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The Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital User Experience

YoungUpstarts

Effective marketing depends on a seamless user experience. Don’t be too proud that you don’t consider making changes in response to an ever-evolving market. By partnering with experts in the field, companies can ensure they’re avoiding design sins that could cost them users…and potentially, their business.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

645 Ventures 645 Ventures makes deeply-researched investments in institutional Seed to Series A rounds for exceptional companies who demonstrate stellar early results in the areas of market validation, product differentiation, team strength, and brand narrative. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino. Mass Market. Non-Majority Markets.

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners. Or the founder, or the product, or the market – no metrics can measure those intangibles.

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There’s Plenty Of Risk In A Startup: Insurance Can Help Limit Liability

YoungUpstarts

Barrera, partner with law firm Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP. It requires vital steps, such as development of a business plan, market research and working capital. Barrera is a partner with law firm Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP in Oakland, Calif. What Types of Insurance Do Startups Need?

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Moneyball Design: Why the Research and Data Analysis is Critical to Getting Your Prospects to Convert

ConversionXL

It’s about the Oakland A’s and their General Manager Billy Beane. A’s were able to win games cheaply by buying the qualities in a baseball player that the market undervalues, and selling the ones that the market overvalues. Evidence based marketing is here to stay. What’s Moneyball? This is YOUR demographic.”

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

But while you are small and lean, take advantage of everyone skills; if someone on your team is a great writer, have them take charge of your press releases and marketing content. Business/Marketer – Your business won’t go very far if no one on the team is good at talking about it. Find your forward and your point guard.