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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

We market to four populations: High-potential founders. Collectively this allows me to generate enough awareness to keep myself top of mind for my target audience. I have a tiny audience compared with the B2C influencers, but my audience are overwhelming businesspeople in tech and finance. This is hosted by NFX.

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Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A

View from Seed

Of the NextView-backed founders have have tried to raise this round, over 70% have done so (compared to a mean success rate in the industry of around 27%, according to some sources ). Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. Build Audience Momentum.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

Every excellent idea has a hypothesis at its core, a conviction that your product or service will be useful to a certain audience. Today she is the ex-host of one of the most successful syndicated television shows in history (The Oprah Winfrey Show), a producer and actress in her own television specials, a philanthropist, and an author.

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8 Ways That Blogging Will Kickstart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. Let that ideal co-founder find you. If you provide value to your audience, they will be pulled to you and your website for related solutions. Develop an efficient and effective writing style.

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What Does a Demand Generation Manager Do? (And How to Become One)

ConversionXL

Manage a marketing budget that will drive the most qualified leads through paid programs such as content syndication, pay-per-click, and events. It’s the job of DGMs to get everyone on the same page and clear on four priority steps : Define and understand your target audience. Create core messages to speak to your target audience.

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