VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. In the past two decades, Amazon invested in, or acquired more than 128 companies. Commercial and partnerships.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B. So I just consider affiliate marketing, part of this greater ecosystem of partnership marketing now, which includes influencer and B2B and aspects of business development.

Marketing 90

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 90

Rob Go

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In our own portfolio, we’ve made a few investments here. B2B and especially SMB SaaS: We see B2B and especially SMB software to be a large and attractive category. But there is another major force around the engineering of physical products becoming much more software-like. Bonus: Convergence of physical and digital.

B2B 62

B2B Internet Vertical Early Stage 62

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A secondary, under-appreciated, challenge is that search engines value freshness of content. It is also immensely beneficial for search engine optimization (great content, delivered fresh, every day!). Acquisition is everything we do to attract traffic. many teams for acquisition. And so on and so forth. So fix that.

Analytics 154

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? Really fun stuff, really long- term strategic implications.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. How should you decide which one of these acquisition sources you should invest in more? how can you figure out which acquisition channel is more important? Identify the Real Business Profitability Point: B2B.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Then there is Agile for engineering. If you want to grow your business, you are going to need content/engagement points for the See stage (the widest possible addressable audience) and for the Think stage (fill up your funnel at the very top, convince people early, build relationships, convert higher at a cheaper acquisition cost).

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

This isn’t true for every single one of our portfolio companies, but in at least half, we had a thesis about why this company had some sort of unfair advantage or head-start when it comes to getting their product out into the market. But this time, I gave a different answer. We tend to favor companies that have a “distribution advantage”.

Distribution 66

Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Go to the B2B dancing monkey video (what!). Step #2: How good is the acquisition strategy? No company in the Milky Way has succeeded without having a balanced portfolio of acquisition channels (fancy word for source of traffic). What to look for: I am really looking for a balanced portfolio of traffic sources.

Web 139

Web Analytics eCommerce Campaign 139

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. upfront acquisition cost, making the CLTV equal to $2.5-$0.7= means a $0.7

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Email campaign ideas, content improvement, behavior targeting, testing product prices , hiring a supposedly awesome consultant, using offline calls to action, measuring impact of television on the web, opening a twitter account of a B2B business, doing… Anything you can think of I can do it. Usually for free. Usually at least a test.

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Engineering & Accounting Svcs. Business Services (B2B). "Were just getting more light on the entrepreneurial process," he says. Amusement & Recreation.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Dasur’s solution is based on a unique, patented pattern recognition engine. Cellint provides the best road traffic information service world wide.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53