Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Founding Date: 2004. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

With technology facilitating the rapid globalization of the marketplace today, it’s no wonder that international money transfer startups are popping up to provide more payment options and autonomy to buyers and sellers alike. Here are the five hottest international money transfer startups you should know about: TorFX. GBP on their end.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I have been involved in many of these innovations, mainly through my last startup venture, a company that became the world’s leading provider of credit card loyalty solutions with bank customers in 30 countries. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of.

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Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

As an investor, I am also bullish about the innovation wave already in its early innings around mobility and autonomy. But a realistic understanding of the potential timeline for autonomous vehicle adoption is vital to decision making as a startup entrepreneur or investor in this area. . ==. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M conference happened at the end of 2004). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. And today, AngelList is opening the platform up to all startups with top-tier investors. Enterprise.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The other day, I was watching an episode of Seinfeld and was struck by how dramatically different location-aware mobile phones have made our day-to-day existence. Back in 2004, I was working for the General Motors pension fund, which had been making limited partnership investments in venture capital since the early 1980’s.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

" I first started using Phanfare in late 2004 and have been a fan since.    Andrew and I go way back as I invested in his first startup, Flashbase, which we subsequently sold to Doubleclick a year later.    And now Phanfare has staked its claim in the mobile market with its iPhone app ( get it here ). 

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. He speculated that upwardly mobile college graduates could be interested in a product or service that was superior to 7-11. It's steadily risen to the most popular toymaker spot once more.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing. March 13, 2012. Yesterday Yahoo!

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 22, 2006

So when we moved in the beginning of 2004, I vowed to outsource as much as possible. also can add mobile devices like Blackberry, Good-enabled, etc. If you choose to go the really simple route, the PC-only VOIP providers of today have come a long way since 2004. The post Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. In that time, I've discovered that the startup scene is infused with passion, energy and a strong spirit of collaboration. Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But the other archetype is a thirty-something entrepreneur who, taking his experience seeing the playbook of success at larger growing startups or even “established” companies, utilizes that domain and functional expertise as unique insight into founding a company. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Seth and I worked together on ServiceMagic in the 1999 – 2004 time frame (IAC acquired it in 2004 for $180m) so we had a deep understanding of how a heavily metric-based buy/sell marketplace worked. Two years ago we probably wouldn’t have considered Rover.com as it would have fallen outside our active themes.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

He recently founded The Startup Centre , an India-based accelerator for early stage start-ups, and also a hub for initiatives related to tech, design and entrepreneurship. I came back to India , in 2004. With the birth of Barcamps, Open Coffee Clubs, Mobile Mondays and the likes, India’s entrepreneurial scene is set on fire.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

ATI is a traditional incubator that helps form and grow up to 30 startup companies at any given time and counts over 200 successful launches over its 20+ years. Wi-Fi Alliance moved from ATI in December 2010 to expanded office space, allowing room for another startup company to join the incubator.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. It’s basically office space where as a startup you can be located with dozens of other companies at a similar stage to your own. Developer and publisher of social mobile games. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Read more: TechCrunch. Total raised: $17.0mm.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 27, 2011

The mobile screen has now outpaced screens one and two, the TV and Computer monitor. Focus on the mobile device has really picked up of late in marketing circles and will probably go down as one of this year’s hottest topics. In some cases they are literally searching for a place to shop right now.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence we designed 500 Startups with these evolutions in mind, altho none of the required strategies have been easy to execute and we are still refining our approach. In short, we were a lot more geeky than the previous generation of fund managers , and we started blogging a lot about tech startups and best practices.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You’re kind of amused when the Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris drives on stage in his best “Back to the Future” Doc costume and uses the shtick to announce the new Salesforce1 mobile platform. Similarly, Salesforce1 represents a legitimate attempt at a true mobile-first enterprise platform. Have a] “Heart of Glass”.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing. February 2, 2012.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector. NYC 1.0: During the late ‘90s, the first generation of Silicon Alley emerged, establishing a base of serial entrepreneurs who would go on to found multiple startups and provide mentorship for today’s entrepreneurs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example: “[MY COMPANY NAME] is an app that connects parents and family-friendly events, and we’re looking for angel investors interested in mobile B2C apps to close out our seed round. In addition, he is a Partner at TheFunded.com , and the Executive Producer of the Founder Showcase , a leading startup event in Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. 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. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

links » Attracting a CTO to your startup Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 05:29AM by Charlie ODonnell Businesspeople ask me all the time how to find a technical partner for a startup. For a startup, if you are a businessperson, a) Do you already have money to start the businesses? So, what makes you worth 50%? (Or

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. March 8, 2012.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. In 2018, Wimdu shut down, while a now-profitable Airbnb was one of the world’s most valuable startups. You can find it here.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. Mobile Payment Disappointment. With an influx of talented designers into startup communities, I think you'll see better, more effective launches and more useful services. Reader beware.).

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. Rand regularly shares his knowledge and thoughts on digital marketing, tech, and startups. Mobile-friendly design. Some 81% of all emails are read on mobile devices. He’s done so with the same motivation: helping people.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 12, 2013

false Katamari Damacy took the gaming world of 2004 by storm. If we buy the idea that startups are meant improve people’s lives, the latter is the right place to start. Too often, we have an idea for a mobile app (or whatever) and never stop to consider all the choices we forgot to make. Katamari Damacy ? .”

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. 9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

by Angela Stringfellow, Startup Advisor for 25K Startups. You have to consider mobile advertising, social media, content marketing, pay-per-click, and let’s not forget organic SEO. Angela Stringfellow is a Startup Advisor for 25K Startups , a Long Island incubator providing funding and resources to promising startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. But, they also want it to remain fun and engaging and access it from mobile devices. Thank you, John.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

Joblife tries to resolve these challenges by empowering job seekers with a web application that is accessible from any mobile phone. I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race. Thanks to Sahil Gupta, Patch Homes ! #19 19 – Escape the Corporate Rat Race. Image Credit: Ray Higdon.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Mixergy offers access to insightful interviews with entrepreneurs and masterclasses for startups. Yes, Twitter and mobile devices offer limited text space, and nobody wants a Facebook page to be crowded with legal disclaimers. As part of their success, both campaigns had on-going prizes for participants to keep interest alive.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

According to a 2003-2004 U.S. We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode). New York startup Workmarket has a pullup machine right at the front of their office, with a list by it of the records set by different people who have visited the office. -

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