Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). “Silicon Valley” (see Note 2) is hardly alone in this urbanization of startups trend. April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. “These photos that would potentially tell great gastronomical adventures are often left dormant in our smartphones or get drowned out on generic social media.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Let me know what “stuff&# is old, and I’ll update it. steve Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Order Here. For International Orders Now In Print!

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

HW: When you dove into the world of anti-vaxxers you encountered some really interesting conclusions about how extreme groups use social media effectively, and how traditional voices are getting drowned out. RD: Everything is a marketing campaign now, even policy ideas—they’re just marketing campaigns for an issue.

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Social Media Campaign Media Marketing 82

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” November 29, 2012.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

It’s the poor quality version of HBO’s Silicon Valley. Attracting angel investment and getting ‘Valley’ respect is. Run an Adwords campaign targeting keywords that are relevant to your idea – make sure to set up conversion tracking or the whole exercise is pointless. You’re solving a problem!

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Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. We also provide custom campaigns for companies looking for something a bit more expansive. Check out our starter program. Shoot us some feedback. We would love to see how we can better meet startups needs.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. If you want to see startups in the Concierge phase, follow what happens after a Kickstarter campaigns get successfully funded.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

You can refine your campaigns to target specific users based on certain criteria. More than one in three people claim to visit social networks when researching a business and their goods. Having adequate capital for growth is a foundational principle of startups in Silicon Valley.

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Social Media SEO Silicon Valley Mobile 94

techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Antonio Europe 49

The Next Web

JULY 6, 2013

You don’t have to be located in Silicon Valley to take part in a great startup community. The Biggest Little City campaign turned startup success stories into a stronger community where new businesses can flourish. “I This is especially true for entrepreneurs with newborn tech businesses they want to see grow up big and strong.

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Community Kansas City Kansas Iowa 153

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Social functionality. Campaign Monitor. web analytics measure marketing campaigns. SEO and campaign management tool. Campaigner - email marketing suite. social media and email marketing. Campaign Monitor â?? Create your own social network.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

The sooner you understand that the sooner you can plan your campaign. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. Create a sustained campaign. All sales campaigns are processes that occur over time. They seem so reachable.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. An investor in a crowdfunding campaign is likely to lose much less than an investor in Enron did. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. Monday, November 14, 2011. Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid Idea?

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SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Want 300 days of sun a year?" Google says.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

A bit like Silicon Valley. The firm Arctic Ready did such a thing with their fake “Let’s Go” campaign which Brandalises Shell oil. It was anti-social in nature. Recent growth in digital social networks has served as a reminder on what differentiates our species.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. First off, what does it mean to launch?

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. As an active participant in the Silicon Valley new venture ecosystem and entrepreneurship educator, Im intrigued by the recently announced program Venture for America (VFA). Clearly, we live in a bubble in Silicon Valley and our economy is rarely in sync with the nation as a whole.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose America Venture Capital 28

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). You get a bunch of traffic and increased rankings, then when the app goes back to paid you still get a bunch of run off from the campaign. The value they add (other than $$) is their network.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

Or on a sales campaign you’ve finally gotten your project sponsor to take you to the “executive committee&# where decisions are made and budgets are agreed. If one vocal person blurts out, “just give us the details, we all know social networking&# don’t assume that person speaks for the entire room.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Partner Due Diligence 318

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

More recently Q&A sites have morphed into a variant of social network where users build profiles and interact with other members and topics by following them and cross posting to Facebook and Twitter. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks.

Community 51

Community Search Social Network Social Media 51

Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. In fact, I was cornered by a member of this camp at our recent Sand Hill Angels annual social event at the Wine Room in Palo Alto (great place, by the way). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

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Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley 35

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Of course, timing and luck are still a big part of a successful capital campaign, particularly with these market conditions. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. More on that in a future post.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise. ALEXIA TSOTSIS. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. So GoodData is an actual easy-to-use analytics package.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22