Up and Running
APRIL 9, 2019
I believe in it because the SWOT phase was vital to my planning process as I grew Palo Alto Software from zero to over $5 million in annual sales. If you’re holding regular business plan review meetings , SWOT analysis is a good framework for thinking through how you need to adjust your business strategy to meet your goals.
Cracking the Code
DECEMBER 9, 2006
Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Paris, November 1998. I guessed the measuring spoon was not used diligently. Cracking The Code on Facebook. sales and marketing. (10). software. (10). internet.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]
ConversionXL
JANUARY 29, 2016
To do so, they reached out to Mercenta (a retargeting software company) to help get more website visitors into their local Mazda dealerships by way of some smart PPC ads. The value of car sales through their retargeting was 98% higher than the offline average. Retargeting Case Study #1 – Mazda & Merchenta. Image Source.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 19, 2010
The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. There’s a few sites you can go to and monitor that have a constant stream of websites for sale.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Romer analyzed every fourth down that occurred in every quarter of every NFL game from 1998 to 2000. Algorithms will be the heart and soul of due diligence — it’s not just a sanity- check mechanism,” said Matt Oguz, the managing partner of new investment firm Palo Alto Venture Science. It’s not just baseball.
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