Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

I’m always a fan of investors who write consistently, while blending personal experience and utility, versus just content marketing. For example, we had a hybrid work schedule starting in 2012. When I was a founder, it was such a powerful way of supporting portfolio companies. As to “why Canada?”, M/W/F in the office.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

by Annie Tsai, author of ” The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ Are your customers “connected consumers”? To drive home the point, Nielsen’s 2012 social media report reveals that: • Forty-seven percent of social media users engage in social care (i.e.,

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. They market and they sell. Well, at the very heart of the marketing and selling problem is the concept of lead generation. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? market cap or even Salesforce at $17.5B Portfolio. (3). at 8:15 PM.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 59

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., Great companies have been founded during downturns and Bessemer sees a lot of investment opportunity in the current market environment," said Ed Colloton, Chief Operating Officer of Bessemer Venture Partners. Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. There are 2.9 billion by 2014.

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Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

E-commerce continues to grow worldwide, according to the Global E-Commerce Index by A.T. The global market volume is estimated to grow 18 percent, up to €994 billion, by the end of 2015. Contrary what is commonly believed, just making translations into the target market’s language is not enough. Human Resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing productivity. However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity. at 6:14 PM.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Labels: internet , sales and marketing. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10).

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Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review RSS Europe 63

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. The videos can be watched at Bessemer Online Marketing Portal (the other materials are not public). Labels: internet , Portfolio. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. at 8:53 PM.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! at 12:41 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

After Google buying Postini, the SaaS M&A market continues to be full of surprises. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2014

At the same time, it is not well-understood outside its historical sweet spot markets such as publishing and clothing manufacturing. That is changing, and more global arenas like freight, farming, staffing, oil exploration and all manner of manufacturing are leveraging its simplicity as a powerful cash management tool.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

range where you would expect companies to start pumping more investment in sales and marketing to drive growth 3) Focus on profitability It is interesting to see that the improving sales and marketing productivity is not pushing companies to be more optimistic on their top line but on their bottom line. Portfolio. (3).

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Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

This video is a very smart viral marketing initiative from Cardo Systems , a provider of bluetooth headsets and it reached more than 6m eyeballs (this number includes the different versions of the video as well as the videos of people trying the experience to show it is a scam!). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10).

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Software Review Technical Review Viral Europe 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. How long will the downturn last?

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Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

As the first segment to emerge in scale and the most application oriented, SaaS has lead the market to date with the largest market size, highest gross margins, and highest per-seat pricing. 2 comments: Peter Cohen Managing Partner, SaaS Marketing Strategy Advisors. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. September 4th, 2012. Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns. September 4th, 2012 7:05 am. September 4th, 2012 7:21 am. September 4th, 2012 7:33 am. User Experience. UI Design. E-Commerce. WP Word Press. Essentials. Techniques. By Christian Holst.

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

How are public SaaS companies doing in such a volatile market? To answer this question, I have created the SaaS 13 Index, defined as the sum of the market cap of the 13 pure SaaS vendors quoted on the Nasdaq. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Global warming: a plague for humanity?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New funds have popped up in increasing numbers over the last few years – but I saw gaps in the market that needed to be filled. There is still a lot of work ahead, but the market has been overwhelmingly responsive to the original thesis. And…I wanted to have fun and work with great people while doing so.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New funds have popped up in increasing numbers over the last few years – but I saw gaps in the market that needed to be filled. There is still a lot of work ahead, but the market has been overwhelmingly responsive to the original thesis. And…I wanted to have fun and work with great people while doing so.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review Europe 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Here is the short list for your 2007 travel time: Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing: My daily starter - a five minutes overview of the latest technology news and trends plus a rundown on technology stocks on the move MarketWatch Morning Stock Talk : A 5mn snapshot of how the stock market is doing CNET Daily Tech News : The daily news from CNET.

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Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Is the Zune going to dent Apples disproportionate share of the online music market? Labels: anecdotes , sales and marketing. Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. IDES is an analytics enhancement for fraud prevention systems addressing the credit card fraud market. At the end of the session, each left with specific action items. IDES Technologies. Photo by mjamesno.

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