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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Read more: TechCrunch , Reg Form D , WSJ interview w/ Susan Lyne.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

When I tell audiences that Americans consume 6 hours of video per day people seldom believe me (thus I publish the data). As a result it only makes sense to produce the highest quality video and to market it like hell to consumers since if it doesn’t capture an audience when it runs then losses are incurred. MSN & AOL.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

But relying upon SEO / SEM too much and not building a product and brand that is valued in its own right leaves you reliant upon that channel partner to not change the rules of marketing through their channel. Driving huge audiences can be worth millions of dollars, that’s why. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. Underbelly.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? What about other kinds of viral outreach? Internationalization/Localization Do you anticipate an international audience?

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Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Startup Lessons Learned

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. These are things that if you get right, you can optimize your way into a big, sustainable audience. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. And this is true outside of games.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

“One-­to-­many” resellers already hold a significant audience. One-­to-­many” resellers already hold a significant audience. They are not looking to benefit by partnering with your company. They’re looking to benefit by partnering with companies like yours. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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