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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

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Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. A new generation of content producer and video style has emerged that is distinctly different from what you see in TV.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. Efficiency?

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