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How to Use Video Marketing to Boost Your Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Campaign

StartupNation

As Indiegogo indicates, crowdfunding campaigns with pitch videos tend to get four times the backing of those without a video. Be sure to follow these storytelling best practices as you conceptualize your visual pitch: Educate yourself. Just make sure that in your eagerness to be creative, you don’t forget to include specifics.

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‘Knowledge hacking’ app Uptime raises $16M

TechCrunch

The idea is to let you quickly “grasp ideas and insights from trusted authors, instructors, and creative minds,” without spending too much of your precious time. Or so the pitch goes. In other words, chalk this up as part content aggregator and discovery, and part lead generation for the actual content creators.

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Brand journalism: What is it and what can it do for your brand?

The Zapier Blog

Much of the content fits the traditional mold of educational content, like this article. " It doesn't need to rely on external publication editors to accept their pitches for a story. Brand journalism doesn't replace PR-pitched and placed stories in more traditional platforms, which remains a valuable tool.

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Starting a Business! From Idea to Launch

American Entrepreneurship

Education and Training: Many universities and colleges offer degrees or certificates in entrepreneurship. Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Specifically in the case of the development and introduction of an innovative product/service, constructing an MVP can save a lot of time and money when starting a business.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Skoll Foundation.

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Using Statements of Work to Accelerate Sales Cycle and Align Sales, Customer Success and Marketing

Tomasz Tunguz

These are common in government contracts and in the advertising agency world where they are called creative briefs, among other places. There are many ways to construct a statement of work and they are often industry dependent. Statements of work describe the proposed working relationship between a vendor and customer.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Skoll Foundation.

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