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Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups

VC Cafe

For example, developing on top of SalesForce will give your starup access to small businesses (and large), LinkedIn inApps are currently limited, but you could apply to host your own app on the social network, similar to Tripit and Slideshare. Your startup could be big in Japan!

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. The configuration of the team was: 1 CEO, 1 Product Lead and a tech team of 6 people. They already had a completed product and a distribution deal with the largest affiliate network company, Commission Junction. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset.

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5 Things You’re Measuring Incorrectly With Digital Analytics & What To Do About It

ConversionXL

Here are the highlights: Only 2% of companies are tracking lead generation to sales metrics. Leads on the other hand are qualified prospects that have voluntarily given some identifying information that makes them known in some way. If you’ve ever heard of “lead generation” site, then you get it.

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Small Business Marketing Guide: Types of Traditional and Online Marketing

crowdSPRING Blog

Social Media Marketing. Social media marketing attempts to leverage the power of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and others) to promote a product or service. These efforts can be paid (buying ads on those networks) or free (engaging and sharing great content). Affiliate Marketing.

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

David Teten

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. MandateWire and FinSearches provide leads on limited partners with new mandates which might fit your fund. Her answer? ‘I

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

Both Sides of the Table

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). I think I could summarize the hour by saying, “don’t be a douche.”

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company.