Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I was reflecting on this post last week about the state of consumer web in Boston and shared a few of my thoughts in the comments. So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. IPO’s/Exits. market cap. Carbonite: Raised $62.5M

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

The reviews shown on your Places listing come from multiple sources across the web including big “local&# sites like InsiderPages , Citysearch , Yelp as well as niche sites like Zagat and TripAdvisor and tons more. Tip: click on your competitors’ listings to see additional sites their reviews are coming from.)

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, March 23, 2007. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. President and CEO, Complete Genomics. Ben Elowitz.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At the beginning of Coremetrics, there was no such thing as “the end of software” (a term that Salesforce.com popularized and now they are the largest Software as a Service company in the history of the world, with a market cap as of this writing of $132.7 Software as a Service. Eventually the term ASP came along?—?Application

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

I’ve been promoting tools like Google Alerts and Google Reader for years now and today Google added something called “ Me on the Web &# as an attempt to make it easier to monitor your identity on the web. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). on a scale of 1-4). on a scale of 1-4).

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. HTC One Review.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. Coca-Cola runs over 500 web sites for consumers, and sponsors videos on YouTube ; even IBM has space on Second Life. The IT project office might render an opinion about investing in Web 2.0,

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

However, think about the implications of Google creating a “Click to Schedule&# function for AdWords units, Places Pages, and Review Pages like those in HotPot. For many industries this could be a game changing kind of social action and another big revenue generator for Google. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Arizona Bay, after all, had built the IT infrastructure and Web applications that Jumpstart needed to hit it big. Employee Benefits.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Make It Good Here’s what makes great content: Humorous stuff Behind the scenes stories Controversial, political & religious New happenings Tips & tricks, hints, lists, how-tos Reviews That’s the type of content that can draw readers in and engage them, especially if it’s relevant. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Provide employees with the information and processes necessary to know their customers, understand their needs, and effectively build relationships between the company, its customer base, and distribution partners. The more well organized your data is the easier it will be to review and uncover specific insights and similarities.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

” Mr. Slywotzky is an “author of several books on profitability and growth” and currently a partner at the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. In the 1990s the U.S. economy created a net 22 million jobs, or 2.2 million a year.

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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. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. Startups die due to a variety of causes. In 2007, Paul Graham gave a variety of causes for startup death in How Not To Die. He blogs at pixelmonkey.org , where this post originally appeared.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This requires a visual web-editor (assuming you’re building a web-application). Personally I use Visual Web-Developer from Microsoft - it’s free and powerful. However, it is also very complicated to use, as it’s a full web-development environment. Secondly you need some software to create flow charts in.

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blog.adaptiveblue.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Click Allow Click Install Now After downloading, Restart Firefox 5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups by Alex on December 18, 2007 · 13 comments Even 5 years ago an approach to infrastructure in a startup would have been different. Specifically, 4 services make it easier to build large-scale web applications.

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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. Dont forget that this person is adding you as a partner just as much as youre adding them, so look in the mirror and think about what you bring to the table.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, January 10, 2007. You will need to buy the mapping software though (around $80-100). Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. software. (10).

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

all IPO’d circa 2007/08 for a combined market value of around AUD $13 billion. From starting the company on a AUD $10k credit card in 2002 to raising $60m from Atlas Partners in 2010, Sydney-based enterprise software firm counts Twitter and NASA among their clients. and RealEstate.com.au It’s not hard to see why.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 10, 2011

Tuesday May 17 – Okay, I’m Creating Content How Do I Get Someone to Read Wednesday May 18 – I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online? You can check back each day to review a new set of posts. Come back to ducttapemarketing.com/blog starting on Monday and each day the week to find the new content.)

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  I have a few hundred feeds that I follow in Google Reader and the way that I find new ones is a random process of discovery so Larry's post was great in that he not only provided a rank-ordered list but also a convenient way to mass subscribe. Lastly, here is a Google Bundle for the list.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Here at Palo Alto Software in 2007 and 2008, we embraced these planning concepts and moved towards a more agile planning process. Milestones should have dates and people responsible for completing them as well as regular review to make sure everything is on track. As with all action plans, it’s critical to have accountability.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

Software developer Patrick McKenzie aka @Patio11 (easily one of my favorite marketers to follow and learn from) asserts that 40-60% of users who sign up for a free trial of almost every software or SaaS application will use it once and never come back. Often, however, they’re unable to see the benefit of using the software.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 tips for entrepreneurs on working with a partner - [link]. 10 tips for entrepreneurs on working with a partner - [link]. US newspaper revenues faced a 30% decline 2007-09.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It was then when I launched (along with my girlfriend) my first web project, called it Dreaminder. I had a degree in Information Technology, had worked as a web developer, tech support guy, account manager, sales person and a marketer. This was in 2007. The rent was due. We all have dreams, but we tend to forget them.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The lowercase “c” was eventually capitalized after nearly 10 years, due to the awkward representation of the small “c” when the company was discussed in newspapers and magazines. Microsoft – Initially descriptive of the company’s software developed for the “micro” computer market, which eventually evolved into the “personal” computer market.

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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. Friday, April 13, 2007. 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.

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