Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. I skimmed the text of the Yahoo! execs involved.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

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

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too. BA in economics. Business Ops.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2012

Facebook and Social Media. The Facebook IPO has reinforced the new calculus for investors. Today, social media startups can return 100’s of millions or even billions in less than 3 years. Instead, the investor money is moving to social media. And who can blame them. and aim for hundreds of millions of customers.

Silicon Valley 336

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Social Media Media 336

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Obviously our investment in Medialets – the market leader in rich media mobile advertising – reflects our belief that mobile in general, and rich media on mobile specifically (which is really the kind of advertising that mobile was made for) is a rising area in advertising. Do you see a window developing?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital IPO 60

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? Coming soon to Dallas, Boston and Philadelphia. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. More Video » Entrepreneur Events.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

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

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. And many, many investing “win” stories like these can be found in Tech Centers like New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin and more. Like in Los Angeles.

Silicon Valley 89

Silicon Valley Los Angeles Private Equity IPO 89

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. Local : many entrepreneurs like to use their old friend from Boston even though they’re now living in Boulder. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. Our lives are intertwined.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

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

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. Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business?

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

In the wake of the undue frenzy leading up to and now ex post recriminations about Facebook’s IPO, the mainstream media and normal folks keep wondering if the non-existent “bubble” for internet companies has now popped. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

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. Glasshouse ($90m) – registered for IPO . Name Media ($50-60m).

IPO 34

IPO Massachusetts New York Silicon Valley 34

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

Over a year and a half ago, I did a two-part blog post on the East Coast IPO malaise – one focused on Boston (Massachusetts more broadly), another focused on New York. On the heels of the successful Kayak IPO, I thought I would do a retrospective look back. Meanwhile, not a single New York technology IPO has taken place.

Boston 52

Boston IPO Technical Review New York 52

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

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transform. ► 03/25 - 04/01. (1). Global warming: a plague for humanity? ► 2006.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. Add VCs from Boston and CA and elsewhere and you have quite an experienced plethora of investors to work with. So why will this be different this time around: 1.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. Add VCs from Boston and CA and elsewhere and you have quite an experienced plethora of investors to work with. So why will this be different this time around: 1.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

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

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Questions I ask Mike Evans: [1:46] Could you give us a high-level overview of the startup of Grubhub to IPO to what you’re doing now? 12:51] Right up to IPO at which point you quit, which I think some people would actually say, you made it now, why are you quitting? He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike.

Founder 82

Founder Chicago Kansas Startup 82

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

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

He was previously VP Product at Runkeeper (sold to Asics), a General Manager and Director of Product at Zynga (IPO), and Director of Product at Conduit Labs (sold to Zynga). Responsibilities included TV advertising, consumer media channels, creative, PR, research, UI/UX, photography, and brand strategy. Back to Top). Back to Top).

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

The names of these once great, now defunct firms may not be terribly familiar today but here are just a few examples: American Research & Development [Boston] –> Founded by George Doriot and depending how you count it, either the first or second formal VC firm in the US. Can’t wait for the next part. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

But they weren’t really in Silicon Valley at the time—they were in Boston, Minneapolis, New York. My first IPO wasn’t until 1995—the VC business takes patience. I had had a love affair with computers since I was 18 and a freshman physics major. Computers were so different from now—arcane, annoyingly difficult— and interesting.

Venture Capital 333

Venture Capital Silicon Valley Chicago Cofounder 333

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

When I first heard about VC firms in the late 1980s, and my first company (Feld Technologies) started writing portfolio management software for some Boston-based VC firms, many of them had funds with SBIC leverage, although even by the late 1980s this was changing and many of them had shifted away from the SBIC.

SBIC 142

SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 142

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

As for Google a decade later, after an IPO and billions upon billions in ad revenue later Google is one of the largest companies in the world. Social media maven Ashley Mooney is also a Glass Explorer and I’m already nicknaming her the Glass Content Queen. GOOGLE GLASS COULD HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BOSTON BOMBER.

Michigan 96

Michigan Boston Jordan Austin 96

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

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

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. ► 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

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

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. Now consider a traditional media business. Sorry about that.)

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. ► 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. Eric, thanks for this post very helpful. 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

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

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