View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Entrepreneurs should know their audience, and most importantly, how savvy it is about the company’s particular market segment.” Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? Your pitch deck is central to fundraising success.

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

More traditional and comprehensive programs often require 5–8% of common stock, but often provide between $20K and $100K up-front as well. Market Focus. Some accelerators are very up-front and overt about their market focus: biotech, energy tech, transportation, etc. Anti-Dilution. Know that some accelerators do the same.

Dilution 48

Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Tomorrow we’ll know Twitter’s market cap definitively, at least near term. Since they upped their IPO pricing range to $23-25/share the offering will imply a market cap of $12-14B, but where it will stand after the first day of trading is anyone’s guess and most of the guesses are $15-20B+. Growth IPOs Are Back.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

Start Up Blog

MARCH 29, 2020

Many of the parts that make an economy are real – like people – but much of it is just aggregated concepts for which measurements are possible. Even B2B enterprises are just facilitating actions that end up with consumer demand. The market will start to ask what’s the yield and base their decisions on that.

Government 87

Government Australia Denmark Balance Sheet 87

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

Masterful design, branding and marketing. As a Digital Marketing Evangelist you can imagine how much that pains me. There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. Shows me again if the product is in stock. We are surrounded by incredible digital experiences. It says Continue securely.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

That then takes us down the very best way to answer that question, to use the five-step process to build out the Digital Marketing and Measurement Model. For example, your company is shifting aggressively into leveraging Machine-Learning in your marketing strategies and hence have made a shift to Smart Display Campaigns a huge priority.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

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). I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100