Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Many believe that their margins will erode from 40-50% over time due to competition, merchant fatigue, or other factors. 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. June 5, 2011.

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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!

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Breadcrumbs was conceived in June 2012 at Startup Weekend in San Diego as a self-tracking mobile application. Soon thereafter, Breadcrumbs was accepted into San Diego’s tech incubator, EvoNexus. Other tabs: Recent News (aggregate of business’ social media), Events (one-time events), and Menu (a business menu/offerings).

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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. Technologies we used. Rajivs blog. RSS Archive.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the lag in GAAP revenue recognition, the Q4 09 revenues are indicating an increased productivity in Q3 2009 (we have unfortunately to look backward due to the GAAP revenue recognition model), but the trend is very encouraging. ► 2012. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Small and medium businesses. (2).

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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.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. A check-in aggregation platform. Labels: #democon , DEMO , tech conferences , vuvuzela. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. I spent the past couple of days at the conference and certainly felt like it. There wasnt a lot of buzz in the air.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This will be changing next year, however, because of a new law called the JOBS Act of 2012 , which establishes a new, limited type of Crowdfunding for small companies and non-Accredited investors. Subject to specific rules and dollar limits (10% of your income in aggregate for all investments per year, etc.) Once the U.S.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. ► 2012. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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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. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members. So, here goes.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

26 September 2012. Things like business white-papers or product reviews are perfect examples of informational traffic. This traffic has significantly more value than topical traffic, and excels at attracting endemic advertisers in the key verticals of travel, auto, tech, financial services, real estate and pharma, to name a few.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Potential partnerships with media and telecom giants make it attractive enough though, and hopefully there will be cross polination between the Israeli startups and the great tech cluster in London.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012. The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. Cashflow is the other key metric.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012. Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B ► 2012. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. I attended yesterday the 10th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends organized by the Churchill Club at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. ► 2012. (1).

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. Girls in Tech. Ad Serving Technology. Analytics review â?? Seed Startups. Wireframes. Mockingbird.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. “The tech industry creates roughly 10 awesome companies per year,” he says. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch. November 29, 2012. PandoDigest.

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