YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 Due to its success, today that program (AHL Dimension) manages $5.1

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

David Teten

JULY 12, 2012

E.g., See ffVC’s blog post about the JOBS act, which discusses portfolio company Indiegogo. Sign up for an advocate-management service like Influitive , which motivates your champions (friends, family, customers, employees) to take actions to move your company forward. Reach out to websites that profile entrepreneurs.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital PR Technical Review Startup 122

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Adrien Briod , the co-founder, envisioned how a collision-tolerant drone would assist in managing such dangerous situations. This strategy clearly defines your primary focus, and a smart portfolio of Backup and Growth options that you will keep open- to make sure you maintain your agility over time. The Challenge.

Agile 54

Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. BitSight - Risk Management (backed by Flybridge and Menlo). Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company).

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

than multi-channel attribution modeling. Here's the outline of our incredible multi-channel attribution modeling adventure: ~ Three Unique Attribution Challenges. ~ Multi-Channel Attribution Models. Multi-Channel Attribution Analysis. ~ Multi-channel attribution across digital channels. Grab a Red Bull.

Channel 161

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. Mailchimp.com **, to manage my mailing lists, which people join by registering on Teten.com or PEVCTech.com. Google My Business , which helps me manage my Google presence. .

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

Some metrics apply across all channels, like Awareness, Consideration and Purchase Intent. Analyzing these metrics not only fundamentally changes marketing strategy (think tens of millions of dollars for large companies); their insights can change your company’s product portfolio, your customer engagement strategies and much more.

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

The stories and examples will hopefully help you intelligently approach your own data in these reports and quickly find insights you can action / share with your management team. Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012.

Analytics 159

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. You'll be responsible for the successful management of the sales organization in order to meet the objectives of the Company. One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2011

A pro subscription version allows fashion professionals to control their own profiles and create a dynamic online professional portfolio, as well as connect with other industry professionals – The Wall Street Journal even called the site “a fashion industry LinkedIn”. Who says technology isn’t fashionable?

Database 157

Database Distribution .Net Analytics 157

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Honeywell CEO Dave Cote also cautions against shortsightedness during economic downturns: I’ve been a leader during three recessions and I’ve never heard a management team talk about how the choices they make during a downturn will affect performance during a recovery. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

I recently had the privilege of assembling an all-star group of media executives in Beverly Hills to discuss the challenges they face in distributing, monetizing and delivering their video content. In aggregate, the various revenue streams would continue to support the creation and distribution of high production value content.

Business Model 150

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 150

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Large companies] win by locking competitors out of their sales channels. If you do manage to threaten them, they’re more likely to buy you than sue you. What kind of advantage will this create vs. our competitors ? Barriers to entry ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 3) Developer Driven Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Sorry about that Snow & Weather Channels… Thanks for the stats AFL… Introducing the Google travel agency… Instagram influencers lose their ‘ influence ‘: The latest change to remove the likes count on Instagram has hurt so called influences who get paid on this metric. So, do I practice what I preach?

Channel 48

Channel Portfolio Metrics Search 48

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Building a great product. We want to talk to you!

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Every startup has some methodology for product development, launch and life-cycle management. Yet startup companies have traditionally used this model to manage and pace not only engineering but also non-engineering activities. customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) It’s a big idea.)

Customer Development 241

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 241

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Multi-Channel Funnels folder in Google Analytics contains the Top Conversion Paths report. The reason I love the above view is that for each channel, I'm able to present our management team a simple, yet powerful, understanding of the contribution of our marketing channels – including search.

Search 154

Search SEO Analytics Engineer 154

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The opposite approach of index investing is an actively managed or concentrated investing approach. alone and would rather take time to find companies that he can actively manage and leverage his competitive advantage with. Most indices are cap-weighted - more in line with a concentrated portfolio (i.e.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

A marketing/PR agency may have a flashy portfolio that impresses you with their big name clients, but for a startup or small business, paying thousands each month to such an agency isn’t going to be good bang for your (limited) buck. Traditional distribution services no longer work. Expensive Agencies. Press Release Wires.

PR 145

PR Small Business SEO Warrant 145

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We also talked a lot about Geodelic , a portfolio company of Clearstone, who is trying to change the metaphor of how people discover location based information by partnering with large companies and brands. They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Jim was really hot on this space.

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

What guidance for your portfolio companies? I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s hard to do, which is why most demand generation advice merely advocates adding another channel or tool to the heap. At a bare minimum, correct goal tracking in Google Analytics identifies the most valuable on-site user behaviors and attributes them to a marketing channel. Create and distribute content to those segments.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

Silicon Valley 129

Silicon Valley Distribution San Francisco Denver 129

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Lisa Edgar, Managing Director at fund of funds Top Tier Capital Partners , observed: “It’s not surprising that venture capitalists are using software to help manage their business.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 2, 2012

Multi-Channel Attribution is a red hot topic in our industry, and yet it is so poorly understood. Roll up your sleeves, put a smile on your face, grab a pinch of common sense, a heavy dose of reality and let's go… Three Types of Multi-Channel Attribution Problems. Multi-Channel Attribution. In case you were curious.

Channel 152

Channel Analytics Framework Advertising 152

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. These design houses do a phenomenal job, but it is up to the founders to choose the right firm for their product, and then manage the cost and timeline for the design process.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. I’ve donated lunch with me to some charities via this channel. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. I explain three different models (Online to Store, Across Multiple Devices, Across Digital Channels) and for each I've highlighted: 1. What's possible to measure. Rinse and repeat.

Analytics 124

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 124

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

Hence, start by looking at the Assisted Conversions report (Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels)… Then metric you want to get your company used to first, to get them ready for savvier attribution anything, is the metric Assisted Conversions. The more this value exceeds 1, the more this channel functioned in an assist role.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. I’ve donated lunch with me to some charities via this channel. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Go spend some time outside the building talking to potential distribution partners. Steve I have to tell you some bad news, I just showed our potential channel partners and customers a few completed pieces of the games we had. Tell them how great it’s going to be and see how many pre-orders we can get.”

Silicon Valley 212

Silicon Valley RSS Video San Diego 212