Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

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). How to Market Yourself & Your Business on LinkedIn is one of our most popular how-to guides! .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

and today Bazaarvoice has a broad Conversations platform, network solutions (like Bazaarvoice Connections), analytics (Bazaarvoice Intelligence), and now advertising for the network with the acquisition of Longboard Media. But remember that this was 2005?—?and Yeah, I guess you could say that. They are talking to each other anyway.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Panelists: Jeff Kupietzky MBA 98, CEO, Oversee.net.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I don''t remember when I started talking to Rob, but I know it was before February of 2005, because I found "rob@businesspundit.com" in the contacts I ported over when I left GM and went to USV. We will integrate the design and be live for testing end of next week. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

Its mission —“to be Earth’s most customer-centric company”—depends on understanding and resolving online shoppers’ pain points, whether through web design tweaks or free-and-fast delivery. At Samsung, user research led the company to redesign its televisions in 2005, doubling their market share in just two years.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. page speed , web design), so a sudden jump doesn’t guarantee foul play. Any marketing strateg y that relies heavily on PPC—or any single channel—for acquisition is at risk. Of course, bounce rate can be affected by other factors (e.g.,

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

I loved working for start-ups, except for the being laid-off part, as a result of acquisition or pivot. Coming from a sports background, I know the body is designed to heal, regenerate, and grow stronger than it was before. I started my business consulting firm in 2005 when I decided to become a mom. #3- Being laid-off.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The content typically provides a wealth of advice, including how to replicate home décor from popular designers. As a result, the cost per acquisition was cut by 50%, and conversion increased by 4x with a 1.5x It then serves content recommendations from publications and sites like the New York Post , Vogue , and Apartment Therapy.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Have a balance in your spend between acquisition and website. Spend loads on acquisition, but also spend loads on creating websites that deliver on your promises. " I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. Would you treat your mother like that? Not having a vibrant, engaging, non-pimpy blog.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 29, 2006

First, having another big player push the concept of software as a service will only help further educate and soften the market, particularly business customers Secondly, this will mean that Microsoft will be aggressive with hiring and with acquisitions. He would either do huge, billion dollar ones or look at acquisitions less than $20mm.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

So, you have entrepreneurs building companies, building customer bases, designing interactions with their users in order to make themselves appealing to venture capital. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. As a result, current crowdfunding platforms have generally developed business models designed to avoid characterization as a sale of a security. Some companies utilize pure donation models.

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Web Designer. ATDacquisitions (Acquisitions). © 2005-2012 Dow Jones & Company Inc. Planner Categories 3, 32 (Office Supplies/Furniture) Sams. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bentonville, AR. Senior Brand Manager, Venturing & Emerging Brands. Coca-Cola - Atlanta, GA. Robert Half Technology - Charlotte, NC. ATDapple (Apple).

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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. A hacker ethic is compatible with an urban setting just as design oriented one is compatible with a suburban one.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I changed the design a few times. The person who owns this blog is Michael Pollack, and he was a web designer and small business fan. He started this blog and grew it, but eventually decided to move on and focus on his design business. There’s some women here for starters, and that was why it was fun. It’s very simple.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Open Google Analytics, select “Acquisition” and then “Overview”. After designing the test, Kyle asks someone else on the team to change the variant names and numbers so that he too is blind to the results. Most reports are outdated (circa 2005) and, ironically, non-representative of the entire Internet population.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Design & Dev. Seven long years ago, in 2005, Paul Graham had dinner with a bunch of college kids. While not every startup born in that experiment back in 2005 is still going today, their founders have arguably all found success. But even with this acquisition, Loopt remains ahead of the curve. Copy-paste link.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The problem is that many programmers have loads of talent with no product sense and business students have great designs with no way to implement them. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. Thats nonsense.

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ConversionXL

JULY 13, 2016

The Halo Effect has a wide breadth of uses, reaching areas like management, design, copywriting, advertising, and of course, A/B testing and conversion optimization strategy. Beautiful design (or making a good first impression). Beautiful People in Design. Beautiful Design (or Creating a Good First Impression).

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. One got added to the latter category Tuesday: design firm Cuban Council, which will be shipping off a portion of its team to help improve the look of Google+.).

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. Its thesame with acquisitions. 7 ] They also spend a little money on a freelance graphic designer. Terrible things happen tostartups when they run out of money, because theyre designed forgrowth, not adversity. Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

So when I launched Bidsketch — a SaaS based proposal application for designers — offering a free plan was a no-brainer in my book. About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. Maybe we should just skip that free plan and focus on making money instead. at 11:28 am [.]

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. i never thought about it like investing in stocks before.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Future Simple is already getting great traction with its CRM system for SMBs, PipeJump , and QuoteBase a nicely designed quote generator used by thousands already – full article. The company was founded in 2009 by Uzi Shmilovici raised the funding from OCA Ventures , I2A Fund and angel investors. New Product Launches.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. The Petah Tikva-based company was founded in 2005. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. ATX Networks Inc.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. The Petah Tikva-based company was founded in 2005. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. ATX Networks Inc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

EB : Honestly, I wasn't even aware of Silicon Valley or this whole concept of startups and tech companies until 2005. So, I was really interested in programming, design development, but I didn't realize the kind of business aspect for a very, very long time. My answer's really it isn't, that is, since 2005, a lot has changed.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful. Color Scheme Designer. great web customer acquisition tutorials. Seed Startups. Customer service.

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