Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. 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).

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Tough, but true.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Video Cofounder New York City 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Thats real money." Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

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. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Ben offers that as Apple, Google and Amazon survived the dot.com crash, we can ignore the fate of the thousands of failed public and private dot.com companies when the bubble burst in March of 2000. I believe the issue isn’t whether we’re on a 25-year tech cycle or that the next 8 years are really going to be great.

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Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 315

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Our mission statement included our goal of improving revenue, reducing marketing cost, getting more traffic, making more sales, increasing social media engagement and SEO success. Look at your product photo and description.

Startup 124

Startup eCommerce Audience Widget 124

Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2012

In the 1990’s and early 2000’s it was “You got mail” as made famous by the AOL advertising stable. Being passive and not searching through your social networks does not. And the better those interactions are, the better chance for increased revenue, increased customer satisfaction, and repeat business. ” Or do you?

Social Media 91

Social Media Government Metrics Database 91

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. Social Media Marketing. Social media marketing attempts to leverage the power of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and others) to promote a product or service.

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Plan For The Future While Focusing On Today.

Small Business 53

Small Business Startup Global Design 53

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

-Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. GroupSwim – Social collaboration and community tools to bring your employees, customers, and partners together.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”). During this year they. deprecated the old feature-complete product (ACS 3.4)

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Once you’ve done that – then. do something else.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000. Seek out investors through social networks (such as LinkedIn), coworking sites, websites, events (such as Business Network International events), friends, family, and crowdfunding sites (such as Crowdfunder).

Green 84

Green Angel Investor Startup Alabama 84

Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

If you work with.NET be prepared to pay $1000-2000 for an MSDN subscription (or if you’re developing a product talk to Bob Walsh , get signed up with Microsoft BizSpark and get the same thing for a few hundred bucks). I need roughly $2000/ month to cover 1 car payment, utilities, groceries, gas, dental, clothes, pre-school, gym, etc.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Hosting Salary 52

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Always Be Testing The biggest lesson I learned while taking the site from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month (revenue, not profit), is that there are a lot of great theories about marketing, but no one can tell you the exact thing that’s going to lead to an uptick in sales. Correction…it was 0%.

Design 51

Design Software Review Marketing Software Developers 51

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The most famous, and I believe the first, study that pointed to the adverse effects of choice was in 2000 and the subject was jam. Could’ve been distraction, but it also could have been negative social proof due to low share counts. Do you need to display every single social network? The Psychology of Choice. Conclusion.

Conversion 48

Conversion Software Review Retention Email 48

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

. “Given the strong strategic fit between the two companies, joining forces will allow us to further accelerate the industry’s transition to IP-based networks,&# Kobi Ben-Zvi, founder and chief executive officer of Wintegra, said. In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8

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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 80

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

This highest quality of the traffic information, never achieved before, together with the perfect applications generate significant revenues for the operator and maintain customers’ loyalty. IPgallery’s products and solutions are deployed worldwide, including in Tier-1 service providers’ networks. Craze Productions. Logia Group.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. Ebay, Etsy, AirBNB, and many more rapid growth businesses are redrawing the map of trade.

Darfur 122

Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

Brandanew

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Other than these platform led initiatives, videos and real time content curation by consumers using brand hashtags is moving forward with a gusto on all social networks. #2 seconds in 2015 compared to 12 seconds in 2000. 2 Transmedia Storytelling will continue on the mobile ( Short, responsive, fun!).

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Curation Mobile New York Advertising 100