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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

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Rather than rely only on linear thinking, the best entrepreneurs are always looking to offer in parallel a more dramatic new alternative. Apple did this with the introduction of the smartphone, which altered the value chain for computers, video, and software, which were already staples that they knew well.

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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Viral videos are great -- attracting millions and millions of views, and spreading far and wide--but how do you monetize those viral videos? And, even more, how to do you manage the jump on the viral video train again, and keep those viral hits coming? We then acquire those videos directly from content owners.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. For starters – the team is exactly what I look for when I’m looking to fund entrepreneurs.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. Minutes 11-16 in the video. <<

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. Nice sweep!

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How Chippmunk Hopes To Use UX To Rise Above The Coupon Crowd

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All of them offer the same kind of coupon information for a store or category, but many of those sites that show up have very poor results. They made a number of significant acquisitions in that space, My co-founders, Sammer and Chris, worked together at Internet Brands. We have complementary skill sets. READ MORE>>.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.