thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco. Think Compaq when Dell first went direct over the phone then Internet. You can’t take a $5 billion revenue stream and say “Fuck it.

Vesting 376

Vesting Framework Revenue Technology 376

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2016

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Relying on an old formula for success.

Business Model 120

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy 120

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. If I wanted to outsource back office operations to the Philippines, the cost would range from 7 to twelve dollars per hour, and this includes salaries, benefits, power, internet, rent, and contingencies. There is great probability your competition has put up its own social media pages.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Relying on an old formula for success.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy Viral 120

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. Would that be perceived as “better enough” to get them to change their media consumption behavior? The combination is amazing. NETFLIX – Kate Arnold. BBC MOBILE – Alex Pressland.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Established 1999 in Chicago. Most Internet marketing does not work that way. You’re essentially saying “Don’t worry about Internet marketing. I agree – this reminds me of a friend who was involved in three different IT start-ups, none of which ever turned a dime of revenue. Apr 27 2010. 27 Apr 10.

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Product Name Naming Product Software Review 44

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

It was a sunny day in August 1999 (I remember that because I was living in Santa Monica, CA at the time and every day was sunny). I was pre-revenue and was spending money working with companies to formulate my product, for product packaging, etc. back to August 1999. But I also realized that I needed a story to pitch the media.

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Los Angeles PR California Business Plan 91

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA. Founding Akamai.

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I use my social media and massive amounts of public outreach to bring awareness to my program (my Instagram grew to 12,000 engaged followers). I was tired of reading about dog food company recalls every time I opened up the news or social media. At the time, I was a doing sales and marketing for a media company.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

Internet 1.0. It was difficult to conceive how important the internet would be to our lives back in the mid 1990s. After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business. How could anyone ever lie again if we could just check it out on the internet and find out the truth!

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Thanks to the internet, we have access to dozens of passive income ideas. For example, taking out a mortgage to pay for a home that you’d rent out for monthly recurring revenue. Musk kick-started his rise to entrepreneurial fame when he sold his digital media company, Zip2 to Compaq for $307 million back in 1999.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Affiliate Finance United States 121

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. Adding Ad Revenue. It was a little bit geeky, but I really enjoyed it.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 I was searching the internet for hours hoping to find the perfect gift to commemorate a special date in the life of my fiancé, Steve. This was, instead, monthly recurring revenue and a real product.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

An article on the New Enterprise Associates blog by Partner Tom Grossi , however, makes an interesting point: most of the megafunds were raised since 1999, a period in which the entire industry did poorly. Moreover, VC funds on average earn approximately 2/3 of their revenue from fixed fees. This is a difficult question to study.”.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

While the global financial crash of 2008 and the resulting Great Recession initially slowed job growth in Silicon Valley, the meteoric rise of smart phones and social media helped the tech industry as a whole to power ahead despite the near collapse of the global economy. The first page results of a search for “tech 2.0

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San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

1999) – 300,000+ customers. ” In most marketing media the only “body language” we have, so to speak is through using fonts to reinforce the “vibe” you’re trying to evoke. As a benchmark for how powerful this has been, let’s look at MailChimp’s competitors: Aweber (est. image source.

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Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

They have an obvious trade-off between a big “pop” (great media coverage and morale boost) versus more cash proceeds. He then argues Squarespace, as a result of choosing a Direct Listing, ended up with a valuation multiple of 6.7X, which he says compares unfavorably to its public peer $WIX (which has an 8X forward revenue multiple).

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280