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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. We also talked a lot about whether founder liquidity is a good idea. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Daily Candy was one of the earliest successes in the newsletter business, which ultimately sold to Comcast for a reported $125 million.

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When to Pay a Premium for Your Company Domain Name

Startup Professionals Musings

Kevin Ham was the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of in 2007, reports Business 2.0 It's a good idea to also buy between three and 20 names that are close to your primary address or that could be confused with it. First you have to find the current owner, using Domain Tools , or other lookup functions available on the net.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

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He reminded us many times that he is not perfect and 86% of ideas fail. That most of our ideas will not work, but we need to review why each one failed and what we can learn from them in order to progress. For every new marketing idea presented to him he asks himself, ‘How will that affect email growth?’

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. The talented founder & CEO (Sean Rad) went on to create Tinder after Adly, proof that sometimes it takes the intersection of great founder + great idea + timing to produce a multi-billion outcome. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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How Much Should You Pay For a Great Domain Name?

Startup Professionals Musings

Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 It's a good idea to also buy between three and 20 names that are close to your primary address or that could be confused with it. First you have to find the current owner, using Domain Tools , or other lookup functions available on the net.

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Crowdfunding: a roar from a young lion

Berkonomics

Are you an artist with a new record, a new movie idea, a new small product to offer? Perhaps you can attract a large number of investors who just want to support your idea, or get discounts for your product. But there are many businesses that just won’t appeal to professional or knowledgeable investors.

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