Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
He left traditional media at the top of his game to be the founding CEO of Next New Networks, one of the first digital video startups, backed by Spark Capital and bought by YouTube in 2011. After a stint as the President of North America at BBC Worldwide, Herb is returning to his roots in both digital and Latino.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. Bottom of the sales funnel.
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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. This is also the first year that smartphone sales overtook feature phone sales globally – driven by sales in India.
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).
Up and Running
APRIL 18, 2014
Today, that niche has grown into a chasm and YogaFit® has become the largest training school for yoga instructors in North America. Entrepreneurs starting out are typically stronger in sales and marketing than they are in other areas—I think it’s really important for them to get a grasp on financials and operations as well.”.
VC Cafe
DECEMBER 10, 2013
In the first half of 2013, 43 percent of all album sales were digital, up from 38 percent the year before (Nielsen). Vickie Nauman, North America President of 7Digital and a keynote speaker at the upcoming MATI conference ( www.adtechsummit.com ), believes music licensing and royalties need to adapt to the digital era.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. These new entrants disrupted their food categories by offering high quality proprietary recipes, outsourcing their manufacturing, and using their cash and resources on sales and marketing to build distribution and a differentiated brand.
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