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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Are DEMOs days numbered? Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. You can always check out the current and prior product demos at the DEMO site. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 16, 2010.

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Korean accelerator SparkLabs showcases social and e-commerce startups at its second Demo Day

The Next Web

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. Here are the eight companies that presented at SparkLabs’ latest Demo Day: DesignplusD (Productivity).

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. This is a demo + a high-level deck. Create scarcity.

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. And I can show you our working demo of our prototype. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So we as investors, most investors, we call it in Silicon valley, but really what it is, it show us that people need this. We have demo days. So I know what it's like. You put it out there.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year. The first VC I met with came from attending DEMO. After Office 2.0

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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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