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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 By Eric Eldon

Welcome to Extra Crunch Wednesday!

In addition to our usual analysis of funding trends, this week we looked at how contextual targeting and brand-building can help startups shape their marketing strategies. We also interviewed several VCs in the digital health space, reviewed the year in podcasting and asked an uncomfortable question: how many unicorns will exit before the market turns?

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Where top VCs are investing in digital health

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After a record-setting 2018, digital health investing continued to reach meteoric heights in 2019.

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In a post-cookie world, RTB is key to effective digital marketing

In a post-cookie world, RTB is key to effective digital marketing image

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Contextual targeting is the answer to the cookie-free, privacy-forward, power-to-the-consumer movement, but how do you determine the value of a placement?

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How many unicorns will exit before the market turns?

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When the business cycle does eventually turn ill, it's generally expected that private capital will become scarcer, something that could harm yet-unprofitable unicorns.

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Brand power vs. product power

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Most tech companies — particularly B2B companies — either don't understand the power of a brand, or do a really poor job of creating one.

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How startups close their first big sales

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Companies that survive — and grow — need big customers and lots of them, but how do you land million-dollar deals with limited resources and no credibility?

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Why CEOs should spend up to half their time on recruiting

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Last week, we discussed team-building and several other issues during a panel at Disrupt Berlin with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and Red Points Partner and CEO Laura Urquizu.

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2019: the year podcasting broke

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Like any burgeoning art form, podcasts have a complicated relationship with corporate America.

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Tech startups going public raise 3x more today than in 2015

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According to CBInsights' recent IPO 2020 IPO report, there's a sharp, upward swing in the amount of capital that tech companies raise before they go public.

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Uber doubles down on micromobility

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As profitability comes back into vogue, both Uber and a cadre of mobility-focused startups are hoping that electric- and pedal-powered transport pay off.

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The 48-hour meeting rule

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What would happen if you stopped scheduling any meeting more than 48 hours in advance?

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