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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. What is a Podcast? and broadcast.

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“Seed Is the New Series A” – Making Sense of the Confusion

View from Seed

Over a third of our investments happen pre-product (so by definition, before PMF), and two-thirds are pre-revenue. For consumer social, you need amazing virality, engagement, and hundreds of thousands of DAUs. FWIW, at NextView, we invest from inception to strong PMF. Does that mean we are invest “pre-seed”?

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My fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. What is a Podcast? and broadcast.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. we bought a $4 measuring spoon with an expected return of 1,000 times in the coming year.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. It’s definitely, it’s the hardest part. This was definitely been different as being the CEO of a company and being the founder. That part of it was great.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

mashable.com

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. To that end, companies will offer enterprise-ready software that comes with additional features, services and support.

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