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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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

David Teten

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator. Bulletpoint Network is improving financial modeling by enabling more sophisticated and quantified scenario planning.

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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. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

What is your viral coefficient? Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing.

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. Some have experimented with virality ( Pepsi Test Drive or Dove Beauty , etc.), It is a social network (like Facebook). When I have a choice, I now buy Prudential.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

mashable.com

Mobile commerce revenues may still pale in comparison to their ecommerce brothers, but we’re already seeing signs of mobile commerce’s potential. While commercial software houses have the luxury of targeting a specific platform for a revenue-generating commercial app, business developers have to satisfy business requirements.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

Setting a value is always difficult especially when you come across so many companies that are pre-revenue and sometimes pre-monetization strategy. A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue. Social Media Lists. FriendFeed.