View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). Insurance Companies. The first is a staff constraint.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Definitely a step in the right direction, but the way Zuckerberg stands out as a rare example makes you realize that this isn’t a phenomenon half as common as it should be. Sweden is one of the few countries in the world, where fathers must take at least two months off before the child is 8 years old to receive the government benefits.

India 100

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). Insurance Companies. The first is a staff constraint.

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

I also think it is a reflection of an entire generation waking up to the fact that they can create something themselves, and it is no longer about following a path set by our parents, the government or the declining industrial powers that be. Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. Bring it on. Gee that was a mouthful.)

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

I also think it is a reflection of an entire generation waking up to the fact that they can create something themselves, and it is no longer about following a path set by our parents, the government or the declining industrial powers that be. Having a digital strategy is flawed by definition. Bring it on. Gee that was a mouthful.)

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

In fact, we can expect constant re-definitions of what we thought was right as a new maxim in the coming years. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. You couldn’t increase wages, and that was mandated by the government.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Obviously, I think that in a time like this, this is when we should have a government response, but I don't think there's been enough of a government response focused on funding the things that can get us out of this. SA : I think this is the kind of thing the government's supposed to be good at. ER : Of course.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. Thus, the world’s scientists, medical experts, and governments are in new territory, determining what works and what doesn’t work as each country moves through the peaks and troughs of this pandemic. What is a startup?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. We definitely see continued growth in impact investing beyond what’s captured in the survey,” GIIN CEO Amit Bouri told Karma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

We met a number of policy makers from the White House and State Department, and had a solid Startup2Startup all about government policy and entrepreneurship. In a previous post , I asked readers for suggested topics that the US government needs to know about startups and entrepreneurs, and got some really interesting responses.

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San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Those that are allocated shares have definitive and explicit monetary gain within a 24 hour period of receiving an allocation. Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. If IPOs were priced “fairly” there would simply be no price “pop” to exploit or giveaway.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2016

They mapped out competitive offerings, found that Government funding is not the proper channel for Capella, but did find that the Coast guard is currently in dire need of situational awareness at high resolution and that military customers want access to raw data; commercial customers highly value processed data for actionable insights.

Social Media 135

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2016

They mapped out competitive offerings, found that Government funding is not the proper channel for Capella, but did find that the Coast guard is currently in dire need of situational awareness at high resolution and that military customers want access to raw data; commercial customers highly value processed data for actionable insights.

Social Media 120

Social Media Networking Naming Aggregator 120

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It’s rather thoughtful and definitely worth reading if you haven’t had a chance to yet. 1) The VC Shakeout is 3-4yrs Old, Not 10 – While there was definitely a rough patch for the VC industry in the wake of the early 00′s tech crash, the reality is that much of the last decade was pretty good for the venture biz.

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LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Here are some quick definitions: TAM = your Total Available or Addressable Market (everyone you wish to reach with your product). Instead, they prefer to buy through large distribution companies that aggregate products from lots of suppliers and then make that inventory available to retailers to purchase. Retail Distribution.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

Web Analytics Success Measurement For Government Websites. Aggregation of Marginal Gains: Recession Busting Analytics! " The Definitive Guide To (8) Competitive Intelligence Data Sources! Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets. Web Analytics Standards: 26 New Metrics Definitions.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Remember: All data in aggregate is crap, segment or suck. We focus on the better conversion rate definition, divide it by Visitors (or Users in GA). Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles. I love governments! Web Analytics Success Measurement For Government Websites. A quick best practice.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

The competitions were typically sponsored by large companies, governments, and research institutes. This goes beyond just having a data dictionary for feature definitions. What is Kaggle? Kaggle launched in 2010. It became known as a platform for hosting machine-learning competitions. And, if so, why? Is it random?

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Analytics Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review 94

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Logia has the unique combination of being both a content aggregator and a billing aggregator. Amos Spacecom. Mce Systems.

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Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

As a society we have a generalized trust issue with institutions of all kinds and yes it should concern you as much as it does me because institutions of government, private enterprise, and everything in between form the backbone of society, and the demise of institutions has historically been a leading indicator for the demise of a society.

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Atlanta Aggregator Advertising Audience 44

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

By definition, your sales prospects are online - Savvy online marketing is a core competence (sometimes the only one) of every successful SaaS business. 3) Analyze the aggregated data to determine best practices and benchmarks across your customers. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition).

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

If you would like to move beyond the stupidity, sorry, of last-click: Strategic advice: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. And you can definitely do brand vs non-brand analysis using these options. If you have a lot of them, aggregate them up. Justin Dux. Tag Management. Alexander Velinov.

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Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. Simply because you are going to bump into privacy and government regulations. This is problem for governments, privacy regulators and the public to solve. What's possible to measure.

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Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

And the SBA is basically a government-guaranteed loan that a bank will offer, and it will allow an acquirer, an individual, to buy a business that they couldn’t ordinarily afford. John Warrillow: They haven’t done dis-aggregated or separated their ego, our sense of self-worth and our reason for being from their company.

Entrepreneur 49

Entrepreneur Switzerland Revenue Differentiation 49

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. #10: Before we go too deep, let's get a couple of definitions right first. 11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. All data in aggregate is crap. 12: Almost all reporting is off custom reports. #11:

Analytics 140

Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2018

I think it’s a little bit politicians trying to get a win, and there’s definitely a lot of push back from the consumer side. They don’t know how the Internets work, so the government enforcing this, that’s never gonna happen. There will definitely be some for GDPR. Did you increase the email frequency?

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Marketing Europe Canada Email 65

Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

To spark your curiosity, the visuals I’ve worked hard to find for you cover the US debt, European politics, lynching and slavery, pandemics, movies, gun control, drugs and health, the Chinese economy, and where we spend our lives (definitely review this one!). I’ve said that all data in aggregate is crap. 2: If Complex, Focus!

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