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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook. I use Diigo , a social bookmarking tool, to keep a record of useful websites. I have also configured IFTTT to share on Twitter anything new I post on Diigo. .

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

The customer validation phase is critical for that kind of thing. We were doing Social bookmarking around health and wellness products. Caroline: Number five is not talking to customers. ” And I say, “Oh, what do your customers think?” You need to go out and do some customer development.