Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2013

Speaking from personal experience, this was the driving force behind our decision to sell AbeBooks (a marketplace for used, rare, and hard-to-find books) to Amazon back in 2008. However, I think the most compelling reason to sell is when the founders run out of ideas for how to grow the company further.

Vertical 130

Vertical Non-Compete Asia Europe 130

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. My hypothesis is that one of the biggest drivers of extreme outperformance for less mature funds is outlier acquisitions that happen early in a fund’s life. . The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! Any big changes in your marketing/customer acquisition strategy over the last time period (more money doing Search, less money in Email, elimination Facebook as it does not work, etc., See Page 269. :).

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

She has, thus far, not done any other formal customer acquisition initiative. Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. The next two customer acquisition strategies we will be expanding on are more aggressive guerrilla p.r. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. When CooTek started its business in 2008, that was a time when the iOS market was still the largest ecosystem and also the easiest to make money from, Lee notes.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 18, 2016

(Stan Rapp over video announcing the acquisition of my first company to the staff). First, and how I initially came to meet him, is because he bought my first company (along with my friends at Halyard Capital) in 2008! Sebastian Jespersen, CEO of the Vertic digital agency, seems the perfect choice as a co-author.

Vertical 28

Vertical Marketing Social Media Acquisition 28

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. Started in 2008 by Eran Gilad, Yaniv Ben-Arie, Asaf Shtekler and Niv Singer, the company has a headcount of 15 in Tel Aviv and works with Israeli agencies and advertisers. Innovid raised $4.1 calcalist ]. more here and here ].

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

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B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

For consumers scarred by the 2008 financial crisis, those brands may be perceived as “safer” than fintech alternatives, but that doesn’t nearly explain the sharp increase in share of new accounts. Meanwhile, rewards for debit cards were discontinued by many banks after the 2008 financial crisis. Source: Cornerstone Advisors.

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Way back in 2008, an obscure SaaS company called Zuora started talking—loudly and endlessly—about the “ subscription economy. Content, including articles, guides, and case studies, can still generate prospects and customers consistently—you just need to approach distribution from a different angle.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Though Iscar’s results were down significantly from 2008, the company regularly reported profits, even while it was integrating Japanese acquisition Tungaloy. AS ISRAELI MARKET CONTINUES RECOVERY, BUFFET SHOWCASES ISCAR’S RESILIENCE. ISRAEL’S “AJAMI&# NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM OSCAR.

IP 68

IP Analytics Portfolio 68