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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Why We Think B2B Crowdsourced Logistics Will Be a Big Hit

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More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. He immediately started meeting with every eCommerce business and has a few themes on where he thinks innovation at the brand level will come.

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Why Your Startup is More Likely to Succeed if You’re Authentic and Passionate

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We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

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On Launching a Brand – Upfront Ventures Four Months In

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And as a result I thought it was a good time to reflect on how we were doing with our own brand relaunch. It’s not clear to me how anybody in our industry can advocate for that. Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). It would be out of sync.

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e(verywhere)-Commerce

This is going to be BIG.

A couple of weeks ago, nextNY had a great round table discussion about the explosion of new models and companies in eCommerce—from group buying to flash sales to local discounts. There’s also been some great blog chatter from Sarah Tavel ( here ) and Josh Kopelman ( here and here ) on the topic.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. We then started talking about Dave McClure. I know this guy is a money maker.

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Every Founder that Hates "Personal Branding" Should Write a Book

This is going to be BIG.

That’s just not how it works. Very few of them have standout traction—because starting a company and achieving results is more “machine driven” than ever. So how can founders differentiate? Unfortunately, the blueprint and operating manual for how your CEO brain works doesn’t really come off in a pitch meeting.

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