 2020 Small Business Marketing Insights. I wanted to close out the year with a solo show looking ahead to the next one; let’s talk small business marketing insights for 2020.

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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

At the time, this is last quarter and the stock market has trended upwards nicely since then (a potential leading indicator of private tech valuations), we all agreed venture portfolios were probably still 25-40% overvalued. Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays. Soft Acquisition Market. Valuations.

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No Mess (Too Much Liquidation Preference)

ithacaVC

Current “market” stats actually show about 50% of deals being done with participating preferred and 50% with non-participating preferred. So, after the Series B round the company would have $13mm of aggregate liquidation preference ($3mm plus 2*$5mm). Is the $13mm of aggregate LP a problem? It might be.

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Transcript of What Local Businesses Need to Know About the State of Local SEO

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of What Local Businesses Need to Know About the State of Local SEO written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: Perhaps one of the hottest things in marketing today is local SEO. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, we’re going to visit with Neil Crist. Back to Podcast.

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