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How to Outrank Big Competitors in Search

Duct Tape Marketing

Because if you're trying to create some kind of new tool, new service, new offer, Google is, SEO is always best as a demand capture channel. Do another channel that you can give a chance or stick to paid media. They might have like a couple pages, like homepage, couple service pages, portfolio contact. That's the first thing.

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DTC in 2025: Not Dead, Just Evolving

VC Cafe

Successful brands in 2025 won’t just dabble in other channels; they will master a sophisticated mix of sales channels, including retail partnerships and marketplace presence, to build resilient businesses. Because relying solely on one channel leaves you vulnerable to platform changes and shifting consumer behavior.

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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

Both Sides of the Table

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. So if it’s not necessarily revenue that’s preventing an investment, then WTF is traction?

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Is the Future of Healthcare a Telehealth Company for Every Condition?

View from Seed

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum.

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4 steps to starting a Web business without knowing a thing about coding

The Next Web

You’ll also want to look at their portfolios, get introduced to past customers, to see whether their work is the level of quality you’d like for your developing idea. Although primarily a fundraising avenue, it’s a flourishing channel for attracting entrepreneurial folks to work for you. and overseas developers.

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The Crucial Questions Every Project Manager Needs To Ask – And The KPIs To Answer Them

YoungUpstarts

Getting access to these insights allows teams to channel more resources ahead of time to reduce the risk and impact of a missed deadline. Teams can find out whether or not a deadline is likely to be missed by looking at KPIs that use past data to estimate end dates of the activities, tasks, and projects. Will we stay within budget?

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

Andy Brown , Chief Technology Officer, UBS Tim Lyons, Senior Vice President, Technology Innovation Portfolio, Bank of America. “Everyone is bringing them in nowadays” BROWN: Mobile is a delivery channel for capability. LYONS: How do you grow the customer relationship thru these channels? Formerly MS IT department.