www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product. What role can Java play in a world of dynamic languages?

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

After the acquisition of SneakerLabs, he served as the Vice-President of Interactive Technologies for E.piphany. Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005. Frighteningly Early.

San Francisco 48

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Regarding social networking, Yahoo!

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 10, 2012

It’s not like when Yahoo bought Flickr in 2005. He says he’s going to leave it alone, but that doesn’t make any sense. He’s going to want to integrate it somehow into Facebook, because sharing photos is inherent in Facebook’s DNA. My personal take is that this is a bad thing for Instagram users.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5 by February 2006).

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

While initial social media initiatives were focused primarily on building and engaging in organic ways, smart marketers are now adding paid campaign support to the social mix very much like search engine marketing relies on PPC ad support. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. That said, it’s not all hype, either, as Christian Nicolini, Senior Director of Paid Media at Ignite Visibility , notes: Most click-fraud cases manifest from third-party display placements. Diversifying your marketing spend is an essential hedge. .

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Others, like Def Jam, have been transformed through mergers and acquisitions. The phrase “reddit” came to RedditM co-founder Alexis Ohanian while in the library of the University of Virginia in 2005.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Yes, Twitter and Facebook are the darlings of the media for the time being, and it seems no one gives a rip about blogs anymore. It’s almost like the clock is moving backwards to 2004/2005 when blogs when there was much less noise in the blogosphere, but a smaller audience of commited, early adopters. 4 John Evans on 10.28.09

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

His latest book, “ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,” presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

Small Business 53

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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.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Q lipso, an Israeli startup funded by JVP (see previous VC Cafe post ), has announced the acquisition of the assets of Veoh , a user generated video site, on the virge of its declaration of bankruptcy. According to the Wall Street Journal , the company was about to file for chapter 11 on March 19th at 5pm.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2011

Back in 2005, when I was with Union Square Ventures, we changed our brochureware homepage into a blog. Those are the types of partners--media companies, publishers, etc. A few other VCs had been blogging before, but no one had gone as far as to make the whole front facing effort of their firm into something so interactive.

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www.ashmaurya.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

Robert has been working in software since 2005. You then package that material into an e-book, report, video, or other media. You can use this pitch to get more followers, or you can build your value proposition around a productized consulting offer (SEO analysis, customer acquisition, etc.). He is a Ph.D.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

His latest book, “ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones ,” presents a powerful hypothesis that retention can become the new acquisition through the strategic incorporation and elevation of customer service, customer experience and customer initiated word-of-mouth, content creation and incentive-based referrals.

Social Media 32

Social Media Retention Acquisition LLC 32

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

As a result, the cost per acquisition was cut by 50%, and conversion increased by 4x with a 1.5x Rather than simply retargeting customers with product ads in social media or other channels, One King’s Lane focuses on providing value. increase in click-through rates. The Takeaway. This is a smart campaign approach.

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Social Media Sweden Audience Advertising 28

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Prior to this, Mr. Perkin was Executive Vice President at EmSense Corporation, a leading next generation media measurement company.

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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. The carefully curated pictures depicted on social media were not anywhere close to what MY real life looked like. I build social media platforms, help procure contracts, assist with infrastructure and more. #3- Being laid-off.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). The cool part about display advertising is that we can build our brands cost effectively, introduce our products to a new audience, and create demand based on a number of intent signals (this last part is often missing from offline media).

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

At Samsung, user research led the company to redesign its televisions in 2005, doubling their market share in just two years. For a media site, a proof of concept could be an A/B test of a redesign for a subset of articles with, say, increased ad clicks defining success. A proof of concept tests the business value of a prototype.

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Peter Kafka in Media. AllThingsD.com is a Web site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media. It is a fusion of different media styles, different topics, different formats and different sources. ATDacquisitions (Acquisitions). ATDmedia (Media). Financial News. WSJ Classifieds.

Venture Capital 71

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Read more: MediaWeek.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Social Media. 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. Previous story. Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Google+. Daily Dose.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

If you decide to follow a blog acquisition strategy, you’re not going to write the blog yourself, not very likely. After I made some good money with the Small Business Branding site and the Magic site, I started to look for acquisition targets. I was able to jump on certain acquisitions quickly because I was watching that site.

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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. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. Most startups that fail do it becausethey fail at one of these. Now we needed to raise more to keep going.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Regarding the best type of products for freemium: I would’ve guessed that products like Pluggio (social media apps) would fit the bill here since most people expect them to be free. Part of any good marketing plan is customer acquisition costs and knowing when those costs are too high. 18 Rob on 08.18.10 42 Ruben on 08.19.10

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

the meebo that launched in 2005 was a group effort – the idea primarily came from sandy being a huge IMer and having trouble getting on IM when we were working on earlier ideas in elaine’s apartment! The second one not until 2005. link] Three Ships Media » MORE Sage Start-Up Advice from Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg [.]

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Last Friday 888 announced that because the results of Wink Bingo’s acquisition were above and beyond expectations the value of the purchase will be at the maximum threshold set in the original agreement – full article. New Product Launches.

Venture Capital 87

Venture Capital Startup Denmark 87

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Dapper currently partners with Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and following the acquisition its development center in Ramat Gan will become Yahoo’s development center in Israel. iSkoot is Qualcomm’s first acquisition in Israel. ERNST & YOUNG SEES RISE IN ISRAELI ACQUISITIONS FOR 2010.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

Internet/digital media and software was the biggest beneficiary of the rise. Peter Kafka in Media. AllThingsD.com is a Web site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media. It is a fusion of different media styles, different topics, different formats and different sources. ATDmedia (Media).

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Media Temple. Social Media Tracking/Marketing. great web customer acquisition tutorials. analytics for social media and online. social media and email marketing. Catch Media. Seed Startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. Domains.Co.

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