Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. Every startup, entrepreneur and investor has a profile similar to a Facebook profile. I would focus on comments from investors, not necessarily other entrepreneurs.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Email Story. The product is the star of the show.”

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

If the odds alone aren’t bad enough, consider the imperfect information used to make that selection: A generic online application form, a few emails, and 15-60 minutes of in-person interview. It mostly has to do with the applications and what happens in those crucial follow-up emails and ephemeral interviews.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. “The

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

But while many people have written about the topic, few have actually codified the process to help entrepreneurs succeed in the endeavor. Email Story. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Email Story. Maybe it was so 2010, but I can tell you that the entrepreneurs chasing “Daily Deals for…” have not gone away. Facebook 2012: What the Future Holds for the Social Media Powerhouse. What’s in Store for Social Video in 2012?

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Are you aware of any other useful, social media-related Google spreadsheets? Email Story.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Email Story. Social Networks etc. Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in India to Access Social Networks. Social Media Lists.

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Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Our company offered a series of consumer-facing properties, including our flagship property BargainDog, which was an early e-commerce daily deals email newsletter. days, we quickly learned the power of email in driving real consumer engagement and purchasing events. Back in those Web 1.0 Back in those Web 1.0

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Also the proportion of email subscribers who’ve bought a Groupon has held up reasonably well. Headquarters: Chicago, IL. Author howerl.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. This must be a boon for entrepreneurs of fast-growing tech firms – right?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Email readers, continue here.]

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I just tweeted about an unfortunate email exchange I just had with a company founder, but 140 characters isn’t enough to really do the matter justice.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 3) Originate investments.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2017

For many entrepreneurs and small business owners, it lies in creating content profitably and sustainably over the long haul. Online behaviors, for example, their preferred social network, content types (video, text, audio), frequency, and duration. Doing so helps you to extend your reach beyond your own networks. #7

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. I let him know that he just accomplished two things - left a bad taste with the entrepreneur and opened the door for the next investor to ask for a multiple preference that is senior to yours.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter as a company has encouraged this by granting DataSift “re-syndication rights,” which means that the company can ingest the full Twitter fire hose and resell subsets of it to other parties who want to consume a smaller stream, which is more cost effective in data licenses and in IT resources needed to consume the data.

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I just tweeted about an unfortunate email exchange I just had with a company founder, but 140 characters isn’t enough to really do the matter justice.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. Email This BlogThis! Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Stay tuned. Steve Bennet. at 1:41 PM.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. This is a brutal process for entrepreneurs and many have no interest in the angel groups for this reason. Email This BlogThis! Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Steve Bennet.

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