Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity. But these long-term LPs are by definition using active managers in search of alpha (i.e.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Monetate Mobile adds mobile-native navigation, search, GPS store location, cart access and more, to any site, overnight. VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. Users type a search query into their search bar and Google knows the “purchase intent” of the customer.

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

Venture Capital Issues. Early stage Venture Capital for medical device startups has dried up. The amount of capital being invested in new device companies is at an 11 year low. Venture Capital. Because device IPOs are rare, and M&A is much tougher, liquidity for investors is hard to find.

Startup 294

Startup Venture Capital Lean IPO 294

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2018

No wonder the most successful Google products, other than search, have been acquisitions of startups not internal products: YouTube, Android, DoubleClick, Keyhole (Google Maps), Waze were started and run by entrepreneurs. tax rate for individuals making over $100,000 was 70% and 90% (taxes on capital gains fluctuated between 20% and 25%.)

Entrepreneur 336

Entrepreneur Business Model Capital Gains Aggregator 336

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The 15 Best Startup Accelerators in the U.S. ” Think of that challenge like competing for limited venture capital. As evidence that it does work, TechCrunch recently aggregated the combined valuation of YCombinator graduates at $14.4

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Incubator Silicon Valley Startup Small Business Administration 247

Genuine VC

JULY 22, 2012

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen extremely positive headlines about the surge in VC fundings like “ Venture Capital Hits Highest Level Since Dot-Com Bubble.” along “… with seed-round venture capital hit[ing] an all-time high ” [According to CB Insights ]. It must be the best of times for the industry with $8.1B

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Aggregator Portfolio Search 164

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. What drives people to Metacafe? (41:30-42:00).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.

Illinois 165

Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

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San Diego Los Angeles Southern California Aggregator 159

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! Venture Capital. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Explore Venture Capital.

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Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Most importantly, the phrase “ bootstrapping a startup ” translates into “growing your business with little or no venture capital or outside investment. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources. Final thoughts.

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Bootstrapping Global Startup Hungary 85

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bloch was previously a partner in Jerusalem Venture Partners and an active member of the board in the Israeli startup Wix. Its business model consists of advertising and selling the behavioral purchasing data of its consumers – including brand loyalty and frequently searched for products.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Aggregator eCommerce Partner 98

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details. And what if we could then confidentially and personally connect both sides in a way that benefitted each?”

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Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. " Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web. Venture Capital.

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Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) A check-in aggregation platform. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News. FootFeed - The only Day 1 company on my list.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. This led to an explosion in startups.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

I recently had an extensive debate with Tom about why and whether small funds (like mine, ff Venture Capital ) tend to outperform large funds (like his). I argue that, just as with hedge funds and mutual funds, the larger the venture capital fund, the more difficult it is to generate strong returns.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture News.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. Then there are the aggregator curators that bring together the best of the best from a wide variety of sources, without the single guiding light to make sure they are consistent and integrated.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. user-generated content) can increase liquidity and decrease distribution costs (notably talent search and evaluation), there are certain individuals whose opinions will count for more than the simple votes of the masses. ideas (e.g.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. Primarily targets SMBs.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Specifically, the “narrow network” typically aggregates those providers that are willing to accept lower prices for their services (theoretically you could have a “premium” narrow network, but they are typically used to create more affordable plans). CVS Care Clinic Price Schedule: Benchmark Healthcare Investments. healthcare market.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

aggregate pipeline created in a given week) could be altered reflexively by their measurement -- a sort of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for high-velocity sales. VC Venture capital Viral growth Plugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes Copyright © David Skok 2009, 2010. All rights reserved.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Unfortunately, conversion improvements typically are the aggregate gain of 100 tiny improvements, not one silver bullet. More specifically, clients aggregate all of their customer data points under one roof to provide truly personalized experiences across all platforms and devices (specifically including mobile). 71 Things to A/B Test.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Teten question: What will the impact be of deal aggregating websites (Axialmarket, MergerID, PE-Nexus, PEGBASE, CapitalSphere, DealMarket, BizBuySell,) on the investment banking industry? Intermediaries. Join the right clubs.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

A pressure test of what is possible when the connected world aggregate small amounts of money with large amounts of thinking. This is something wider and deeper than the #SAMP – it is in fact the search for Australia’s most generous entrepreneur. And so our search for this person starts today.

Romania 122

Romania Australia Venture Capital Aggregator 122

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Posted in Analysis , Venture Capital. Don't Believe Venture Capital Firm Websites.

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Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

That if you are getting venture capital money, that if you are an angel investor, you’re going to want a business plan and if you are going to a bank, you might need a business plan, but other than that, I don’t need a plan. When Google came onto the market in ’99, ’00, there was already 15 other search engines.

Forecast 60

Forecast Video Business Plan United States 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They created a reason for their customers to aggregate on their site on a regular basis. Some search. Think Mint.com.

Startup 373

Startup eCommerce Audience Community 373

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Check out the Brain’s Guide to Angel Investin g and the Brain’s Guide to Venture Capital. It’s free. Get started here.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Out of curiosity, I just did a quick Google search on social cybernetics and found this article comparing and contrasting AI and the study of cybernetics. We talk to Amazon’s home robot Alexa to ask for the day’s weather, and many of us are more likely to ask Google Home for information than do a Google search on our phone.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 84

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

There’s quite a range of information sources from curated reports to aggregated data. I’ve asked Clement for his top sources and in his own words on ProductHunt: The first stage is basically “search” only and requires time and effort. 1) Industry reports. These tend to be high quality, but expensive.

Curation 167

Curation Vertical San Francisco Angel Investor 167

thebarefootvc

JULY 5, 2017

Out of curiosity, I just did a quick Google search on social cybernetics and found this article comparing and contrasting AI and the study of cybernetics. We talk to Amazon’s home robot Alexa to ask for the day’s weather, and many of us are more likely to ask Google Home for information than do a Google search on our phone.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 40