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MAY 25, 2013

This happens at acquisition time, too. I use analytics. .” This wrung true with me. Great VCs create the fabric of their success by backing the best entrepreneurs they have access to and then helping them to lean on the scales. The best VCs know the buyers and can help guide and manage the process. This one is probably true.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

We have an analytics platform that helps advertisers discover information about the demographics of the follower base and the effectiveness of their campaigns. This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple. If you want to read more of my views on this topic I’ve covered it here and here.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. It fuels our bonus payments, our quarterly earnings, our growth rate, our value at acquisition time.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. provides you.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity in our business lives – The average tech startup these days spends time talking with colleagues & investors about a multitude of things: customer acquisition, viral adoption, raising capital, hiring / firing employees, product features, technology trends, marketing / branding, and on and on. So I thought I would.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Online video: is Hulu’s inventory really “sold out” as they often claim? These are both either “remnant” or free ad types.

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JULY 10, 2011

Finally, DataSift has an enormous about of historical data already stored we we can help you go back and retrieve some older data for analytical purposes. has now made these analytics available to the public. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. million followers).

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