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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. great insight.

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Analyze This: 5 Rules For Awesome Impromptu Web Analysis

Occam's Razor

Now I love adblock as much as the next guy and wish advertising (especially Display) were more relevant. But when you as an Analyst recommend removing ads because you find them annoying (and they can be super annoying) you are essentially recommending the removal of a revenue stream. " Or: "I would remove the ads.

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How To Suck At Social Media: An Indispensable Guide For Businesses

Occam's Razor

Success Metrics. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. Economic Value (EcV) is the value of short and long-term revenue and cost savings. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome).