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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

Both Sides of the Table

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion.

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To the Moon!

Eric Greenspan

It’s a fun company, but customer acquisition is the biggest challenge we face. We have 34,000 customers already, but we need more more more. Throughout the day, I typically refresh our new customer tracking to see how many new customers have been booked for the day. That’s all the doc could tell us.

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Entrepreneurs Needed to Keep Web 3.0 From Fading

Startup Professionals Musings

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net. Virtual trade shows, GoToMeeting, and WebEx are attracting new customers like crazy. After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0

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Five Clues To Web 3.0 Opportunities Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net. Virtual trade shows, GoToMeeting, and WebEx are attracting new customers like crazy. After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0

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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

SoCal Delicious

API call could handle shortening the URL for you, I prefer to create one before I post and add it as a custom field. Scroll down to the bottom of your post to a section called “custom fields.&# Though a Bit.ly This lets me track click-throughs for Twitter in one place (for me, on the bit.ly You’ll be given a short URL.

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Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck

Both Sides of the Table

All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab). If they say yes you get a term sheet and once this is signed it is usually 3-6 weeks until your legal docs get signed and you’re funded. Who should attend the meeting? Competition.