VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Building on my post on ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition) ‘, this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage. The key messages: “This is not a time to panic. Notable tech layoffs (source: Protocol ).

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Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 184

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

So most early-stage VCs have started to evaluate investment opportunities with an imaginary benchmark in mind: can this company become a $100 million opportunity? With this model, user acquisition is generally close to free, and monetization per user is often low (advertising-based or freemium businesses).

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

Follow the money: AngelList has blown open early-stage investments | Wired UK – [link]. Good data on teen use of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others – [link]. Looks like Tumblr is now chasing the native advertising rabbit – [link]. Open-Plan Offices Suck – [link].

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. It will be an improvement over mammography by detecting abnormal cells in an early stage, is radiation-free, and is 2-5 times less expensive than mammographs.

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Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. As importantly, because of the rise of global social networking - Facebook now has 300 million non-U.S. Here’s why: 1.

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Social Network Technical Review Stock Early Stage 63

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Don’t forget to choose a sound business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In the early days of the Internet as an advertising medium the industry organized to create “standard ad units&# for which most media companies would sell their inventory. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. You prefer free AND no advertising.

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Media Advertising Early Stage Algorithm 288

The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box , which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads from clients like Google, Unilever, Volkswagen and Microsoft. What characterizes the Brazilian online advertising market compared to other markets such as the US? What works best there?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

There’re a few reasons why you need a website: Online directories and business listings where you can advertise your company will require a link. When you market your brand using social media, backlinks will lead prospective customers to your website. Consider hiring an accountant at the early stages of your business.

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Startup Social Media Forecast Early Stage 160

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”) You are getting your users to advertise your service for you to their friends. The Cross Post. What is this?

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Thailand Social Network PPC Singapore 167

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2012

Many small businesses don’t bring in large profits when just starting out, so it is important to have the financing available both in the early stages of your business as well as when unexpected costs occur. This could mean advertising in teen magazines or using social networking sites to your advantage.

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Early Stage Social Network Advertising Finance 162

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world. Room 211–212 Sunday, March 11 Social Airbag with Spredfast CEO Rod Favaron Social networks were under fire in 2017 following foreign interference of the 2016 US election.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2016

The good news is that there are also a ton of online resources that can help you get started and (hopefully) steer clear of common early-stage missteps. For all the new freedoms and exciting milestones that entrepreneurship brings, there are also a number of unexpected road bumps that come up along the way.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Early Stage Social Network Acquisition 124

BeyondVC

APRIL 11, 2007

As a VC that invests in early stage companies, part of my job is to discover new opportunities and business models. Luckily most of my children’s time is spent doing their own things and less on the social networking aspect of the community. Webkinz is another virtual world for kids but with a twist.

Software Review 60

Software Review Technical Review Social Network Vesting 60

Eric Friedman

MAY 9, 2019

In any early stage environment there are typically limited development cycles, budgets, and overall resources to get things done. This was warranted because the network was growing, consumers were happy, and this is “what social networks did” so I was the very vocal minority. Great prospects right?

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Revenue Warrant Early Stage Cofounder 60

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2011

Yet the blogosphere is abuzz with how Facebook usage rates and advertising effectiveness are already starting to plateau. So we are left with that sinking feeling that this whole social networking advertising space may be just one giant bubble waiting to burst….

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Investment Bankers United States Early Stage Advertising 102

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS).

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San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g. With traffic proliferating towards the far reaches of the net (way down the long tail, if you will), advertisers are having a more difficult time reaching these corners.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g. With traffic proliferating towards the far reaches of the net (way down the long tail, if you will), advertisers are having a more difficult time reaching these corners.

Web 100

Web Widget Philadelphia Social Network 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! This never existed a decade ago.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Its goal is to introduce entrepreneurs to investors and simplify the process of early-stage business. It can also be used to design the email newsletters and share them to various social networking sites. You can use this for digital marketing solution to advertise your company. Figure 4 Source: The Tech Portal.

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Open Source Startup Cofounder Analytics 74

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Great points, though your bio does read “Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including … a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode!” But it’s ultimately users who will determine if the market is ready for social media driven two way search and advertising.

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Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 13, 2021

In the early stages of Google, search was seen as a terrible way of making money in advertising. But Google of course stuck with it—and rewrote the rules of online advertising. My friend Mark Pincus tells a good “honest no” story around a previous venture, the social network called Tribe.

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Networking Early Stage Cofounder Advertising 28

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

No salaries, at first, but we did a lot ourselves and then did a lot as trade and/or on an advertising basis. Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too. www.fantasysportsmatrix.cm.a

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Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. But it goes beyond just widgets and social networks.

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Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

It’s no joke that your users are your best advertisers. Especially in the early stages, keeping a relationship with your customers can be paid off exponentially, not only in overall engagement but with extremely valuable word of mouth marketing. Users who love your product (cheap or free). Masterful onboarding (cheap).

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. But it goes beyond just widgets and social networks.

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Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. the move to networks) amplified that value considerably. Be decisive and ship.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I do have one investment in a company that has developed a platform for in game mobile advertising - Greystripe. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Maybe if you have a MAC, but Ive never gotten that kind of stability out of my PC. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program! Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly. It’s easier (but still hard) when you’re running a small, early-stage organization.

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Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an early-­stage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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