Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

While our portfolio at NextView is roughly equally weighted to consumer facing and B2B companies, it seems that for consumer companies in particular being first mover confers little benefit and the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever weak advantage might exist.

Cloud 205

Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To help you prep, I’ve collated a list of tools—for both web and mobile devices—that have helped me and others get things done, save time, and work more productively. At Palo Alto Software, we use it to manage our editorial calendar and the web development queue. ” Collect content from all over the web and organize it into lists.

Entrepreneur 153

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

One of the themes that we’ve been most interested in at NextView over the last 12+ months has been the impact of consumer web trends on business software. I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Talking to potential customers and competitors customers. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Product-line expansion.

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Dilution Startup Merger Flash 355

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. His current role is principal developer evangelist at Mozilla with a focus on HTML5 and the open Web. Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

Europe 139

Europe India Hiring Engineer 139

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 11, 2014

My partner Ryan McIntyre says that any company doing business on the web should be practicing some form of DevOps. One of the biggest trends in tech today is DevOps, which is closely tied into Agile, Cloud, PaaS, and SDN. They launched the site this week with SoftLayer and JumpCloud as founding sponsors.

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Venture Chronicles

JUNE 29, 2010

I received an email from the PR contact for the company that mentioned the BP oil spill in the Gulf and the process of idea collection on the web they were undertaking. Agile: Manages the product engineering methodology according to Agile or hybrid principles. First let me give you some background on how this came about.

Software 34

Software Portfolio Agile Retention 34

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

Thirteen years later, Kinsman is a veteran of the industry and a thought leader advocating in Forbes for an agile approach. The agile strategy is all about brand flexibility. Now, Base Creative is one of Asia’s leading agencies, with a portfolio that includes Walmart, Cisco, and Hermes. It makes sense.

Agile 60

Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Most consumer web/mobile companies focus on user growth and usage early in the company’s lifecycle before shifting to monetization. We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. But B2B startups need to take a different tack.

Revenue 234

Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. New, agile and adroit venture firms with new business models have emerged to deal with the reality that 1) web 2.0 But not all industries are as capital efficient as the Web or Information Technology.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Product-line expansion.

Dilution 224

Dilution Merger Flash Global 224

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

I played around on BBS’s when I was growing up in the late ’80s and of course the foundations of the web were laid even before that by the military and academic institutions. The majority of the companies in NextView’s portfolio are fundamentally software-based, rather than being hardware related.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

I played around on BBS’s when I was growing up in the late ’80s and of course the foundations of the web were laid even before that by the military and academic institutions. The majority of the companies in NextView’s portfolio are fundamentally software-based, rather than being hardware related.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Austin Startup

JUNE 15, 2010

Founded in Austin in 1999, Coremetrics is known as one of the high-end providers of web analytics, competing with Omniture and Webtrends. Coremetrics’ offerings are a new addition to IBM’s business analytics portfolio. Today it was announced that IBM is acquiring the company for an undisclosed sum.

Analytics 69

Analytics Portfolio Agile eCommerce 69

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

There are more mistruths and F U D about Web analytics out there than I think is reasonable. Web Analytics, this beautiful child, was born just the other day in the midst of tumultuous times, quite literally, when everything changes every day. The web is changing too fast. Here are ten web analytics ground truths… 1.

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

In addition to supporting their portfolio companies in coming to the event, they also have taken the additional step of underwriting a limited number of discounted tickets that are available to the general public. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

San Francisco 107

San Francisco Romania Cleveland South Africa 107

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies. Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco South Africa Spain North America 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Product-line expansion.

Dilution 134

Dilution Merger Flash Global 134

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Smart Marketers work hard to ensure that their digital marketing and advertising efforts are focused on the most impactful portfolio of channels. The company truly has a portfolio strategy when it comes to marketing. Are controlled experiments a part of your marketing and analytics portfolio? Maybe TV and Twitter and Newspapers.

.Net 119

.Net Campaign Analytics Channel 119

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Product-line expansion.

Dilution 187

Dilution Merger Flash Global 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Product-line expansion.

Matching 120

Matching Marketing Dilution Startup 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2009

Hes a very smart guy who, as a Sequoia portfolio CEO, can tell you all about the " RIP good times " strategy. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, The format is Q&A around a conference table with four "speakers" and a moderator. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

And we invest in US-based startups, primarily on the US east coast though we’ll consider other parts of country on a selective basis (roughly 15-20% of our portfolio is in the SF Bay area). We also invest only in software & internet enabled businesses.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 16, 2004

Day 1 is about over and after having sat through a number of interesting pitches, it is funny to hear the PR folks saying that many of the journalists are more interested in consumer/web-oriented companies than the enterprise-related businesses. Has the pendulum swung back to the consumer and web?

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Agile PR Portfolio Web 60

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files - [link]. Mobile Web Design: Tips and Best Practices - [link]. 21 Creative online portfolio sites and applications – [link]. 10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio – [link]. eCommerce UI Part 3: Navigation - [link].

Social Media 77

Social Media Small Business Design Media 77

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Startups require entrepreneurs to be agile and adept to respond to quickly changing market needs. The Demo: First, if you have any web-based business, I would hope that you have the wherewithal to have an alpha version running. Meetings have a rhythm so be in sych with your audience.

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Elevator Pitch NDA Caching Agile 68

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the DeskTeam360 Desk team 360 is the #1, flat-rate, digital marketing integration team, that helps small businesses and marketing agencies with graphic, web design, and on-page marketing services. But that is people.

Widget 69

Widget Technical Review Employee Framework 69

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

Then there is Agile for engineering. Identify gaps in our content/engagement/channel strategy on the web, 2. You might end up with a picture that looks like this one … an approximate amalgamation of the best practices across the portfolio of companies I work with… Or it might look a little different.

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Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Flip startups are agile startups that aim to exit quickly. The many hackathons such as GameJam or Garage48 have shown that it is possible to create a viable game or Web service in 48 hours. The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile. Instead, their goal is to create a promising product.

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Lean Startup Agile Coder 144

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 10, 2011

This post is a collection of six things I wish I knew before I started my career in decision support systems (of which web analytics is just the latest incarnation). It took me a while to realize that 100% of what makes a successful web analytics program in any company has nothing to do with tools for the first five years.

Analytics 120

Analytics Web Agile Campaign 120

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

Here's important context (before we get into the rules for revolutionaries)… The Fundamental Web Analytics Problem Is Not Data! Most web "analysts" remain glorified "data pukers" or glorified JavaScript taggers. The problem is Marketing and lack of imagination in using the web/digital channels.

Marketing 140

Marketing Analytics Web Channel 140

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The individual is ignoring varied influence across product portfolios, seasonality, diminishing returns, changes in the audience, and a million other things. From my first Web Analytics book, this formula works wonderfully for a successful experimentation program: 1. The Analysis Ninja that you are, you see the BS. Start small.

Analytics 101

Analytics Programming Global Campaign 101

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Principle of Contrast in Web Design – [link]. 20 Examples of using the Color Orange in Web Design – [link]. Showcase Of Web Design In Germany - [link]. Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy - [link]. Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy - [link]. Fresh Examples of Web 2.0

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

This metric has been in every tool since we started torturing web server logs to measure hits (!). The web is littered with examples of this awfulness. If the web analytics dashboard prominently measured Visitor Loyalty, would they still create link pukes? Page Views vs. Visitor Loyalty. What does Page Views measure?

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Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." Most companies hire a Web Analyst, Sr. Digital Analyst, Web Analysis Guru, Digital Marketing Analyst, so on and so forth. Bonus : Kill Useless Web Metrics: Apply The "Three Layers Of So What" Test.

Analytics 140

Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Agile is a Sham- [link]. 55 Free PSD UI Kits and Templates for Web Designers – [link]. Device-Agnostic Approach To Responsive Web Design – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93