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Venture capital
VCs don't fund great ideas.
They fund great people who can execute great ideas.
Angel investors
Grants
3Fs
Bootstrap
Underwriting
Donations
Paid content/
subscriptions
Advertising
Dave Morgan's ad startups
* 1995: Tens of millions
* 2001: Millions
* 2009: $1 million
A good CMS for listings
* 1998: $5 million +
* 2005: $1.8 million
* 2009: ~$100,000
Emerging forms:
* Video (tours; pre-roll)
* Mobile (location-based ads; mobile coupons)
* Group buying / e-commerce
Local small/medium businesses
Local regional / major businesses
National display ads (ad networks)
Google / other text ads
Classifieds
Directories / Yellow Pages /
Yelp / Angie's List
Starting something is cheap, and getting cheaper
Technology is easy, and getting easier
Sustainability is hard
- Marketing / audience
- Sales
Jarvis / CUNY study: NewsInnovation.com
J-Lab: j-lab.org
Reynolds Collaboratory:
RJICollaboratory.org
These and others, plus links to free tools and great books: growthspur.com and tgdavidson.com
Traditional
Non-profits are insulated from economic pressure
Non-profits can't take ads
Offshoots of traditional
Topical & local startups