Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company. Sound familiar? So when they buy something… it’s meaningful.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 115

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company. Sound familiar? So when they buy something… it’s meaningful.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 100

Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

The five conditions for a Series A financing which he enumerated are: a core team ready to scale, demonstrable market size, repeatable cost effective customer acquisition, metric momentum, and plausible monetization. Generate Real Revenue. For B2B startups especially, revenue is the best signal of product-market fit.

Seed Capital 212

Seed Capital Metrics Cofounder Revenue 212

Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

But in the particular case of our portfolio company TapCommerce , which yesterday announced its acquisition by Twitter a mere two years after the company’s founding ( more details ), there have been some key lessons which I’ll meaningfully take away from my experience in working with Brian Long , Samir Mirza , and Andrew Jones.

Founder 142

Founder Syndicate Syndication Mobile 142

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

Distribution 103

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

Distribution 100

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100