Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

The former includes the Twitters, Facebooks, Linkedins, Tesla Motors of the World and the latter is the 95% of companies (B2B SaaS, Semiconductors, Cap Equipment, Biotech, MedTech, etc) that need to be marketed (Supply Push) by legions of brokers. Specifically, too much money has gone into VC-backed Internet companies at too high a valuation.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S. Who We Are.

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

But unfortunately there’s no magic formula… not getting X million users if you’re a consumer facing startup, or Y customers if you’re B2B SaaS startup, or Z revenue, or whatever. But these five tenets can help internet / software entrepreneurs increase their prospects. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

According to an interview with Elon Musk, this campaign cost Paypal about $60 million , which most Silicon Valley historians would consider money well spent. Silicon Valley founders and executives routinely say, “well the banker said we have to do this, or we can’t do that.” The others are all B2B companies.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms. Thanks for your work.

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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. great web customer acquisition tutorials. Internet trends. Internet TV. silicon valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

And the way that Entrepreneur First is finding founders, bringing them together, matching them together, and having that sponsor B2B business ideas. In fact, when you look at it, you say, “Ok, well, what are the early-stage consumer internet investments?” Now by the way, I’ll do an asterix. Reid: Again, it’s not really a formula.

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