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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. And if you want my presentation on the things I Effed Up at my first startup you can view or download the short PPT by clicking that link on Docstoc. I remember this lesson well. And ideas you have to drive acceptance.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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if you want to download the deck it’s here on SlideShare ) Why Did The Seed Market Emerge in the First Place? Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). Why Has Seed Investing Declined?

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How a bot-fighting test turned into edtech’s most iconic brand, Duolingo

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So in 2005, he launched reCAPTCHA. In fact, you’ve likely been annoyed by his work dozens and maybe hundreds of times over the years. During those 10 seconds while you’re typing in a CAPTCHA, your brain is doing something that computers can’t do, which is amazing,” von Ahn said.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

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What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. In 2005 they realized that this business was going to evaporate over night with the introduction of YouTube. They’ve worked with a few small companies like Zynga, Playdom, GroupOn and TopSpin Media. It changed everything.

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Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment

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These findings are summarized below; a full industry-spanning report that defines the overall revenue-based investing market as it stands today is available to download here. As context, the financial structures used by VCs haven’t evolved much since they first emerged in 1957. Image Credits: Bootstrapp (opens in a new window).

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15 of the Best Email Newsletter Examples We’ve Ever Seen (and Why They Work)

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Like other successful newsletters we’ve highlighted in this post, Asana’s example follows a few best practices: it has a primary CTA button to download their e-book, and the content is themed around something seasonal. Substance and style. Readers want relevant content, which means personalizing the content to them, not to you. .

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad Feld is a fountain of knowledge & wisdom. Is that when it became big?