Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

I recently had the privilege of assembling an all-star group of media executives in Beverly Hills to discuss the challenges they face in distributing, monetizing and delivering their video content. In aggregate, the various revenue streams would continue to support the creation and distribution of high production value content.

Business Model 150

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. What Do VC’s Do?

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

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. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

A marketing/PR agency may have a flashy portfolio that impresses you with their big name clients, but for a startup or small business, paying thousands each month to such an agency isn’t going to be good bang for your (limited) buck. Traditional distribution services no longer work. Expensive Agencies. Press Release Wires.

PR 145

PR Small Business SEO Warrant 145

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Aggregated search engine level analysis. The reason I love the above view is that for each channel, I'm able to present our management team a simple, yet powerful, understanding of the contribution of our marketing channels – including search. Where we are out of luck is taking things down from here to the keyword level.

Search 154

Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

Austin Startup

JANUARY 13, 2018

A week and a half later, we’re in a good rhythm and things are pretty manageable. Crypto is a bubble, and while I understand the value in a decentralized and distributed ledger, I believe the near-term economic impact of the actual blockchain technology is <10% of the current aggregate crypto market cap.

Austin 48

Austin Aggregator Portfolio Distribution 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Editor’s note: Robert Wiltbank, PhD , is a professor at Willamette University, where he and Wade Brooks run an angel investing fund managed by second-year MBA students. Second, a portfolio of investments, even in angel investing, is a great approach. The distribution of returns from the different U.S. and the U.K.,

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Lisa Edgar, Managing Director at fund of funds Top Tier Capital Partners , observed: “It’s not surprising that venture capitalists are using software to help manage their business.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

But how do we distribute credit for the conversions across all those channels? The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. At this point you should educate your management team on this specificity. " So on, and so forth.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Short run manufacturing is getting cheaper and cheaper due to robot manufacturing and improved supply chain management techniques. A number of factors are combining that enable faster product iteration in hardware. 3D printing is reducing the cost of prototyping. 3D printing is reducing the cost of prototyping.

Open Source 102

Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

The latter is particularly useful as an aggregated view for senior executives. The change required based on this data is not just your marketing portfolio re-allocation, that is almost trivial, what' bigger, huger, crazy-harder is changing how your company thinks. Try it when you are in the Store demo account. Take a break.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 11, 2014

Offer portfolios  Many different people like to showcase their work online. Now there are free portfolio tools for almost every type of individual. Once a site is successful in gaining users for their free portfolio tool, you end up having solved your initial supply challenge. Find aggregators. See: Gigwalk.

Aggregator 101

Aggregator Curation Demand Portfolio 101

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

You can accomplish these goals: ~ Get an optimal understanding of what kind of people you ended up attracting to your website (look at primary purpose & distribution). You can measure this at an aggregate level, or you can measure it just for your campaign traffic. In the above case that is clearly not true. Sounds dicey!! :)).

Campaign 128

Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 128

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Start with models like Time Decay and Position Based to understand what the conversion portfolio might look like (last two columns above) and create hypotheses about what a better budget allocation might look like. Roll that out to your entire portfolio (or to a subset as a controlled experiment) and measure conversion improvements.

Analytics 124

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

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 do this by combining elastic cloud computing abilities, powerful and efficient service management tools, and a wide range of enabled experiences – far exceeding video streaming. Craze - Company Website.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.”

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Gordonsville, Virginia-based PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter store-brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retailers in the mass, club, grocery and drug channels in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM. Net-Aye is a subsidiary of Bar-Tec Ltd.

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

How many people did we manage to get to our site? I wonder what the distribution looks like? at a level of aggregation or granularity you need, and send it into your digital analytics tools. Now you have excellent context for making smarter decisions about the full-value of each acquisition channel in your portfolio.

Metrics 159

Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. #10: An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." 11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. All data in aggregate is crap. That is worth fighting for.

Analytics 140

Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Ceedo Technologies – Founded in 2005, Ceedo AppCenter allows fixed and mobile operators to deliver PC software applications over the web to the subscriber’s desktop, to manage those applications remotely and us the platform to provide additional services direct to the PC. A turnkey solution based on a fully telco-grade platform.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Its i-nigma solution comprises of a mobile multi-barcode reader application and an integrated platform for managing barcode services. This allows customers to create, manage and track processes that include tagging of physical objects using barcodes. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd. Flash Networks.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53