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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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I don’t think my unwillingness to use it is generational (as in I’m 42 and don’t “get it&# ) – I think it’s a life stage issue. Clients include Pepsi, Sony, CNN, Universal, AT&T, Victoria’s Secret and Facebook, which has used the service for multiple campaigns. Add this new model to the mix.

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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

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Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

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We''ve learned enough from neighborhoods like Dumbo that mixed use communities of commercial and residential can anchor each other to create dynamic ecosystems. If you want to support local ecosystems of makers, producers and craftspeople--help us preserve the symbol of Brooklyn''s industrial past and future opportunity.

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Why Product Management is More Like Baking than Cooking

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Once that crust begins to harden, there’s no mixing anything into them without throwing out the whole batch. The more you practice both, and make sure you use the right tools—the better you’ll become. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. Baking is a craft.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

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Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. This is above and beyond whatever events and educational opportunities the fund provides for its community, which could also be very useful. What if you added funds to the mix? Access to other investors. But maybe you could do it?

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

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Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. This video discusses issues like: 1.

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Quantum of Social

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I can now: Post a photo of a Shake Shack burger to Instagram, Path, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foodspotting and now Medium, plus perhaps I still use Flickr or a service like Picturelife. I can mix the burger photos to make a photo collage on Mixel. The restaurant might collect those photos via Chute or Olapic.

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