Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

They took an innovative approach to distribution. Top Hat adopted a bottoms-up approach to distribution, as covered in the Globe and Mail article: Sales took off after Top Hat ignored advice and flipped its sales strategy. Back in 2010, the team tried approaching university administrators to get them to adopt their platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Distribution costs have, too. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. They read less than 30 minutes.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A bout 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. VC Cafe's own little 'cloud' for MWC 2010, taken from the Israeli IMA brochure. The IMA expects the companies to have more than 4,000 meetings during the conference.

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View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

Interestingly, it looks like the Midas List skipped 2010 and changed methodologies considerably in 2011, so you’d need to wait until 2021 to do a true look back. Innovation is Becoming More Broadly Distributed. Not surprisingly, we’ve seen a broader set of geographies represented by the Midas list over the last 10 years.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

They had an existing distribution channel and their dealers and customers thought they knew who the company was and what it stood for. When I went through their financials as part of my due diligence I realized that if they ditched their low margin disk drive products, it wouldn’t take much to make them a profitable company.

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Venture Chronicles

MAY 5, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to attend GigaOM’s GreenNet 2010 event, which was looking at how energy solutions are powering a new wave of innovation in Silicon Valley. I was pleased to see that Katie had focused a good amount of the agenda and speaker slots for talks given by regulators and public utility officials.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Lowering/increasing the cost of engineering personnel doesn’t affect this model (although the trend over the last two decades has been to dramatically lower the cost of developing a software product: open source libraries, Moore’s Law, Internet distribution/SaaS are three big drivers).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

My interest dates back to my 2010 investment in chloe + isabel back when I was with First Round. My two most recent deals involve a distribution of labor or direct sales, and two of my upcoming deals are similarly structured. I was still at FRC when we invested in TaskRabbit and Uber, even though I wasn''t on those deals.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

rise in the last quarter of 2010 and a 4.8% Israel was also ranked 17th in 2010. Since October 2010, the company acquired semiconductor developer Provigent for $340 million in March 2011, image processing company Sightic Vista for $15 million in November 2010, and Percello Ltd. for about $98 million in October 2010.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Reply Marco , on October 7, 2010 at 1:38 pm Said: Hi Steve, thanks for the awesome post, but, what was question #4? Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk. Keep teaching!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2012

When Internet giant Google threatened to pull out of China in 2010, few were aware of the paradox that the Internet brings to China’s leaders beyond the political fodder. Given that the book was published in 2010, more recent data could have been provided, including changes to provincial leadership. by Aaron Tan.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:28 am Said: [.] Yellow Pages for Researchers , on January 31, 2010 at 8:06 pm Said: [.] 28, 2010 ??: ??? ?? ??: ?? [.] business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ).

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Consider ThedaCare , a healthcare system in Wisconsin, which eliminated its budgeting process in 2010. Peter Nesbitt, VP of Finance at Teampay , said, “Forecasting is exceptionally challenging in practice, especially as end users drive an era of distributed spending. This agile approach is not restricted to small startups.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

When we think about this question, it’s important to remember that startups today fail due to lack of distribution and product-market fit – not because of technical problems that they were unable to solve. New platforms as distribution tools. Here are some highlights from the conversation. .

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. .&# I’ve heard the “world is different&# argument in every bubble I’ve ever seen.

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Board Effect

JULY 5, 2021

In the philanthropic arena, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, who were inspired by philanthropist Charles “Chuck” Feeney, created The Giving Pledge in 2010 to encourage other billionaires to give the bulk of their wealth away now or in their wills. Some of the wealthiest people in the world have already made their pledges through the campaign.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Mint & finances #distribution #andalsoproduct # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 3: Build brand buzz to epic proportions, aka a Purple Cow, ie. iPhone & iPad #distribution #ormaybemarketing # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 2: Partner with someone with an established distribution channel, ie. startupcto

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Go spend some time outside the building talking to potential distribution partners. Reply Cognitive Biases, Positive Black Swan Events and Startups | Market By Numbers | San Diego | Marketing Help , on January 3, 2010 at 9:13 am Said: [.] Don’t bother him; he knows what he’s doing. The mistake is assuming you are a Black [.]

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. You’re on AOL!&# I don’t think she really understood the difference.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

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Board Effect

MAY 5, 2021

If the nonprofit were to shut down for any reason, no individuals may benefit from the distribution of assets. In 2010, the Supreme Court allowed corporations and labor unions to register as 501(c)(4). For example, they’re not allowed to share in the nonprofit’s stock or profits as is typical with for-profit corporations.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. This narrative has been confirmed to me by several senior studio executives.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, January 2, 2010 Towards a new entrepreneurship When I started writing about the lean startup , my aspiration was to do more than just share a handful of tips and tricks that work for consumer internet startups. So far, 2010 is shaping up to be an even more amazing year; read on to find out why.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 12, 2021

In 2010, when the world began to emerge from the global financial crisis, Techstars started its first wave of real growth. Given the Covid pandemic’s impact on society, we are experiencing a new geographic distribution of people and entrepreneurs. Remote and distributed work is now a given as part of our entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

Services such as Moz Local, Localeze, Infogroup, Factual and more distribute lists of small business info to major directories and can help correct the issues in a matter of weeks or months. Almost half of local business listings have basic errors in Name, Address and Phone number – what’s called NAP in the search engine world.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

You can be an Independent studio or do “work for hire&# (either a revenue share or buy-out model) - If you’re an independent studio you have a set of choices for distribution channel and marketing models. - We understood none of this. More detail in future posts. steve Twitted by altgate , on July 2, 2009 at 5:22 pm Said: [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

I have shared with multiple groups Part 2 [link] Very good work -- MM April 2, 2010 6:46 AM Gobala Krishnan said. April 6, 2010 8:23 AM Colie Brice said. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Good stuff. Great blog! Bring your questions.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. They are seeking $40k for a 33% stake and want investors who can provide introductions for distribution and licensing on their behalf. The entrepreneur launched Zomm in late 2010 and did $700k in sales that year. Provides an emergency one touch dialer.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Started by Jonathan (Yoni) Meiri in 2010 and has recently announced a $50,000 seed round. Velocee is a Content Distribution Network (CDN) for mobile which enables carriers to save money by predicting users mobile data usage trend. Superfly launched its alpha at Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. GB over the web.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Kik Music raised a $1 million seed funding round in January 2010, roughly a year after Livingston had first embarked on the project. The Kik Chat app launched in April 2010 for iOS and BlackBerry initially. So in October 2010, Kik launched the second version of its messaging app — and the company’s future changed almost instantly.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 Transaction Processing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot (The following guest post is a new experiment for this blog. They were interested in the tools and new distribution medium kaChing provided. They were interested in the tools and new distribution medium kaChing provided.

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