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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Saying, ''Hey, we want to pay you to write a book.’ And so the book came out. We wanted a book that was real. Here''s how they pulled it off. Let''s get real.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Thus, we click!

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Commission Junction Co-Founder Lex Sisney Applies A Scientific Approach To Analyzing Your Business

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As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur, CEO Coach and Author Lex Sisney shared a preview of his newly released book, Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business. Lex's new book, Organizational Physics , is compelling, as it applies the fundamental laws of physics to the world of business.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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

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Step 1: The Person, Not The Firm – As Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson make clear in their book Venture Deals , entrepreneurs should identify specific venture partners, rather than target firms as a whole. Send them a private message via Twitter or Quora that contains a compelling link relevant to their investment focus. Prep Steps.

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Make It Work- the real story

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But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. Then, we got a verbal yes on a decent capital investment. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Of course).

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YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund

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Although estimates of Google’s total investment vary, the industry insiders I spoke with believe it exceeded $100 million. Better Ads – Product placement ads have been around since the 1800’s when notable novelists, including Jules Verne, were lobbied by business people to mention their products and technologies in their books.

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