Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Folksonomy.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox). Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

Widget 76

Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 76

Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox). Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

Widget 60

Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Of course much of it is conflicting.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Then came the second wave with Skype (2003), Blackberry Messenger (2005), and Google’s first incarnation of its messaging app, Google Talk (2005). According to Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends Report , 6 of the world’s top 10 most used apps are messaging apps.

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91