Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

In-stock status. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. Sometimes, by using one of the multitude of price aggregators, you can have an understanding of where your pricing is at an item level. Life of current price. Direct competitor comparisons. Personalization.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Recommendations can be powered by aggregate data, which determines the relevance of a certain item in relation to a given context, or user specific data, that fuels personalized recommendations. Another telling example, is when back in 2011 eBay acquired a 2-year-old recommendation engine startup , Hunch for $80 million.

Conversion 48

Conversion Product Technical Review Widget 48

ithacaVC

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

As the investors’ aggregate liquidation preference (ALP) increases typically the need for a MCOP also increases. The ALP is the total amount of $ that preferred stock holders are owed on a sale of the company under their liquidation preferences. Remember VC = OB (see earlier post from February 18, 2011).

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Liquidation Preference Management Preferred Stock Dividend 55

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

1) Macro Environment Still Dictates IPO Windows - While 2011 saw dozens of tech IPOs, macroeconomic conditions still dictate when companies can successfully complete an offering. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. So now what? Author howerl. Previous Entries.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

When you had physical stores selling books, the bookseller would have to stock the shelves with those books most likely to sell so consumer choice was more limited. In 2011 YouTube had 1 trillion views, which is the equivalent of every human watching 140 videos. It was by definition a hits-driven business.

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Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

Under current federal and state securities laws, startups are prohibited from selling stock or other securities via crowdfunding sites or social networking sites.

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SEC Las Vegas Accredited Investor Security 91