David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY. the 1990s.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

It was 2011 when we started building a platform for social media. By then, Buddy Media had already raised over $90 million, Wildfire announced that they had over 10,000 customers, and companies like Vitrue and Involver were the industry titans. Some potential investors told us we were late to the party. Revisit Past Failures.

Social Media 152

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The masses have grown weary of the blog “fad” just as they grew weary of the “email” fad in the late 90s, the “internet” fad in 2000, MySpace and Friendster in 2007/2008, and how they’ll grow tired of the Facebook and Twitter fads in 2010 and move on to something else. And that’s why now is a fantastic time to start a blog. on 01.17.10

Software Review 49

Software Review RSS Software Developers Software Development 49

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

It was 2011 when we started building a platform for social media. By then, Buddy Media had already raised over $90 million, Wildfire announced that they had over 10,000 customers, and companies like Vitrue and Involver were the industry titans. Some potential investors told us we were late to the party. Revisit Past Failures.

Social Media 103

Social Media Flash Business Model Startup 103

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

By the way, I didn't add social media as a tip because, if you're reading this blog, you probably already use it. At the same time, if someone rubs you the wrong way, treats people poorly, or generally isn't all they crack themselves up to be, they can grow like a weed in your social graph. 1) Be Discerning.

Networking 114

Networking Social Media Acquisition Curation 114

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

#tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. A small change I’ll make in this post is that when I recommend the metrics, I’ll follow the Outcomes | Behavior | Acquisition structure throughout this post. Hence that’s the macro-outcome.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. This happens at acquisition time, too. I use social media. The industry isn’t dying. It is changing. And reinventing itself. And some firms will go under. And others will emerge. That’s normal. It’s a market, after all. And for a good reason.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

And I’m not a technical guy but I certainly — I am very much a strong advocate of consumer privacy and I think the recent congressional decision was just appalling.

Search 31

Search Technical Review SEO Small Business 31

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. So in 2015, we launched Carusele to apply digital media targeting to influencer marketing.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 70

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

He was part of the management team that was instrumental in launching NYTimes.com’s first digital paid product and the acquisition of About.com. He was a part of the management team instrumental in launching NY times dot coms, first paid product and the acquisition of about.com. There was a, a guide.

Community 68

Community New York Small Business New York City 68

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Being enterprise scale means that your representatives have regular dialogue at CXO or at least VP level with Global 2000 accounts are they are bringing in millions of revenue from those accounts every year. This is not just about social media or consumerization of software. My personal experience echoes that.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

In America, Silicon Valley’s cycles of creative destruction and renewal continuously spawn many new challengers– by funding multiple startups that compete relentlessly until they reach dominant self-sustainability, acquisition by a competitor, or bankruptcy.

Austria 28

Austria Global Silicon Valley Advisory Board 28

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

Louis Gudema (05:42): , well it, that was, so bullseye marketing grew originally from the fact that I was working with companies, you know, as a fractional CMO and things that were supposed to be like the best, you know, like inbound marketing or social media posts or other things, you know, they wouldn't produce results in in three or six months.

B2B 82

B2B Marketing B2C ChatGPT 82

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots. TripAdvisor’s Future.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? I’ve done everything from creating content to social media outreach and it’s driving okay traffic but nothing crazy.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. If you decide to follow a blog acquisition strategy, you’re not going to write the blog yourself, not very likely. I was able to jump on certain acquisitions quickly because I was watching that site.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2020

If customers aren’t receptive to email messages, try engaging them on a new platform, like social media, or SMS. The folks over at Website Setup published a study where they mentioned some average costs: “Building a good custom website could easily cost $2000 (on the low end).

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

What was your primary means of driving traffic to the site (Google Adwords, Blogging, Social Media), etc? But it could just as easily have been from AdWords, social media, etc… What mattered is that before this change I was converting a very small amount of visitors to buyers, and afterwards the conversion rate was much higher.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. I love social media, and helping business owners discover how to leverage Facebook for their unique goals. It was in year 2000 and my friend and I were young and ambitious.

Entrepreneur 114

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