Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. It’s not as though nobody’s heard of Facebook before, yet Yahoo! hardly tried to deal with Facebook on this issue outside the court system.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? . Across the NextView portfolio and in discussing this topic more broadly, we’ve found that funding announcements are rarely good customer acquisition channels. You get the idea.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

We never seek any rights to give Amex preferential treatment at the time of a potential acquisition. There is a possibility that Amex may explore acquisitions within the Amex Ventures portfolio, but those discussions will be on market terms similar to those with other potential acquirers.”. They invest alongside financial VCs.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

You know Robert talks about BabyCenter.com from Johnson and Johnson all the time and how they created this standalone media property that enables them to not only sell more of their stuff but to create more products and services that they never thought was possible. John Jantsch: Because social media marketing requires content.

Cost 37

Cost Marketing Audience Media 37

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

These huge companies put pricing and margin pressure on the category, and about a year from the acquisition, Cisco shut down the Flip business altogether. But eventually two syndicates emerged. Both syndicates competed on the distribution and marketing that they could bring to the table.

Pre-Money Valuation 167

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Instead, buyers are self-directed, gathering information from social media, websites, webinars, and online events. Manage a marketing budget that will drive the most qualified leads through paid programs such as content syndication, pay-per-click, and events. The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 20, 2015

If you just need the money, stick unknown angels in an AngelList Syndicate so they have more limited information rights. 10x Angels gather info about the market from non-media sources and only contact the team when it’s actionable, such as “Hey, this PhD was talking about you guys on his blog. Avoid these folks.

Cap Table 48

Cap Table Warrant Syndicate Syndication 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

They’re having conversations with colleagues, researching on social media, and listening to podcasts about the product or industry and learning where your brand fits in. Social media platforms (e.g., The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg.

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. This is different from companies like Google and Yahoo! Ergo, Zynga spends more like $250 million on Facebook ads.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This will improve customer lifetime value (CLTV), making customer acquisition costs (CAC) healthier. The majority of these interactions are self-guided from sources including social media, syndicated content, and industry-specific resources. Cross-selling can be a powerful tool for retention and acquisition. Conclusion.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

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). The pipeline of companies in registration has continued to grow. What’s Your Favorite Future?

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Would that be perceived as “better enough” to get them to change their media consumption behavior? Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use. One of many tests they tried was to move to a subscription service.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

They also did a lot of self-directed research checking all sorts of sources, from social media to syndicated content to category- or industry-specific resources.” – Beth Caplow, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester [via Forrester ].

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

AOL INC BUYS ISRAEL’S 5MIN MEDIA START UP FOR $65 MLN. “5min Media is the perfect complement to our powerful video capabilities&# – Tim Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AOL. the New York-based Internet company spun off from Time Warner Inc., in August 2010. in August 2010.

United Kingdom 96

United Kingdom Austria Global 96

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

MediaMind president and CEO Gal Trifon noted that the acquisition by DG would provide the Israeli company with the added scale and resources to continue to grow its platform and enhance the services it provides its customers. Following the acquisition, Trifon will become DG’s chief digital officer.

Balance Sheet 90

Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Transformify

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Are the job listings syndicated with external job boards? Usually, some job listings are syndicated for free and receive limited traffic, while others are syndicated at a fee and receive much more targeted traffic. There are also ATS providers that do not syndicate job listings with external job boards at all.

Hiring 95

Hiring Syndicate Syndication Social Media 95

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. So with DataSift I’m doubling down.

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Tunisia Syndicate 307