Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Again there’s three fundamental ways to make money in consumer-facing internet businesses: you can sell people stuff in a physical realm (e-commerce), you can indirectly monetize consumer attention (media or ad-based), or you can provide online software & services that consumers pay for (premium services).

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

The average American’s daily commute is just under an hour (round trip), so in aggregate that’s potentially a lot of incremental time when they might be doing email, web surfing, playing games, or communicating with friends. Also if driving wasn’t time-consuming or stressful (e.g.

Internet 153

Internet Caching Aggregator Audio 153

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). The pipeline of companies in registration has continued to grow. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

That phrase means different things to different folks, but broadly speaking we’re now in an era where there’s vast amounts of data “exhaust” being generated by a wide range of activity… from consumer web browsing patterns to financial trading to social media content to purchasing behavior.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113