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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

They look for businesses with a novel business plan, proven leadership, and in-depth industry experience to back them. However, there are primarily three channels via which indirect investment can be made in a startup: Angel Network An angel network is a group of wealthy individuals who have banded together to invest in new businesses.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO.

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels).

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. It is a social network (like Facebook). For your leadership team, this is a small step into original content and into building relationships. That is all you are getting with GRPs from your TV network. How cool is that!

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Never Say No to Networking

blogs.hbr.org

HBR Blog Network. Never Say No to Networking. When new entrepreneurs ask me for advice, I sometimes tell them to NYFO — Network Your Face Off. million users in less than a year, can be directly traced back to connections Ive made and help Ive received from a network that is vast, diverse, and active. The Magazine.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

Gil Eyal, CEO, HYPR , recommended, “The “commercial” world of influencer marketing is centered in Instagram and Youtube (with some spillage towards smaller networks like Snap, TikTok and Twitch). Kevin Lee, Executive Chairman of Didit, emphasizes the importance of having a content syndication strategy alongside a content creation strategy.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Corporate VCs open the door to their parent companies and are well networked in their industries. Corporate VC networks extend beyond their own parent companies. So is strong support from the parent company’s leadership.