David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. How many through affiliate deals? How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? You Manage What you Measure. How many through SEM?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

To not have it as an active part of your marketing portfolio is sub-optimal. Measure retention rate over time in aggregate – or for optimal health, segment retention rate – and measure it for the various objectives you have set for your email marketing program. Is email a key part of your marketing portfolio?

Metrics 137

Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 137

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. affiliate and referral marketing on the web. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. aggregation. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage. social networks. Social News.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Analyzing data in aggregate is a crime. When you look at all that in aggregate you get nothing. Most search portfolios (Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization) have a unhealthy obsessions with our brand terms. For a social networking site, do people under brand terms show a higher Visitor Loyalty or lower?

Analytics 105

Analytics Web Search Non-Compete 105