Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? Posted in Internet/E-Commerce 26 days ago How Do Master Franchise Owners Get Paid? Coming soon to Dallas, Boston and Philadelphia.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Expo Intensive rocked, the mainstream media has started writing about the Lean Startup, and - most of all - the movement continues to grow and evolve. Expo Intensive rocked, the mainstream media has started writing about the Lean Startup, and - most of all - the movement continues to grow and evolve. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is. In the old days, these media companies would then themselves plow this profit back into marketing and advertising, and grow. Sorry about that.) As soon as possible!&#

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Growthink Blog

APRIL 9, 2014

Long renowned as a digital media and entertainment hub, LA Tech investing activity has never been greater, with both funding and deal activity at a five year high. Like in the Valley, Internet and Mobile-related businesses dominate - with close to 80% of all venture activity being concentrated in these areas.

Silicon Valley 89

Silicon Valley Los Angeles Private Equity IPO 89

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

We didn’t IPO it. Craig also co-founded Razorfish Studios, a media and entertainment company, producing books, films, TV shows, albums and websites. . We learned it’s not just music for media it’s, well, here’s one use case, here’s another use case, who is doing it and why? We didn’t sell it.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Cofounder Entrepreneur IPO 120

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Bill Gurley’s excellent piece on Silicon Valley IPO Anxiety inspired me to take a companion look at the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, and evaluate the health of the local IPO economy and prospective pipeline. Boston Scientific Corp. Today, I'll cover Massachusetts; tomorrow, New York. American Tower Corp.

IPO 34

IPO Massachusetts New York Silicon Valley 34

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Would you be willing to link to the Master Class info page from your blog?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. Big-time media buying is a complex ecosystem that includes many entrenched players. 1 comments: Desoja said.

Advertising 60

Advertising San Francisco Media Continuous Deployment 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Here was our experience at IMVU, which I have seen replicated at many other consumer internet startups. We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. Better to launch now and get ahead of the story, or stay in closed beta until were ready." In most situations, this fear is misplaced. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Amazon PostRank

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 3, 2009

A few weeks ago, Business Week named Boston the 3rd most inventive city in the world. Paul's work in navigating the company through the IPO during the boom times of the 1990s and bubble crash has allowed it to emerge stronger than ever. June is innovation month in New England and it has started off with a bang. 8) Paul Levy.

Rhode Island 34

Rhode Island Technical Review Massachusetts Stealth 34

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Designed for large businesses, the channels let a company share several types of documents, brand the channel with their own design elements, and then include display advertising, contest promotions, blog aggregation, social media integration and metrics reporting. The idea seemed to SlideShare to be a natural direction.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2009

The first event is January 21, and is being put on by Dealmaker Media as part of their Strategy Series events: In the Trenches: Cutting Costs in a Tight Economy. So, for those of you in the neighborhood, feel free to bring your questions to either event. There are no canned presentations, so you can come set the agenda. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. IMVU learned to learn.

Lean 74

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 29, 2009

If you were funded by VCs in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Bombay, it still paid to have your CEO and sales team have eyes and ears in NYC for two main reasons. The rules of the game for the start-up's ultimate goal, accessing the public market through an IPO, were set by the investment bankers and sales desk traders on Wall Street.

New York 20

New York Washington New York City DC 20

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

The SOCIALtalty scoring methodology is the Net Promoter score for the new digital age measuring a company's use of social media to become more customer centric. I thoroughly appreciate your "giving back" to increase the likelihood for success for startups. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

.Net 158

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean 158