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10 Secrets of Successful Crowdfunding - From Scott Steinberg

ReadWriteStart

Ultimately, you’re trying to reach either as broad an audience as possible, or a very loyal and passionate [niche] audience of fans. SS: You have to be strategic because there’s no stealth mode. Crowdfunding] investors are not as sophisticated as professional venture and angel investors.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

Most creators build their audiences on Platforms etc. The platform provides the tools and in most cases the audience, but that of course, comes at a cost. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth). A16Z, did a great job summarising how companies (vs. Platform take rates = tax.

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10 ways you’ll probably f**k up your startup — Spook Studio — Medium

in business we can create much deeper connections with our audience and give our startups a better chance of success. First make sure that you’re building the right product for your audience before perfecting the experience. By focusing on the ‘why?’ Life’s too short to build something nobody wants.”

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. . But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales.

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SXSW Startups: Privacy Monitor

Austin Startup

Arlo Gilbert The Forrest Four-Cast: March 6, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. We just launched out of stealth on March 5, so it’s great to finally be able to share what we’ve been up to!

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DLD 2011: Probably the best organized conference in Europe

VC Cafe

The Big Picture panel: social, mobile, advertising, TV, media – with Google’s Nikesh Arora, Jim Breyer (partner at Accel and board member at Facebook), Thomas Ebeling, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, angel investor and partner at Greylock), and Paul-Bernhard Kallen.

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