Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

For your leadership team, this is a small step into original content and into building relationships. The unique thing about these efforts is not only that they will be for YouTube primarily (though you can syndicate them all over the place), the differentiator will be that you'll create them with your specific YouTube audience in mind.

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

I do recognize that two years from now, all the top VCs may be on TikTok, but I just can’t justify the time required to take a leadership position on these platforms which are not yet heavily used for B2B purposes. . Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns). I’m not active there.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The NextView Accelerator is different in that the experience is a bespoke hands-on effort with the senior leadership of the NextView partnership. The dynamics for participation in the next round’s fundraise syndicate is complex, and many accelerators (and VCs) obfuscate their intentions for self-serving interests.

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Cofounder Syndication Syndicate Alabama 177

View from Seed

MAY 3, 2022

These two “Forbes 30 Under 30 List” entrepreneurs have spent their entire careers focused on building marketplaces within the secondhand resale economy, including product & leadership roles at Mercari, which went on to IPO.

Syndication 156

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Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

In contrast, there is limited benefit for being the 2 nd investor or the 10 th investor joining the syndicate of a priced round, so it is common for investors to wait to see “who else is involved”. The CEO/founder often has leeway to influence or negotiate the cap value (especially when the headline cap is softened by a discount).

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. They’ve come light years from there, that’s for sure.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

According to the just-released Halo Report from the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute ( ARI ), founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , "The median size of angel & angel group syndicate rounds was $700,000" last year, up from $500,000 in 2010. So what do angels want?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. So is strong support from the parent company’s leadership. They invest alongside financial VCs. Some corporate funds now lead rounds. This sector has come a long way and matured a lot. .

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Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Since each of these conference is a once-a-year event, ACA and EBAN also hold smaller events at the other end of the year, typically focusing on education and leadership training for the most active of their angel group leaders. These are the ACA Leaders Workshop and the EBAN Winter University.

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Angel Investor Global Angel Groups Europe 125

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

We saw over time that our investor group, just like Angel List and most other angel groups, was good at syndication and not so good at leading rounds. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network.

New York 114

New York Angel Groups Connecticut Florida 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. Demonstrate thought leadership to potential employees. New and relevant content on a regular basis is a major driver in search engine optimization, as well as the inbound and outbound links that blog comments generate.

Startup 120

Startup Social Media Syndication Syndicate 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2018

We are syndication agnostic, being indifferent between investing by ourselves or with co-investors – especially our partner funds – where we mostly have long and successful relationships. We now have seven equal partners. We invest all over the United States and Canada.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2017

And I got 20 – 30 minute interviews from all these people, I put those as excerpts which I think put on my YouTube which then got syndicated on entrepreneurs video network. I think it’s a tremendous way to generate leads in the right environment, certainly a great way to enhance your thought leadership or your perceived expertise.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Our emphasis isn’t on slide decks and governance, but instead on helping founders build leadership, steady cadence and periodic strategic discussion into their thinking, which we believes contributes to startups being more prepared for a successful A Round. No more, no less.

Cofounder 127

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

So it’s a using the idea of our ability to create compelling, wonderful, engaging, inspiring, thought leadership-orientated content as a means of changing the behavior of a consumer. So, it’s something that gets infused into the broader marketing strategy. So I think there’s an opportunity for both things to be true.

Cost 55

Cost Marketing Audience Media 55

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

Podcasting, by design, is ideal for generating awareness and building thought-leadership in your industry. Once objectives are identified and prioritized, your podcasting plan should outline strategies and tactics, which include format, frequency, duration, host/s, point of view, guests, research, syndication, and marketing.

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blogs.hbr.org

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen. In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 1, 2015

Tim Knox is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, syndicated columnist, and a nationally recognized expert and speaker on the topics of marketing, leadership, and entrepreneurship. She was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of movers and shakers for 2015. Tim Knox (right).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Syndication Syndicate 60

Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2019

I do my best to learn and emulate his distinctive leadership style in my day to day role as Founder and CEO of Harmony Helper. Of all the people on my LinkedIn feed Simon consistently posts powerful quotes/stories about leadership. His emphasis on servant leadership focuses on empowering others versus controlling them.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Building thought leadership throughout your career is a helpful way of differentiating yourself from those around you. How each individual establishes thought leadership depends on skill set, interests, and most of all, comfort level with specific subject matter. Participate in speaking engagements.

Leadership 146

Leadership Marketing Social Media Syndicate 146

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Individual angels can lend their credibility to an investment through an Angelist syndicate, even if they are only investing a pretty small amount of capital themselves. In a market like this, success and market leadership are very fleeting. The barriers to scale are higher, but seed funds shouldn’t scale.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I’ve never written before about those other “potential business opportunities” that our team was exploring along with our prior investment syndicate, Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures, Greg Sands from Costanoa Ventures, and Brad Feld from Foundry. She joined our team pretty quickly, first fractionally (the Bolster way, right?),

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. We don’t do chip-in investments – each investment is a full-allocation of partner time.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

City leadership is actively championing the development of later stage funding sources, and the city’s culture lends itself to supporting that. versus $10M+). The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. However, Austin is well poised to catch up quickly.

Silicon Valley 48

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Dividing economic pies and handing leadership off between different cohorts of individuals is rarely easy, but the nature of the VC business makes it particularly tricky. Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand? What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Manage a marketing budget that will drive the most qualified leads through paid programs such as content syndication, pay-per-click, and events. The right person for your team will have a proven track record of running demand gen campaigns, leadership qualities, and a persuasive personality.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” Most people said about the same or worse, which means it’s not just their 900 hours, but the 900 hours of their five people on their leadership team each. David Finkel: Another thing that I do that creates tremendous value would be developing my leadership team and managing them for accountability.

Leadership 69

Leadership Email Syndicate Syndication 69

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

We’ve also seen an increase in the syndication of investments from firms outside of Austin into specific Texas-based companies such as Studio VC, Goodwater Capital, and Highland Capital Partners?—?all True Wealth Ventures focuses on funding companies with women on the leadership team. all Bay Area firms?—?

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Back in 2003, a full four years before the debut of the iPhone, a young product manager at the BBC, Alex Pressland, had just finished leading a product effort that enabled the BBC to be one of the first media companies in the world to syndicate content. The story I’d like to tell you about here is of a product leader, Lea Hickman.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And the potential rewards to joining a startup as a young person have always been there… not just financial if a startup is successful, but also the ability to have outsized influence and leadership roles relatively early in one’s career. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2013

The common denominator in content marketing is the creation and sharing of useful content to reinforce brand messaging through thought leadership. Since brand marketers typically have less control over external media, useful content that displays thought leadership takes priority.

Demand 77

Demand Tampa Marketing B2B 77

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Starting about four years ago, for the first time, I felt like we had a great business to match our great company.

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Warrant Syndication Syndicate Matching 128

Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

B2B markets almost force you to show your thought leadership in a given market and therefore, it is critical that you share your insights! This post seemed to be hitting the pain points well, and was syndicated by the folks at Business2Community as well. For instance, Whitepapers or presentations.

Marketing 100

Marketing B2B Social Media Michigan 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Back then, podcasting was new, iTunes had just burst onto the scene and an army of podcasters embraced this new RSS driven way to syndicate content. This Is Your Life by Michael Hyatt: This Is Your Life with Michael Hyatt is a weekly podcast dedicated to intentional leadership.

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RSS Audio Social Media Syndicate 78

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Facebook’s leadership takes a scorched earth approach to fighting Yahoo! New CEOs often like to take a bold step early in their tenure to establish their leadership, appease restless shareholders, or otherwise tell the broader marketplace that things are changing.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. The process is called mass syndication, or a party round. special "thank you" to the leadership of the VANJ for having me. Believe it or not, this post-modern culture was inspired by the TV show Mad Men.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217