Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad on blogging.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2017

A recent survey from Career Builder , which polled 3,200 full-time workers and 223 human-resource managers, found that only 35% of women feel confident that compensation is dispensed equitably between the genders. Their new Brazilian management team led them to success in the market that had been eluding them.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

They communicated this to product management who looked at all of the internal requirements we had generated (e.g. some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Categories: Coding. Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code. There are three principal ways to develop a mobile solution: native code, hybrid mobile app, mobile Web app. Much of this native code is non-visual in nature, simply passing data back to the HTML5 layer of the app, where it is rendered to the user.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. Led by Tal Halozin and Zvika Netter, Innovid raised $7.1

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Great product managers who are not great business people still often fail. Great product managers who are not great business people still often fail.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. 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. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This is a significant guidance revision, which shows the current focus and mindset of the management of these companies. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10).

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In the last five years, I’ve managed to find the time to write, publish and promote multiple books, including two award-winning bestsellers , develop a web application, maintain a blog, and present at conferences. In 2006, I’d gotten a check for my birthday, and was wondering what to spend it on. Purpose: Free up time.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

This is what led me to explore how to best leverage technology to make people more productive, and to build products that help us work better together in our digital world. Needless to say, technology can be as much of a friend as a foe of productivity. He founded Wrike in 2006. I became very passionate about productivity.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Saturday, December 02, 2006. Cracking the SMB code. This can be done in two ways: selling solutions or providing managed services. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 2:58 PM.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Tuesday, December 01, 2009. Newer Post.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Free Software Download. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’d like to take a few minutes to dispel the top five myths of software startups. I could point to countless examples of mediocre software being unleashed upon the general population, after which people like you and me have to help replace it with something decent. In fact, not having one can be more helpful than anything else.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A finalist in Artificial Intelligence , which pitches at 11 am Sunday, March 10, Vence brings autonomous livestock farm management and reduces the cost of sustainably raised meat by eliminating the needs for infrastructure (fences) and labor on livestock farms while giving customers real-time control of animals at the same time.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Management. As the CEO and co-founder of Treehouse, an online tech school that teaches people how to make apps, Ryan Carson has a lot of great insight on running a startup. He recently wrote an in depth, multi-part blog series on the impact of working with remote employees and no managers. The Naive Optimist | RyanCarson.com.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Happy New Year to you, Cracking-the-code reader! and online gaming companies and 2/3 looking at the software and SaaS industry. Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008!

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This includes time for marketing ( which should start before you write a line of code), planning, development, launch, etc… And if you have the luxury of working on it full-time then by all means you should get it out the door faster. Are you a real technical founder if you don’t write every single line of code for your v1?

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts for SaaS companies planning their 2009 budget. With this decline, the average EV/08 rev. multiple fell down to ~2.2x

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software as a Service (SaaS), the most mature of these segments, is comprised of end user applications like Salesforce.com. Forget everything you learned about software channels.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Potential partnerships with media and telecom giants make it attractive enough though, and hopefully there will be cross polination between the Israeli startups and the great tech cluster in London. Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Applicaster - Company Website.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. Nothing worked, until we finally had one of our community managers start talking to real customers on the phone.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

It would take an article in itself to fully compare the benefits of these (and other popular ecommerce site providers), but suffice it to say they both offer options for businesses that do not wish to manage the technical aspects of their ecommerce storefront. More Stories in Apps & Software. The “Mom and Pop” Effect.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transforming the software industry. To win in this new space, software companies need new marketing skills. Friday, April 13, 2007.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Tech. Management. Computer Software. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. Loading… Business. » More. » More. » More. » More. Loading… Markets. » More. » More. Loading… Market Data. » More. » More.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

Way back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of it’s revenues were as a direct result of it’s cross sales and upselling efforts. Add-On sales are the extra little services – like protection plans, tech-support subscriptions, or product training – that give your customer extra piece of mind.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Saturday, December 09, 2006. The phone rings - it was the staffing manager: "Philippe, come in my office, your life is gonna change!". Cracking The Code on Facebook.

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Review. The Review. Management and Company Building. -->. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. Your primary responsibility is shipping high-quality code.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? - So VCs often raise money every 3-5 years if they can.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10K/MMR is very very large for most SaaS players and Netli is unique in that it is at a very low level of the software stack. link] Nirvaha Sales Compensation Software. software. (10).

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 13, 2017

Travel puts extra pressure on our ability to deal with email, meet with our teams, review deliverables, etc. It doesn’t help that when we’re away from the office, we rarely have access to the technology and tools that help us stay productive. This is especially true if your job involves travel. Remote access. Accounting.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 13, 2017

Travel puts extra pressure on our ability to deal with email, meet with our teams, review deliverables, etc. It doesn’t help that when we’re away from the office, we rarely have access to the technology and tools that help us stay productive. This is especially true if your job involves travel. Remote access. Accounting.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. So what are you waiting for?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

But instead of a discussion of our nation’s current situation, I wanted to have a look at the state of crowdsourcing – as an industry, as profession, and a force for change in the world of business, creativity, technology, and politics. prototype, build, and test their software. A buyer works with the team to plan.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Management. ” “Our intent is to roll up our sleeves and help entrepreneurs take their early-stage prototypes to scalable products,” said Rahul Sood, the general manager of the Bing Fund, in an interview with VentureBeat yesterday. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. However, SaaS companies are trading today at an average of 5-6x trailing revenues (salesforce leading the pack with 8.7x), while traditional software companies are in the 2-3x range.

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