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Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

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.” The most recent was 18 months ago or so called The Kauffman Report. It had an influence on the people who fund our industry in a negative way as many asset managers who fund our industry read this flawed report. Please don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter to make sure you get the deck next week when I publish it!

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Here is The Best Data You’ll Find on the LA Tech Market

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The report on the LA Tech Market can be found on this link. To mark the occasion of launching this inaugural report I am also proud to announce that we’ve also launched the Upfront Insights blog. I would be super grateful if you would visit the site and sign up for a newsletter if you felt so inclined.

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

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So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) She became an authority on the topic and her blog helped her to both elevate her status in her industry as well as to bring great link juice to her website and improve her SEO. If you haven’t read my blog posts on why Tracy chose the right strategy it’s worth a read.

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You are the Best One to Build Your Startup Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Comment on other people’s blogs, as well as writing your own. Try to think like a reporter, editor, or producer, analyze their audience, and come up with “the hook.”

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PR for a Startup Should Not Start With an Agency

Startup Professionals Musings

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Comment on other people’s blogs, as well as writing your own. Try to think like a reporter, editor, or producer, analyze their audience, and come up with “the hook.”

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7 Ways To Take The Lead In Building A Personal Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Seek out and mingle with reporters at business events. Reporters are always looking for content, so they rarely turn away professionals they meet at conferences or events. Every business community sponsors a plethora of these events.

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8 Ways To Ensure That Your Website Is Winning For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. In non-conversion exit surveys, visitors often report that they need to think about it and come back later.

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