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Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost

TechCrunch LA

. “ Shipwell’s full-service, digitized brokerage platform can streamline the way many of our Anchor LPs and portfolio companies approach large-scale freight shipping,” the firm’s principal — and newest Shipwell board member — Vik Chawla wrote in a blog post announcing its most recent deal.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd.

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Straight Outta Twitter

Eric Greenspan

After being what I assume is the subject of one or more of Seth David’s emotionally charged blog posts, I’ve decided it’s time to respond. This blog post is for information purposes only and my only intention is to move forward. We would relaunch the company in 2016 as the new entity and get all our ducks in a row.

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7 Keys to Positive Results Utilizing Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

More important than finding a community, is creating one, with your blog and other social media engagement. Social media activities span the gamut from curation to gifting, building relationships and groups, blogging, service actions, to lead conversion. The best communities then become your advocate.

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Has Facebook Achieved What AOL Could Have A Generation Ago?

Tech Zulu Event

Nick Denton (@nicknotned) March 1, 2016. However, as of today, Instant Articles become available to anybody with a Facebook page and a blog. This is a key opportunity for small blogs and publications to get ahead of the game and really understand how best to use the new product. pic.twitter.com/TB1GTGt9ss.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable. The reason that marketing resonated so much for us as a 2016 priority is: Portfolio. We also run internal events often where we connect entrepreneurs to share knowledge.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

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