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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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21 Ways to Grow Your New Business Online in 2021

StartupNation

Too often, brands focus on just showcasing products or services, but the best way to attract your target market is to focus on the benefits your product or service brings. Build a content website or add a blog. We’re in the age of dynamic content and inbound marketing. How does your site add value to a potential visitor?

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Some Testing is a Waste of Time: Making Business Cases for Big Bets

Reforge

Yet in private, most marketers are worried about the returns they’re seeing from their testing programs. Here’s a secret: Marketers aren’t getting the big returns they expect from testing, because they don’t make big enough bets. He previously built the marketing science team at men’s grooming brand Harry’s before co-founding Recast.

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

David Teten VC

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market .

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First Round Funding Terms and Founder Vesting

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That prompted Fred Wilson’s blog post appealing to the industry to make these simplified term sheets standard. Last to weigh in was Brad Feld whose blog post argues that the only 2 terms that should be negotiated are amount raised & valuation. The best series was done by Brad Feld on his blog here.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!)

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30 Smart Decisions To Scale Your Ecommerce Business in 2022

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Strap in and get ready for advice hotter than the inside of a pepperoni pizza hot pocket! Reinvest Profits Into Marketing (think compound investment) You are going to be tempted to jump for joy at your first sales. Build Your Email List Is email marketing dead? Build your email list, own your marketing.

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