Version One Ventures

JUNE 18, 2019

The business model of Google and Facebook (collect as much data as possible about users for highly targeted advertising) is under attack. Even more important, limiting how much user data you are allowed to collect and share with partners caps the upside of strong algorithms and the quality of (data) products. And that’s important.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. What does that mean?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

You should give out coupons direct to consumers as they pass by on the days leading up to the event, and can also promote the coupon on social media and in your advertising efforts. This is also a very low-cost form of advertising, and there are plenty of ways for businesses to set up great coupon strategies through various platforms.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Audio advertising matures – In Carat Trends 2021 the media agency expects there to be a significant increase in audio advertising as both brands and platforms realise its value and power. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). credit App Annie. social media.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

Nadella’s efforts to reboot Microsoft positions the company to more effectively engage with channel partners and enterprise customers. The new company structure and “cloud first, mobile first” messaging will take some time to fully resonate with partners and customers, but will continue to more tightly align Microsoft’s internal structure.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2019

Many small businesses muddle through as best they can, but ultimately you are going to want to partner with a dedicated marketing agency. As well as having a trail of successful campaigns behind them, your marketing partners should also be able to demonstrate to you that they still have that expertise in the here and now.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors. In addition to getting plugged into the ecosystem’s network, the first role of the Outpost is to partner. In what order?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. Here’s my take: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Evaluate the media venues where you advertise to check if you’re comfortable with their biases. Speak with your media spend partners when you see coverage that you think is unfair, unbalanced, misleading, or offensive. Partner with other concerned executives. C) Outreach to your employees and community.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. IPOs dried up.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

This oversight resulted in a missed opportunity to collect primary user data—a cornerstone for the digital advertising business that tech giants like Facebook and Google capitalised on. One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2013

I was officially trained in graphic design and advertising but with a strong passion in art since young. After graduating from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in digital media design, I have spent a year in Tokyo working for the game company tri-Ace/Square-Enix, and then set up IFS with my current partners.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

For any business, affiliate marketing offers excellent opportunities to scale without large advertising budgets. From my experience being an affiliate marketer, I can confidently say that even one successful affiliate can draw more traffic and sales than a highly effective online advertising or traditional marketing campaign.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Sequoia’s “Adapting to Endure” Sequoia presented this deck to a group of portfolio founders and it quickly spread online to founders worldwide. We may see many VC funds increase their reserves strategies to triage their portfolio through this high-bar Series A environment. Notable tech layoffs (source: Protocol ).

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Clypd – Video Advertising (backed by Atlas, DataPoint, Boston Seed). Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company).

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Some days I had the worst portfolio, other days I had the best. You could get your first few hundred customers through GoogleAds, or Facebook ads, or affiliate sales, or targeted outbound sales, or partnering with a high-profile reseller, or great press about your unique brand and message, or other ways. Like startups.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yesterday Forward Investment Partners (FIP) hosted an event on the TV advertising for our portfolio companies and close friends.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

Half our portfolio is consumer. We pulled together a lineup of A-list speakers, healined by TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah, and Spark Capital founder and partner Bijan Sabet, among other very talented entrepreneurs and thinkers. Some say it’s a marketing and story-telling problem.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

The two Data Collective managing partners, who are currently raising fund number two, tell me that the timing is right for a fund committed exclusively to Big Data companies, as the barriers to entry in launching these sorts of startups are only getting lower. The partners are currently in the middle of successfully raising their second fund.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

Is Flipboard a partner or a competitor for publishers and content creators? Is Native Advertising an It Girl? 35 Creative Print Brochure Designs For Advertising – [link]. 25 Creative Advertisements | Vandelay Design Blog – [link]. Creative Advertising Posters | Design | Graphic Design Junction – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

As far as my research shows so far, it’s the only social network that endeavors to give artists of all kinds not only a venue for collaborating within or across genres, along with the tools to do it, but it also provides members with their own portfolio/blog and multiple, built-in ways to monetize their own original content.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 92

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Mike Yavonditte, CEO, Hashable.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

My partners and I have written extensively about this thematic approach on the Foundry Group blog: [link]. Foundry Group is an advertising start-up "bull" it would appear. What is Foundry Group’s investment philosophy? You’ve invested in AdMeld, Triggit, Lijit, Medialets and Trada among others in the ad space.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

But Bazaarvoice actually has a working network effect that benefits all participants: retailers, brands that sell through those retailers, consumers that shop at those brands and retailers, and Bazaarvoice and some of its partners. I wrote about this in detail in my first annual shareholders letter after Bazaarvoice became a public company.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Advertise Advertise. Every VC will tell you that they will take meetings with 100% of the companies that their existing portfolio founders recommend. At first, we tend to see the business and our partners at their best, full of promise, and cant conceive that they will ever be anything but their best. Entertainment.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. I asked him about his customer acquisition strategy and heard the word "advertising" a lot: Facebook advertising. Google Adwords advertising. They are still very small, but have some validation.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. You should be doing television advertising.” Reid, the game is engagement and advertising.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising” Future Forward and Nantucket Conference – Two high quality, invite only conferences for tech leaders and executives, both increasingly open to bringing in young blood. Led by serial entrepreneur Mike Baker.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The creator economy offers independence and the ability to monetise fan’s attention in a variety of ways (as opposed to advertising/sponsorship only), but the road to get there is riddled with challenges. “The Creator economy is in crisis, now lets fix it”, Li Jin’s newsletter. This is where new startups can help.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. We believe that opting-out of advertising should be an easy, common and legitimate alternative for ad-intolerant users, provided that the content provider can remain as profitable. Screenz - Company Website.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

So, always include a compelling summary page with visual elements that “advertise” your company. This gives the attendees another reason to come, allows him to advertise his business, and sets the stage for your pitch. However, no one will read past the first page unless they’ve already made somewhat of a gut decision to read further.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. In at least one case, one of my portfolio companies wasn’t able to source the parts they would have really wanted because Apple had locked up the entire supply chain for that part!

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48