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How to Ask for Help, Favors and Intros

Both Sides of the Table

I get these frequently via Twitter, Facebook or email. I provided my email address and he sent me a 688 word email (e.g. I felt I had committed so I read and responded to the email. SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short.

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5 Simple Tactics To Make Freemium Users Pay

InfoChachkie

Freemium business models are popular because they allow startups to quickly drive user adoption. The freemium approach offers users access to online solutions at no charge. Not surprisingly, we received a litany of hate email from freeloaders admonishing us for taking away their free service. Ways To Make Freemium Users Pay.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

This relates to another great post Freemium Founders: Start Charging for Things Today! StartupList — a new way to reach angels - Venture Hacks , February 3, 2010 AngelList is a curated list of angel investors, representing $80M going into early-stage startups this year. where Tony Wright suggests charging right now.

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Interview with Costin Tuculescu, Freebinar

socalTECH

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. It's not a freemium model. People are used to the idea to check their email when their attention dozes off, or do other things. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels?

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Interview with Constance Curtis, The List

socalTECH

One of the things we have is a freemium model, where not everyone on our app is a client. What we saw that was really interesting, was in mid-May, we started seeing lots of emails and phone calls for membership. We have integrated technology to allow our matchmakers to work more efficiently, so we can scale very well.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

InfoChachkie

As you accomplish your milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text). If you are deploying a freemium business model, test your upsell strategy on a portion of your users to establish concrete free-to-paid conversion metrics. Ask for money in your initial meeting with a VC.

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Interview with Cramster.com

socalTECH

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. We spoke with the two founders of the firm, Rob Angarita and Aaron Hawkey , about what the site is all about, and the interesting way in which they connected with their angel investor.

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