A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 30, 2021

The Internet was developed by the US Defense Department to create a network that was capable of surviving a military attack. They accomplished that with a design where no part of the system was central to its operation. You can take out any part of the Internet and it will still operate. When I read the Bitcoin White Paper for the first time, I was struck by the similarity of its design to the Internet.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2021

A lot of people have furthered their career by “putting themselves out there”—creating blogs, newsletters, participating on Twitter, doing podcasts, etc. It’s a way that many have created connections for themselves and shown off their insights. A lot of these people aren’t the most experienced or knowledgeable people in their field. In fact, most of them aren’t.

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AdvisorPR

JULY 2, 2021

Alana Kohl joins Tom Lamendola, Chief Marketing Officer for Financial Independence Group, to discuss how AdvisorPR helps financial advisors develop their brand, create and curate content for their clients, and serve the marketing communications needs of financial services professionals. Listen Now The post Helping Financial Professionals Stand Apart With Alana Kohl appeared first on AdvisorPR.

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C2P Enterprises

JUNE 30, 2021

Are you nervous about asking your clients for referrals? Does it make you feel uncomfortable or pushy to approach the subject? What if we told you there was a process to get your clients telling you if they’d like to make a referral? No more nerves; no more uneasiness. In our latest episode of the [.]. The post How to Turn Happy Clients into Your Best Referral Sources appeared first on Clarity 2 Prosperity.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 29, 2021

This should be obvious to AVC readers but I am a fan of short and sweet. Why take two pages to say something you can say in one page? Why take two paragraphs to say something you can say in one paragraph? This letter to potential investors from the CEO in the Duolingo S-1, which was flipped to the public yesterday, is a fantastic example of that. Disclosure: USV is an investor in Duolingo and we stand to profit from their IPO.

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Tucker Advisors

JUNE 28, 2021

How to Track Your Direct Mail Campaign Digitally. By Jordan Collins Tucker Advisors Senior Digital Marketing Specialist. Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow. Table of Contents . Click the links below to jump to a page section specific to your needs. “What gets measured gets improved” How to track direct mail. What are my options: Tracking Links.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 28, 2021

A reader asked me if I had ever written about the infrastructure I use to run AVC. We both searched the archives and could not find a post on that topic. So here it is: 1/ Content Management System – WordPress – I use the open source software version of WordPress to write these posts and manage them. 2/ Hosting Provider – Cloudways – I have used a number of hosting providers over the years.

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