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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. I know you emailed me and I emailed you back.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a SaaS Company

Up and Running

Writing a business plan is an important step for any entrepreneur. For entrepreneurs who just want to dive in and start building something and solving customer problems, a business plan can seem like a waste of time. Churn rate. Why write a business plan for your SaaS business?

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Whenever someone listed their accommodation on Craigslist, Airbnb emailed them to ask if they wanted to also post listings on its platform: Image source. Instead, they could simply click a link and enter an email address. Revival messaging.

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Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

LinkedIn’s Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs (annotated by Reid Hoffman) – crowdspring.co/1gIv7bI. 11 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Be Able to Answer - crowdspring.co/19IMztu. 6 Ideas to Reduce Your Product’s Churn Rate We Found to Work - crowdspring.co/1grCDHI. crowdspring.co/19IC5KK.

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Transforming Marketing With Artificial Intelligence

Duct Tape Marketing

18:36] Where do you see AI being applied for more personal experiences in places like an email newsletter for example? [20:25] And that's, what's gonna happen in business, whether you're in advertising or email or communications or SEO, AI is going to be infused into the software and make it smarter. Connect on LinkedIn.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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Don’t Be Gunshy Because You Dealt With Bucketheads The Last Time Around

Feld Thoughts

Thanks for all of the support, emails, and kind words. One of these was around churn – he asserted that one of the clear weaknesses of the business was the high churn rate. He didn’t have a high churn rate at all – in fact, his churn rate after a customer was paying for three months was minimal.