Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. These days I find myself doing less.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

” Page obliged and in July 2012, he advised his teams to scale back and focus on core products like Android. And yet when they started startups, they decided to build recipe sites, or aggregators for local events.” Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft.

Startup 130

Startup SCRUM Cofounder Aggregator 130

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 ).

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

eranki.tumblr.com

JULY 13, 2012

July 12, 2012. Another thing that became increasingly useful was to have thousands of custom stats aggregated over thousands of servers graphed. Apr 8 2012 14:33:59 POST. Apr 8 2012 14:34:00 GET. Apr 8 2012 14:34:00 GET. Apr 8 2012 14:34:01 POST. Rajivs blog. RSS Archive. Rajiv Eranki. App-specific metrics.

Software Review 94

Software Review Database SQL Security 94

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Breadcrumbs was conceived in June 2012 at Startup Weekend in San Diego as a self-tracking mobile application. Other tabs: Recent News (aggregate of business’ social media), Events (one-time events), and Menu (a business menu/offerings). Breadcrumbs Beginnings. Sean compares the early version to the Mint.com for time-management.

San Diego 58

San Diego Startup Social Media Technical Review 58

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

As of December 2017, the GIMPS project had reached an aggregate computing power of approximately 320 TeraFLOPS (320 trillion floating-point operations per second). The aggregate computing power of the project is more than 960 TFLOPS. The majority of the largest known prime numbers are Mersenne primes.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

And now, without further ado, here are the startups that make up the newest class of 500 Startups Fall 2012 accelerator class: BabyList: a baby registry that works like Pinterest enabling you to put anything online into your registry. Chewse: marketplace for groups to easily order great food. Iconfinder: site for icons.

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Founder Brazil Latvia India 136

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

My concern, based on my direct experience negotiating half a dozen acquisitions sine 2008 (three in 2012), both inside and outside of technology, is that the negotiating environment for such ‘ acquisition-ready ’ companies is fraught with challenge from the seller’s perspective. Challenge yourself to do better as a seller!

Acquisition 38

Acquisition Merger Covenant Liquidity Event 38

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Breadcrumbs was conceived in June 2012 at Startup Weekend in San Diego as a self-tracking mobile application. Other tabs: Recent News (aggregate of business’ social media), Events (one-time events), and Menu (a business menu/offerings). Breadcrumbs Beginnings. Sean compares the early version to the Mint.com for time-management.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Social Media Technical Review 40

www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Posted on May 31, 2012. Statistically speaking, you’re probably reading it either through a feedreader or on an aggregator like Hacker News. May 31, 2012 at 8:21 am. #. May 31, 2012 at 9:45 am. #. May 31, 2012 at 10:52 am. #. May 31, 2012 at 11:46 am. #. May 31, 2012 at 12:10 pm. #. by Patrick.

Email 54

Email Software Review Software Campaign 54

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2013

But here’s a service that may help: Documents.Me ( www.documents.me ) is a mobile app that aggregates all those important business documents from private, public and email clouds. has been in beta testing since late 2012 after being introduced at DEMO. “Up Documents.Me

Mobile 147

Mobile Cloud Aggregator Security 147

Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

2/ Consolidating Hardware And Time – Another watch-enthusiast brand — Pebble — was unceremoniously folded into Fitbit after launching in 2012 to rabid fanfare. For Fitbit to even maintain that percentage in the face of the Apple freight train is remarkable.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Venture Capital Aggregator Mobile 100

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? In the mean time, best wishes for a safe, happy and healthy 2012. What is the risk-benefit calculus for developing and protecting proprietary technologies vs. buying or licensing them (“ build vs. buy ”)?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

billion smartphone users in 2012. There are 3 steps marketers can follow to start connecting specific users’ mobile and desktop behavior: Aggregate audience data. Aggregate Audience Data. billion smartphone users in 2012. According to Dazeinfo research , there were about 1.13 This number increased by 27.1% in 2013 to 1.43

Mobile 48

Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Allyson met her co-founder Meg Wirth in 2012 when Wirth was working as a consultant for groups like the Rockefeller Foundation and the United Nations. 90 percent of our clients are ordering more than one product at a time, so we’re an aggregator. They don’t have time to go digging around to find all these great innovations; we do.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Sweat Equity Social Media Business Model 60

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My comments on the key findings from the Shareholder Representative Services 2012 M & A Deal Terms Study are in bold: Deal sizes: although the median deal size* rose slightly to $75 million in 2012 from $70 million in 2011, deals $50 million or less grew to 42% of deals in 2012, up from 33% in 2011.

Acquisition 31

Acquisition Merger Dilution Aggregator 31

The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Le Web Paris 2012 has come to an end. Similar to Belgian startup Wondergraphs , the idea is to help make sense of structured data – primarily in a professional context – by visualizing it and letting users aggregate, compare, slice, correlate, share, extract (insert more verbs here) figures of any kind.

SMS 119

SMS Europe France Aggregator 119

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

MasterCard’s Index – which covers Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar – calculates an aggregate score for each country based on three components: basic money management, financial planning and investment.

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Asia Taiwan South Korea Myanmar 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? Author howerl.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Amazingly, nobody has aggregated this data before,” says Coats, who was previously a managing partner at San Diego’s Hamilton Bioventures. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. Biologist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Steve Seitz. of Washington.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Genuine VC

JULY 22, 2012

invested in startups during the second quarter of 2012 (the highest in a decade!) But again, the aggregate numbers are being driven by just a few of the largest macrobrew firms. It must be the best of times for the industry with $8.1B along “… with seed-round venture capital hit[ing] an all-time high ” [According to CB Insights ].

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Aggregator Portfolio Search 164

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

25, 2012: Beh Weng Wei won the grand prize at the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards for his Frambie pitch, which eliminates some of the stress associated with custom picture framing and should be launching in Singapore on June 1, 2012. 9, 2012: Thanks to Emily May’s Hollaback! Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. spent by new customers in 2015, that same group (in aggregate) bought $1.65 2) Impressive cohort growth & stability.

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

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! ► 2012. (1). Also, even if the productivity is increasing, it is still far from the 0.75-1.0 Online Gaming. (1).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. They have aggregated talent into similar locations to learn from each other and made it easier for high-profile mentors to meet many companies at once. These golden days won’t last forever and neither with the accelerator boom.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Sean Fanning developed Napster, one of the first aggregated and user-friendly peer-to-peer music file sharing platforms, when he was just a freshman at Boston’s Northeastern University. In June 2012, Fanning and fellow Napster co-founder Sean Parker launched a new live social video mirco-sharing platform called Airtime.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Earlier this year, one of my posts about my experience working on remote +1200 hours in 2012 got featured in Wired, BuzzFeed, Jezebel, and HackerNews. 1 mom that still is trying to understand what is a “news aggregator”. In other words, this meant a huge traffic increase. 11 minutes server downtime. 21,062 unique visitors.

Email 132

Email Audience API Aggregator 132

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In aggregate, the various revenue streams would continue to support the creation and distribution of high production value content. Interestingly enough, a key theme resonant throughout the evening was the eventual consolidation of the industry.

Business Model 159

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 159

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A check-in aggregation platform. ► 2012. (1). VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) TuneUp - iTunes plug-in that cleans up your music library. FootFeed - The only Day 1 company on my list. Im anti check-in and have been a conscienious objector in the whole category.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Set a Fundraising Goal.

Equity 125

Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. spent by new customers in 2015, that same group (in aggregate) bought $1.65 2) Impressive cohort growth & stability.

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (known as the JOBS Act) into law on April 5, 2012. One highly anticipated provision of the JOBS Act, Title III, is entitled ”Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosure Act of 2012” or the ”CROWDFUND Act.”

SEC 58

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

View from Seed

JANUARY 8, 2015

Similarly, the value of a blog is how much work each post does for you in aggregate. While it was somewhat surprising to see such a simple post generating so much traffic, it was the publish date of the article that really blew me away: October 2012. That post was FOURTEEN months old! At HubSpot, that floor is obviously huge.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Audience Leadership 120