Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. Internet scale. The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Carpe Diem. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age. The New Exits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. They mistakenly assume that anyone who uses Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter for personal networking can do it for business.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2014

With the rapid global penetration of smartphones and tablets and the increased data speed of 4G networks, mobile applications are riding a wave of explosive growth. We are now a mobile society and the proliferation of smartphones and tablets has given rise to a new paradigm in digital marketing: the mobile app.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. internet. (6). ▼ 2011. (2).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Relevance: In 2011 (mentioned on page 18 if you view the presentation), Facebook only had 11% of the world’s internet users on on its platform – the figure was at 50% in North America. What in the World?!? Why this acquisition? In an era where so much is possible, WhatsApp focused on its core value proposition.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

According to the “Small Business Marketing Forecast 2011” from Ad-ology, social media will be the biggest budget gainer among small businesses in 2011, with 39.4% Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. . • Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. For that, he turned to a previous relationship he had with Apple’s Senior Vice President Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey. Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. Bill Payne October 2011. million in 2010 while the range is broader in 2011, from $0.8

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2013

As you can see from the latest Pew Internet research Facebook is still used by far more teenagers than any other social sites, and that they were used by more teenagers in 2012 than in 2011. Social networks' There is more detail on the sure.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. internet. (6). ▼ 2011. (2). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. Cracking The Code. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Groupon, Inc.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. internet. (6). ► 2011. (2). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. Cracking The Code. at 12:17 PM.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

At the time, a company called Network Solutions was essentially the only place from which people could register domain names. In 2005, GoDaddy.com became the world’s largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the internet. In 2011, 65% of the company was sold to a group of private equity firms for approximately $2.25

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

” Then we needed a permit to go unescorted, or something. ”But my credentials are for a television network. Internet connectivity is still sparse but mobile phones are everywhere, with major players and familiar brands aggressively pursuing new markets. . ”Why? This is personal, not a professional assignment.”

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. By 2015, 32% of the population will use a mobile phone to access the internet. billion invested in Q1 of 2011. 4) The concept of networking is new here. Spain ranks 20th in the world attractiveness ranking for VC/PE activity with 5.2

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

Georgiades (Zumper): I started working on Zumper seriously in the summer between my first and second years at HBS (2011), supported by generous HBS startup grants. With domain expertise and a background in aerospace, we reached out to our personal networks (and essentially anyone that would talk to us). Prince: Business History.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. internet. (6). ► 2011. (2). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. Cracking The Code. Sunday, November 07, 2010. A Quick & Funny Summary of AdTech.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That’s a significant increase, but it also means two-thirds of local social networkers aren’t following brands. Start-up companies have much work to do to make meaningful social network connections. Facebook influences the spending habits of social media users like no other network.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. Which stock would you bet on as the leader?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

We know that the Millennials are defined by their love for and use of technology, but how much do they really embrace the Internet and their devices? Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot. The quantitative research was conducted online between June and July 2011.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09!

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Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks. We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Here’s an example using two personal computers, one from 1996 and one from 2011. Gene Kim laughed at my prediction.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2014

This is old news to anyone with an Internet connection, but also extremely hard to do for the average Joe with a low definition webcam. In our example, we take a look at the 2011 start-up Dollar Shave Club and their viral video “Our Blades Are F ing Great”. Studies have shown that it is hard to shake hands with the Internet though. (A

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

Internet of Things. After launching iOS and Android apps in January 2011, Technology Review ran into development, sales and other difficulties. 1 Entertainment Network on YouTube. social networks. social networking. ReadWriteWeb. Key Trends. App Stores. Real-Time Web. Structured Data. Top Topics. ReadWriteWeb.

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HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic 69

aweissman.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Nov 27, 2011. The Golden Age of Internet Marketing? psychological methods to sell should be destroyed." - The Minutemen, S**t From An Old Notebook We have enough data now to realize that display advertising on the Internet doesnt work. November 28, 2011 12:09 PM. November 28, 2011 12:10 PM. Jon Steinberg.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

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