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Vintage 1863 Map of Colton’s Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. – Shows wards, block numbers, extent of built-up area, major buildings, and streetcar lines. – Relief shown by hachures. – “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. … New York.” – Includes ill. – Text titled “The state Georgetown, United States, Washington, Washington D.C.

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Vintage 1863 Map of Colton’s Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. – Shows wards, block numbers, extent of built-up area, major buildings, and streetcar lines. – Relief shown by hachures. – “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. … New York.” – Includes ill. – Text titled “The state Georgetown, United States, Washington, Washington D.C.

Vintage 1863 Map of Colton's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. - Shows wards, block numbers, extent of built-up area, major buildings, and streetcar lines. - Relief shown by hachures. -

  • 1863 Map of Colton’s Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. – Shows wards, block numbers, extent of built-up area, major buildings, and streetcar lines. – Relief shown by hachures. – “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. … New York.” – Includes ill. – Text titled “The state Georgetown, United States, Washington, Washington D.C.
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1863 Map of Colton’s Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America. – Shows wards, block numbers, extent of built-up area, major buildings, and streetcar lines. – Relief shown by hachures. – “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. … New York.” – Includes ill. – Text titled “The state Georgetown, United States, Washington, Washington D.C.

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Crowdfunding is 'Going to Change the World,' According to Bank to the Future Co-Founder

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Manchester (PRWEB UK) 3 June 2013

Bank to the Future co-founder, Simon Dixon, has said the crowdfunding model will ‘change the world’ in an exclusive new interview with Find the Edge founder, Kenny Goodman.

The wide-ranging interview covers a variety of topics, including the wider economy, the benefits associated with investing in companies, and how Simon came to form Bank to the Future.

The website allows businesses to pitch to investors, and receive finance from multiple sources. In doing so, the businesses can bypass the traditional methods of approaching banks or angel investors.

Discussing crowdfunding, he said: ‘I really believe that this is going to be a mainstream product that’s going to change the world.

‘You’re about to see an amazingly large untapped industry emerge, which will be the whole sector of assisting people in crowd funding, and assisting people in marketing to make their idea appeal to the crowd.

‘You know a very large sector is about to emerge when other people start building businesses around your business, and that’s started happening with Bank to the Future.’

He also discussed why he believes entrepreneurs should not be put off from acting in the current economic situation.

He said: ‘Don’t get caught up in the negativity of the economy – all we’re in is a shifting economy.

‘In the case of the UK over the last eight years, the money supply has literally doubled, so there’s more money out there than there has been. It’s just simply not making its way to the right places.

‘We’re in a shifting time. People want to see what’s happening with their money, there’s record levels of scepticism with traditional finance and banking and there’s double the amount of money in the economy.’

The interview can be watched, listened to, or downloaded here: http://www.findtheedge.co.uk/interviews/interview-with-crowd-funding-champion-simon-dixon-part-1.

Simon Dixon co-founded Bank to the Future to give businesses more control when seeking external finance. The company has been endorsed by Sir Richard Branson, and won the British Innovation of the Year award. More about him can be found here: http://www.findtheedge.co.uk/expert-panelist/simon-dixon.

Kenny Goodman, founder of Find the Edge, said: “It was great to catch up with Simon and learn about how he got Bank to the Future up and running, as well as to pick his brains about the current economic situation we’re facing.

“This is the first part of a two-part interview, with the second due to go live tomorrow.”

Find the Edge is a business website that offers news, insight and advice designed to help business leaders.







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Annual Venture Investment Dollars Rise 7% And Exceed 2012 Totals, According To The MoneyTree Report

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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 17, 2014

Venture capitalists invested $ 29.4 billion in 3,995 deals in 2013, an increase of 7 percent in dollars and a 4 percent increase in deals over the prior year, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters. In Q4 2013, $ 8.4 billion went into 1,077 deals.

Internet-specific companies captured $ 7.1 billion in 2013, marking the highest level of Internet investment since 2001. Additionally, annual investments into the Software industry also reached the highest level since 2000 with $ 11.0 billion flowing into 1,523 deals in 2013. Dollars going into Software companies accounted for 37 percent of total venture capital invested in 2013, the highest percentage since the inception of the MoneyTree Report in 1995.

“Advances in technology continue to revolutionize how companies engage their customers on nearly every level and has changed the landscape of virtually every industry,” said Mark McCaffrey, global software leader and technology partner at PwC. “Consumers can see how innovation is changing their lives in the internet and software spaces and are eager to embrace technology at a faster and faster rate. Combined with the high ROI being driven by the success of recent IPOs and an active acquisition market, it is no surprise that more venture capital dollars are flowing into early stage software and internet companies. In fact, investments in software companies accounted for more than one-third of all VC investing in 2013.”

“The fourth quarter and 2013 year end numbers show that there is a lot of energy around internet-specific companies and stronger interest in biotechnology. We are hearing that this optimism is being fueled by a strong exit market, an improved economy, and as always, innovative entrepreneurs. VC investment is also being bolstered by the continued involvement of corporations in VC deals,” said Bobby Franklin, president and CEO of NVCA. “There has been some public discussion about recent high valuation levels in private technology companies. Private company valuations follow the public markets and market-leading venture-backed companies are seeing strong interest from investors across the board. We are not hearing concerns of a return to bubble values of the late 1990s,” Franklin added.

Sector and Industry Analysis     

The Software industry maintained its status as the single largest investment sector for the year, with dollars rising 27 percent over 2012 to $ 11.0 billion, which was invested into 1,523 deals, a 10 percent rise in volume over the prior year. This represented the highest level of investment and the largest number of deals the Software sector since 2000. Software remained the number one sector in Q4 for both dollars invested and number of deals with $ 2.9 billion going into 397 companies, nearly three times the number of deals than the second highest volume sector, Media & Entertainment.

Biotechnology investment dollars rose 8 percent while volume decreased 2 percent in 2013 to $ 4.5 billion going into 470 deals, placing it as the second largest investment sector for the year in terms of deals and dollars invested. The Medical Device industry fell 17 percent in dollars and 4 percent in deals in 2013, finishing the year with $ 2.1 billion going into 308 deals. In the fourth quarter of 2013, $ 1.3 billion went into 134 Biotechnology companies while $ 460 million went into 94 Medical Device deals. The Life Sciences sector (Biotech and Medical Devices combined) accounted for 23 percent of all venture capital dollars invested in 2013 compared to 25 percent in 2012.

Internet-specific companies experienced a 7 percent increase in dollars and a 6 percent increase in deals for the full year 2013 with $ 7.1 billion going into 1,059 rounds compared to 2012 when $ 6.7 billion went into 995 deals.  This marked the highest level of Internet investment since 2001.  For the fourth quarter, $ 2.4 billion went into 273 Internet-specific deals. ‘Internet-specific’ is a discrete classification assigned to a company whose business model is fundamentally dependent on the Internet, regardless of the company’s primary industry category. These companies accounted for 24 percent of all venture capital dollars in 2013.

Ten of the 17 industry categories experienced increases in dollars invested for the year. Industry sectors experiencing some of the biggest dollar increases for 2013 included: Networking & Equipment (111 percent); Financial Services (100 percent); and Business Products and Services (61 percent).

Stage of Development

Investments into Seed Stage companies increased 14 percent in terms of dollars but fell 26 percent in deals with $ 943 million going into 218 companies in 2013, the lowest number of seed deals since 2003. In the fourth quarter, venture capitalists invested $ 320 million into 67 seed stage companies. Seed Stage companies attracted 3 percent of dollars and 5 percent of deals in 2013 compared to 3 percent of dollars and 8 percent of deals in 2012. The average Seed stage round in 2013 was $ 4.3 million, up from $ 2.8 million in 2012.

Early Stage investments experienced a 17 percent increase in dollars and a 15 percent increase in deal volume in 2013 with $ 9.8 billion going into 2,003 deals. For the fourth quarter, $ 2.9 billion flowed into 530 Early Stage companies. Early Stage companies attracted 33 percent of dollars and 50 percent of deals in 2013 compared to 30 percent of dollars and 45 percent of deals in 2012. The average Early Stage deal in 2013 was $ 4.9 million, up from $ 4.8 million in 2012.

Expansion Stage investments increased in 2013 by 4 percent in dollars and were flat in terms of deals with $ 9.8 billion going into 984 deals. In the fourth quarter, 275 Expansion Stage companies captured $ 3.0 billion. Expansion Stage companies attracted 34 percent of dollars and 25 percent of deals in 2013 compared to 35 percent of dollars and 26 percent of deals in 2012. The average Expansion Stage deal size in 2013 was $ 10.0 million compared to $ 9.6 million in 2012.

In 2013, $ 8.8 billion was invested into 790 Later Stage deals, a 1 percent increase in dollars and a 6 percent decrease in deals for the year. In the fourth quarter, $ 2.2 billion went into 205 deals. Later Stage companies attracted 30 percent of dollars and 20 percent of deals in 2013 compared to 32 percent of dollars and 22 percent of deals in 2012. The average size of a Later Stage deal rose from $ 10.4 million in 2012 to $ 11.2 million in 2013.

First-Time Financings

First-time financings in 2013 rose 14 percent in dollars while the number of deals increased 3 percent compared to 2012, with $ 5.0 billion going into 1,314 companies. However, while dollars going into companies receiving venture capital for the first time rose in Q4 compared to the third quarter, the number of companies dropped 4 percent to 345. First-time financings accounted for 17 percent of dollars and 33 percent of deals in 2013 compared to 16 percent of dollars and 33 percent of deals in 2012.

Industries receiving the most dollars in first-time financings in 2013 were Software, Biotechnology and Media & Entertainment. Industries with the most first-time deals in 2013 were Software, Media & Entertainment, and IT Services. Fifty-seven percent of dollars invested in first-time deals in 2013 were in the Early Stage of development, followed by the Expansion Stage of development at 16 percent, Seed Stage companies at 14 percent and Later Stage companies at 13 percent.

MoneyTree Report results are available online at http://www.pwcmoneytree.com and http://www.nvca.org.







Jimi Hendrix is the #1 Musician Fans Would Like to See at Coachella 2013 According to Ranker's April Rankings of Musicians You'd Want to See Perform as Holograms

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2013

Jimi Hendrix holds a narrow lead over Freddie Mercury as the musician most fans would like to see perform as a hologram at the 2013 Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Ranker’s “Dead Musicians You’d Like To See Perform At Coachella” list, a a crowd-sourced list on the consumer opinions website, Ranker.com. More than 1200 people have voted on the list as of April 2013 and the variety of performers fans would like to see return to the stage after death are as varied as the acts at this year’s festival. Fans would have the hologram concept, which resurrected slain rapper 2-Pac during Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg’s set at the 2012 Festival, bring back performers from Bob Marley to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to entertain the masses in the Indio desert.

The rest of the Top 10 Dead Performers Who Should Be Holograms are as follows:

1) Jimi Hendrix

2) Freddie Mercury

3) Bob Marley

4) John Lennon

5) Johnny Cash

6) Jim Morrison

7) Elvis Presley

8) Kurt Cobain

9) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10) The Beatles

Music enthusiast Brian Gilmore enjoyed the Tupac hologram last year, but doesn’t think all music legends would benefit from digital reanimation. Said Gilmore, “It would be great to see Freddie Mercury on stage again, but there’s no way a hologram could capture his charisma”.

See the full list of Performers Who Should Be Holograms, as well as 1000’s of other Music lists at Ranker.com.

Ranker.com is the premier data source for aggregated consumer opinions. Over seven million people go to Ranker each month to view, rank and vote their opinions on matters both entertaining and practical. Ranker’s proprietary algorithms and datacentric approach to opinion aggregation deliver the most credible answers from “the best” to “the worst” across a wide range of topics including food, sports, travel, entertainment, cars and many others. For more information, visit Ranker.com.







Leveraging Consumer Data is Biggest Challenge Facing Online Marketers in 2014, According to Annual StrongView Marketing Trends Survey

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Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) December 17, 2013

The good news is marketers plan to increase their budgets on activities that increase customer engagement through more relevant and timely campaigns; however, the bad news is they say their lack of ways to quickly access and apply high quality, comprehensive data continues to thwart their efforts.

This is according to StrongView’s “2014 Marketing Trends Survey,” which provides unique insight into how businesses plan to prioritize marketing dollars, programs and channels in the New Year.

The survey results shine a bright light on the widely held challenges presented by the plethora of data now available to marketers. In short, while brands are capturing more customer and industry data than ever before, marketers report common problems in accessing and leveraging it in the most meaningful ways. However, these challenges are not stopping those marketers from increasing their spending on customer engagement: a whopping 93% plan to increase or maintain marketing budgets for the year. This is up from 89% in 2013. Email marketing, social media marketing, search marketing, display marketing and mobile marketing top the list of areas for increased spending in 2014.

“While we saw a strong desire to engage with customers at a more personal and meaningful level in our survey this year, marketers remain hampered and frustrated by an inability to access and leverage all the data being generated by a growing number of marketing channels,” said Shawn Myers, vice president of marketing at StrongView. “Effectively engaging customers with what we call ‘Present Tense Marketing’ requires an in-depth understanding of the customer’s context at a particular moment in time, and that can only be achieved with the strategic use of all available data.”

SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

    40% cite accessing and leveraging customer data as biggest email marketing challenge; 36% lack of resources; 32% developing more relevant engagements.
    44% have goal to improve engagement; 36% to improve segmentation and targeting; 31% to grow opt-in lists.
    93% plan to increase or maintain marketing budgets in 2014; 46% plan to increase.
    52% plan to increase email marketing spend; 46% social media; 41% search; 36% display.
    57% of email lifecycle marketing to be focused on loyalty; 53% on welcome; 50% winback.
    59% plan to integrate email with social; 55% with mobile; 23% with display.
    55% of marketers chose Facebook as the most valuable social channel; 18% LinkedIn; 10% Twitter; less than 5% named Pinterest, Google+ or Instagram as most valuable.

MARKETERS CITE DATA QUALITY AND LATENCY AS NEW DATA CHALLENGES

In last year’s StrongView 2013 Marketing Trends Survey, marketers reported facing challenges with managing data and integrating it with other channels. This latest survey goes further to uncover the biggest challenges to leveraging data, with quality (22%), latency in its availability to marketers (16%) and lack of strategy (15%) topping the list. Data access and the ability to specifically leverage web behavior (34%), shopping behavior (25%) and customer sentiment (23%) were particularly vexing to marketers. Demographics (53%), purchase history (49%) and web behavioral data (31%) were used most often in campaigns. The challenges surrounding the use and understanding of data were highly noted in responses to almost every question.

INCREASING ENGAGEMENT THROUGH GREATER RELEVANCY IS A MAJOR INITIATIVE

Across channels, marketers report that a key objective in 2014 will be to increase engagement with customers, primarily by creating campaigns with higher degrees of relevancy based on contextual clues. StrongView recommends that marketers achieve relevancy by developing campaigns that adopt the tenets of “Present Tense Marketing,” whereby marketers adapt in real time to a customer’s present tense or current state, putting the next marketing action in the proper context of their activities.

EMAIL MARKETING REMAINS STRONG

The stalwart channels of email and search marketing remain principal avenues for marketers to reach customers, with social media marketing continuing to rise in importance. More than 50% of marketers plan budget increases in email and 46% in social marketing in 2014; 41% of marketers plan to increase search spending, up from 39.8% in 2013.

Respondents reported intentions to increase spending for automated email programs such as lifecycle (34%) and triggered events (38%). Of the marketers who plan to increase spend on lifecycle email marketing programs, 57% plan to focus on loyalty programs with 50% indicating a focus on winback efforts and 53% on welcoming new customers. These and other data support marketers’ plans to make strides in customer engagement in the coming year.

LARGEST SOCIAL PLATFORMS CONSIDERED MOST VALUABLE

While the investment in social channels overall to engage customers is set to increase in 2014 (46%), marketers overwhelmingly and, not surprisingly, name the largest social platforms as their most valuable channels.

Facebook ranked among the top three by 81% of marketers, Twitter by 67%, YouTube by 48% and LinkedIn by 44%. Pinterest, for example, though noted as valuable to some degree by more than 85% of respondents, was listed as a top three most valuable channel by less than 13% of marketers. Highly popular Instagram was only ranked in the top three by 10% of marketers, though 86% saw some value.

SURVEY INFOGRAPHIC

An infographic highlighting key findings is available at: http://www.strongview.com/2014surveyinfographic.

SURVEY DATA

Full survey data is available at: http://www.strongview.com/2014marketsurvey.

ABOUT THE SURVEY

The StrongView “2014 Marketing Trends Survey” was conducted in conjunction with SENSORPRO. The poll, which gathered feedback from 386 business executives across all major industries, was conducted from November 18 – 27, 2013.

ABOUT STRONGVIEW

StrongView’s cross-channel marketing solutions provide enterprise marketers with the tools, services and insights required to effectively engage today’s constantly connected customers. Combining a powerful cross-channel campaign management solution with market-leading data access and analysis, StrongView’s Marketing Cloud enables marketers to understand the current context of each customer and respond in real time with relevant messages across email, mobile, social, display and web.

A champion of “Present Tense Marketing,” StrongView is committed to delivering solutions that reflect the new reality of the technology-empowered customer. Based in Redwood City, CA and backed by leading venture capital investors, StrongView has been helping global brands in retail, travel, finance, entertainment and online services overcome the limitations of other marketing platform providers for more than a decade.







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