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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Some summary notes are below. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. Net income was around $1.4

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6 Keys to Becoming an Influencer for More Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I found a good summary of these attributes in a recent book, “ The Old School Advantage ,” by an expert on interpersonal communication, J. The net effect is that influencers can rely more heavily on the less expensive “pull” marketing, rather than traditional “push” marketing. You are your own brand, and the brand for your business.

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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

Tech Zulu Event

No summary of what we did, no easy way for me to recommend my trainer to my friends, and no way for me to easily book the next appointment. After the session, Andy posts a summary to Jenna’s profile with the details of their workout and a few words of advice. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. You struggle to get advertisers to pay your CPM rates and get your page clicks up in a business where you become a near commodity to ever other website out there. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a long post, so I put an executive summary here if you want to get the point without reading all the detail. If you plan to read the post you can skip the summary if you want. I have a high fear of failure that acts as my safety net. Just 12 bullet points & you’re done.

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