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Don’t just raise money. Do it on good news!

Berkonomics

Because the first rule for raising money is to do it on good news – right when sales are increasing at an accelerating rate. What if you have no good news to offer? Unfortunately, the longer you wait without significant upward news, the harder it is to get attention. Where to look if you just don’t have any good news?

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Amazon’s Selz Acquisition is Encouraging News for Small Businesses

Tech.Co

Shopify has even partnered with TikTok to facilitate in-app sales for small businesses. Physical Product Sales. Digital Product Sales. Service Sales. Runs Shopify close with great sales features and has a Free Trial , but a small knowledge base and weaker website design let it down. BEST FOR SMALLER STORES.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned.

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Raise money on good news

Berkonomics

The first rule for raising money is to do it on good news – right when sales are increasing at an increasing rate. Unfortunately, the longer you wait without significant upward news, the harder it is to get attention. Or when a major customer signs a significant deal.

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Insights: Raise Money On Good News

socalTECH

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and the community, we have a bit of advice from angel investor Dave Berkus , who says, Raise Money On Good News. The first rule for raising money is to do it on good news � right when sales are increasing at an increasing rate.

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News Corp. In Repeat With Sale To Local Tech Firm

socalTECH

That appears to be the story (again) today, after news that Ziff Davis , the publisher owned by Los Angeles-based J2 Global , has acquired IGN. Those numbers--and the story--seems to be almost an exact repeat of the story behind MySpace , which--also in 2005, in July--was acquired by News Corp. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be.

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Hulu Sets Sales VP

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Hulu said today that it has named a new Senior Vice President of Sales. According to Hulu, it has named Peter Naylor--who was previously Executive Vice President of Ad Sales for NBC News Digital--to the position. hulu sales executive video streaming content television' READ MORE>>.

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