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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

Get Users (= Acquisition, Referral) Drive Usage (= Activation, Retention) Make Money (= Monetize) Startup Challenges Management: Setting priorities, defining key metrics, reporting progress Product: Build the right features, getting product out quickly, testing for conversion/adoption Marketing: Accessing "web 2.0"

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Angel Investing Skill 2 – Domain Knowledge

Both Sides of the Table

Lead investors and follow investors can both win equally but in each case you know why you personally are writing the check. And before that Bryce Roberts who working alongside Tim O’Reilly (famed publisher and originator of Web 2.0 Basically, I’m talking about being an angel leader and not follower.

Invest 288
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Interview with Jan Zands, Phonesheet.com

socalTECH

Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there. So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0 system where the assistant can log into the account.

Web 2.0 147
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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software?

Content 138
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Pathbrite Shows the Fruits of Having a Crystal Clear Value Proposition

Tech Zulu Event

.” Pathbrite’s technology is providing a smarter, more flexible, and Web 2.0 Pathbrite’s Web 2.0 To top it all off, students preparing to enter the workforce can now share their portfolios with potential employers as evidence of their work product, presentations, writing samples and internships.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. As of this writing nearly 50,000 versions have been created and uploaded and watched by some 200,000,000 people. Harlem Shake. million views).

Startup 380
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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 Those two typically don't go together well. There's complexity in being a CDN.

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