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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators. Then use what you’ve learned in this blog post to decide if the numbers validate your business model, or if you need to rethink your approach. Please write us at blog@techempower.com !

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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How Startup Businesses Benefit From Releasing Press Releases

YoungUpstarts

If you are not familiar with SEO, hire a search engine optimization expert to ensure that your website and blogs are optimized for search. Create A Blog: Many companies nowadays integrate a blog on the company website to add a voice to their brand. Benefits Of Press Releases For Startup Businesses. Improve Your Bottomline.

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The Future Of Work Is Distributed

Feld Thoughts

My investments have always been geographically distributed across the US and I spent the majority of my time between Monday and Friday on the road. In the past few years, there have been several high profile examples of scaled companies that have a completely distributed workforce. For many years, this was a function of travel.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs. 1.68) and the median fund now has distributed 1.27X (vs. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. Based on that metric, the top quartile fund has now distributed 2.03X after 12 years. 2 years ago).

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Love Your Communication Results

Rembrandt Communications

Before you publish or distribute any type of messaging, your content needs to have three things: A goal. Before you create any emails, website pages, videos, articles, blogs, etc., No problem! Start Communication Tracking. Every piece of content should have a goal, so you don’t waste resources. ask yourself what you want to accomplish.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. It’s just math. IRRs work really well in a 12-year bull market but VCs have to make money in good markets and bad. So it’s about 20%.