YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

If we look through the statistics, it’ll show us that mobile phones are gradually becoming more and more popular. They follow the way of websites: a couple of decades ago having a page in the internet was considered to be luxury, though now you cannot surprise customers with online presence. Idea vs. real app.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Hipchat – Intra-company chat with history (+mobile). Expensify – Expense processing (+mobile). Pivotal Tracker – Engineering planning, tracking, task assignments (+mobile). Mobile Application Management. Github – Source code control, code change discussion (+mobile). Administration.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

billion, and by 2017, nearly half of global mobile users are likely to own a smartphone. Band-aiding a mobile experience is no longer a possible solution, as 70% of mobile searches lead to action on a website within 1 hour of searching. The Mobile Gap & The Problems It Causes. This number increased by 27.1%

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In the past week, Rakuten , a Japanese e-commerce company, bought Viber , a mobile messaging video app, for $900M; and Facebook bought WhatsApp , a mobile messaging app with 450M active monthly users globally (almost entirely outside of the US), for a deal that could be worth $19B after earnouts. Why this acquisition?

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following an acquisition of Performable). Mike Baker – CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2020

Rising customer acquisition costs—especially on ad platforms—have also put weaker brands with lower conversion rates out of business. But in 2020, the number of online sales coming from mobile is 49.2%. Bolt has optimized the checkout process, especially on mobile, across millions of user experiences. Image source ).

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

Software Review 113

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Haystack

JUNE 25, 2018

What does a massive telco do to follow up an $85B acquisition of Time Warner? exits like that of GitHub to Microsoft make the big waves, acquisitions like that of AT&T buying AppNexus can feel, relatively speaking, small — but that would be a mistake to perceive it that way. Spend about $1.6-$2.0B on AppNexus, of course.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2014

No travel is required wither, just a strong Internet connection. Aircraft acquisitions and resolving engineering issues are also high on the list. Regardless of the service used, they can all participate in the online meetings, from their desktop, laptop or mobile device. Discussing Airline Issues.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

David Cancel – Co-founder/CEO of Driftt (Co-founder/CEO of Performable at the time he first joined our group of advisors, after which he became HubSpot’s Chief Product Officer following and acquisition of Performable.). internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView? from SaaS to e-commerce, ad-tech to mobile. ?.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Carpe Diem. The New Exits. Here’s how: Order of Battle.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Yet, even though our team had experience with several previous successful acquisitions, after the initial rush of excitement, the hard reality of bringing together two separate entities set in. Integrating an acquisition is difficult in the best of circumstances and can often fail to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

See the Internet and now the mobile ecosystems are one, big competitive playground where globally some of the smartest minds are focused on how to make money by driving user growth better, faster and cheaper than others. Doesn’t.

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Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ve been doing some thinking about the future of cars and the impact of the internet. I started jotting this down about a month ago but Google’s acquisition of Waze was a good prompt to finish off this post. But to me infotainment is really just a small part of the internet connected car story.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006. Waze – $966 million, 2013.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows that over 42% of internet users worldwide now use ad blockers to reduce how much advertising they see. While there’s nothing you can do about there being too many ads on the internet, ad irrelevance, intrusiveness, and size are all elements to consider. Ad blockers. User privacy. Take The Economist.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Topics covered in the panel discussions and closed door sessions will revolve around innovations in Asia, a look at merger and acquisition deals in Asia, as well as clean and green technologies. Chua Sock Koong, Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , amongst others. “It’s the next space to watch.”

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2024

For example, the mobile wave was enabled by core telecom infrastructure and high-speed wireless capabilities as well as the device infrastructure of smartphones. Different innovation waves overlap and compound one another (cloud + mobile for example).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2013

Coupled with the rise of SOLOMO – Social, Local and Mobile - companies should tap on these socio-psychological attributes to generate revenue through social commerce. Flip the Funnel : Harness your happy customers to be a volunteer sales force, deploying them as your customer acquisition team.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2015

Mobile is opening the door for designing new experiences that compliment a brand’s physical presence. Essentially, mobile product development and device-appropriate customer experience design are converging; people are spending more time on their mobile devices than ever before and expect more from their interaction with businesses.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] leehower.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. First, my students are confused about who to talk to and how to think about funding their consumer internet startups.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2012

Mobile advertising is a hot market right now. Evidenced most recently by the IPO of mobile advertising network Millennial and Singtel’s $321m acquisition of Amobee. Mary Meeker just released her annual 100+ page slide deck of internet trends, and three of those show why everyone is so excited about mobile advertising.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I help internet companies make money. Vince: Digiday Mobile and Digiday Social Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? I need help on this as well. :) Vince: It’s hard sometimes to not sound like a guy trying to sell nine watches up and down his arm. I usually.just focus on revenue. People understand that.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea , a company committed to helping entrepreneurs and businesses build, market and monetize their mobile apps. Building a mobile app startup is the “I want to build an Internet startup” of the late 1990s. The only difference is, this time, there is no bubble waiting to burst.

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