Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). 2010 Gross Profit: $280M.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Thanks a million. Now I’ve really got my work cut out, but you just gave me a big “leg up&#.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. But it’s not the same thing as a social graph, and furthermore it’s not a platform in the same way Facebook is. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53