Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition to providing customer care and assistance, a virtual assistant may also develop web pages or compose blog entries, administer email newsletters, carry out sales and marketing chores, generate sales leads, and conduct a variety of other jobs. If you think you can handle the difficulty, then go for it. Thanks to Jaden Oh, TRAFFV !

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

Currently, graphic design is a fundamental part of modern sales and marketing, which is why many companies and individuals seek graphic design experts. To give yourself a shot at succeeding in your industry, the first step you need to take is investing in all the right tech and equipment you need. 3. Cloud Storage.

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Design Software Review Cloud Technical Review 135

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

For many CEOs, competition with the tech giants an existential concern. A relationship with Google can take many forms, which I will detail in this post as a guide for founders exploring their relationship with big tech. Notable portfolio companies include Uber, Slack, Jet.com, FlatIron Health, Kobalt Music Group and many others.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

AWS or Amazon Web Services is a revolutionary, ultra-secure, cloud services platform. By utilizing the AWS portfolio of services, startup businesses are free to access the state of the art technology without having to foot the bill. It provides a comprehensive portfolio of services with no risk. Scalable Flexibility.

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Technical Review Database Software Review Startup 113

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2014

And similar to before, they join our portfolio that is dominated by SaaS (i.e. Our other portfolio companies have also done well growing their businesses, enabling 11 of them to raise new rounds. The post Our 2014 in review appeared first on Version One. Front Desk , Top Hat ), marketplaces (i.e. Figure 1 ).

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Portfolio Seattle 159

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Given the current public struggle of tech-enabled services, marketplaces, hardware and DTC companies, enterprise SaaS also feels like VC’s most favourite investment category right now. Buying cloud applications has become the norm. And with “age” often come sub-optimal products, tech debt, inflexible business models, etc.

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Technical Review Vertical Software Review Portfolio 196

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. In this post I set out to explain why the seed market emerged as its own category in the first place and why it’s declined as of late. ( So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage IPO 328

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. Construction is a trillion-dollar market, but planning remains complicated and inaccurate.

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 110

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2015

by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. The new company structure and “cloud first, mobile first” messaging will take some time to fully resonate with partners and customers, but will continue to more tightly align Microsoft’s internal structure.

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Cloud Mobile Software Review Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But markets value high growth over short-term profitability. Where are we today?

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. Alon shared the importance of “fit” from the founder side.

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Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 14, 2020

Technology has changed the landscape of almost every business around the globe. So, no matter what industry you are in right now, here are some of the ways that technology can improve your business. On that last note, technology allows individuals and businesses to speed up their production. Customer Service. Productivity.

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Technical Review Technology Agile Social Media 52

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 7, 2020

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Jobber was also added to Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™ list – in addition to being recognized as the second fastest growing software company in Canada!

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North America Technical Review Seattle Software Review 78

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Today with every city, state and country trying to build out a technology cluster, following Dino’s progress can provide others with a roadmap of what’s worked and what has not. Tech investing is risky.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 287

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value.

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LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

Below is a selection of themes and predictions for startups/venture/tech in 2017. Norwest Venture Partners – 2017 Enterprise predictions – https://techcrunch.com/gallery/top-predictions-on-tech-in-2017-from-norwest-venture-partners/. Non VC Tech Predictions. 2017 VC Predictions. ctions-for-2017-5810bb931d63#.5bsq2ks9a.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Today, you can start a web/mobile/cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Market/technology acuity (patterns of success, domain expertise). People skills. People skills.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We've also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. 1- Seamless integration of digital technology. As a result, businesses will require digital marketers to assist customers in understanding their new or modified offerings. Again, personalization will become more prevalent in product design and marketing.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 110

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 31, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Top cities for technology start-ups – [link]. Founder Market Fit – [link]. How Much Information Should you Give VCs for Due Diligence? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 91

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Greenhorn Connect: Excellent collection of BOS tech events and resources.

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Moreover, the indicators that show founders are ready to take on new capital in order to progress to the next phase of company-building – be it hiring, expanding into a new market, launching a product or more – can vary from company to company. Reid Hoffman: “Sometimes the best evidence for that huge market isn’t current numbers.

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Source: Newzoo Global Esports Market report. million in revenues—or three-quarters of the total market—will come from media rights and sponsorship. China is the largest market by revenues, with total revenues of $385.1 Esports enabling tech. billion in 2020, a year-on-year growth of 15.7% million in 2019. In 2020, $822.4

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Version One Ventures

MAY 29, 2014

We’re all too familiar with the very real gender gap within the tech community. Business Insider recently crunched the numbers behind 26 of the top venture capital funds in Silicon Valley and learned that the percentage of female-founded startups in their portfolios ranged from a high of 19% to a low of just 4%. Related articles.

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Silicon Valley Founder Venture Capital Technical Review 167

Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

When we meet with entrepreneurs and ask about their competitive advantage or special sauce, one of the common responses is first mover advantage. ”We’re the first company to do X in an rapidly growing market” or similar. Dropbox (cloud storage). Netflix (video streaming). Google (search… lots of predecessors).

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Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. What are key strategies to acquire first 100k users with zero marketing budget? Why Customers Don’t Buy | Steve W.

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

It’s going to be fun to watch the enterprise collaboration wars and how each company is approaching the market! Microsoft – Teams , product not as fleshed out but starting with bases of thousands of enterprise clients due to enterprise company licenses, does that mean adoption?

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Technical Review New York City Software Review New York 84

Ben's Blog

JULY 13, 2010

As former founder and CEO of Loudcloud, one of the original cloud computing companies, I am considered somewhat of a domain expert in all things “cloud.” Due to radically cheaper computing cycles and storage, the database market moved to the much more easily programmable and more resource intensive relational database model.

Cloud 77

Cloud Architecture Software Review Database 77

Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Invest in New Technologies Technology is constantly evolving, and so must your business. To stay competitive, it’s important to invest in the latest technologies that can help streamline operations, reduce overhead costs, and improve customer service. All of these factors can help increase sales and grow your business.

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Artificial Inteligence Guerilla Technical Review Stock Options 52

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The tech market is filled with many stories of early-stage funding. The science of finding recoveries is based on computer-based algorithms that flag high-potential errors and trained technicians that then review these claims. It’s even more exciting when you can report an exit of a company that is a major win.

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Partner Las Vegas San Francisco Baltimore 285

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. Both super-angels are institutionalizing “up” and formerly traditional VCs shifting “down” to fill a market opportunity. Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. That’s no secret.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the pivot they are making as a result of the pandemic and here are the responses: #1- Social media marketing. 8- Shifting our focus on the global market. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. Thanks to Glen Carroll, Clicks marketing ! #14-

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Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 119

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, we’re in an opaque industry compared with the public markets, and having the real scoop about what’s going on at a private company, and who are raising now, will be a meaningful edge for a long time. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Technology stack.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, we’re in an opaque industry compared with the public markets, and having the real scoop about what’s going on at a private company, and who are raising now, will be a meaningful edge for a long time. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Technology stack.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60