Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

One of the best ways to promote your business and increase its name recognition is by joining business organizations and/or communities or associations. For me, that’s where professional communities come in. I have used such communities even when starting my own company, and they have always proven invaluable.

Community 88

Community Architecture Entrepreneur Networking 88

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Another couple of classmates spent their two years at Wharton launching an eCommerce handbag brand. The fundraising process may start with friends and family, but may quickly shift to a bank loan, individual angel investors, or at a later stage, venture capital or private equity.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. We reached out to the M.io

Austin 48

Austin Technical Review Cofounder Texas 48

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Change, acceptance, and trust become more difficult as you get deeper into the fabric of a community. Advertising and local business promotions may be adequate in some cases, but others may require a percentage of every transaction, or adding local products and services for an ecommerce model.

New York City 158

New York City Kansas Advertising Cash Position 158

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. After that you could tell that Greg was really “all in” on the LA technology community. Community builders. So why Greg and why now? I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. Open & transparent.

Partner 360

Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles San Francisco 360

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. This is why I do speak regularly at various conferences.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. Over the next few weeks I’m going to release a few posts on what we believe platform services are and why we believe they’re an important part of the future of venture capital. *.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

It’s a great chance to play a leading role in designing the next generation of ecommerce winners out of London, and whilst we’re doing that I want to re-define early stage venture capital. I would like to talk to you about being the design lead on that team.

Partner 97

Partner Design Early Stage Venture Capital 97

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Women Rising: Microfinance institutions have known for years that women have higher repayment rates than men and that women are more likely to invest the borrowed capital back into their families and local communities. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In March of 2008, Perry Chen contacted me to ask for my help with fundraising--not the kind of crowd fundraising that he specializes in--but venture capital. I wasn't at a venture capital firm at the time, but since I had worked for USV and had also raised an angel round myself, a lot of people used to ask me about how to raise money.

Venture Capital 117

Venture Capital eCommerce Community Networking 117

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. He is an ecommerce innovator with first Coremetrics and then Bazaarvoice, a very active angel investor, and currently Founder and CEO of data.world.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote in La Red Innova conference, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this).

Spain 108

Spain Silicon Valley Brazil Europe 108

abovethecrowd.com

MAY 28, 2014

Enter HackerOne, a shared community marketplace that brings together the Internet’s leading web sites, with a community of the Internet’s leading researchers. bug bounty ecommerce hacker Internet marketplaces security Uncategorized Venture Capital vulnerability Marketplace'

Web 57

Web Seattle Venture Capital eCommerce 57

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

If you live in a suburban community, there is little chance you could walk out your door and hail a cab. android ecommerce Internet iphone IPO marketplaces Mobile Payment Regulation Twitter Uber Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Analysis Errors Sharing Economy TAM UberX'

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

You couldn't throw enough buzz points, wishlists, and leaderboards at them to make them feel any more than a hamster on someone else's ecommerce intent wheel. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Svpply has few if any extra features--del.icio.us for stuff to buy, if you will. Is that a good thing? Can you design around it?

Nebraska 102

Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 102

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

You couldn't throw enough buzz points, wishlists, and leaderboards at them to make them feel any more than a hamster on someone else's ecommerce intent wheel. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Svpply has few if any extra features--del.icio.us for stuff to buy, if you will. Is that a good thing? Can you design around it?

Nebraska 84

Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 84

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

With any company I work with, I inevitably play the role or recruiter--mostly because I often play the role of career counselor to friends and other folks in the community. I've been thinking about career paths for a long time.

Non-Compete 115

Non-Compete Design Hiring Incubator 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, nextNY had a great round table discussion about the explosion of new models and companies in eCommerce—from group buying to flash sales to local discounts. Community is one solution I had in mind. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

Syndicate 105

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Flash 105

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was an ad supported virtual community. I built the eCommerce engine myself and self-funded the business. I never raised money because I didn’t need to. Profitable from day one. I felt in control of my destiny but it wasn’t going to be a huge company. The second was MBA ZoNe. Still in business today and run by my co-founder.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Worse, their concept — a community site that would also have e-commerce components – was still on the drawing board when the investor meetings occurred. The vision was clear and correct… but it couldn’t be communicated. OK, that proved them right about how vibrant a community they were addressing.

eCommerce 107

eCommerce Valuation Stock Community 107

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

For me the sweet spot has now shifted to businesses that are able to able to extract a high ARPU from a focused community. Often times that will mean the companies are ‘close to the transaction’ or ecommerce related.

Internet 102

Internet eCommerce Business Model Audience 102

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S. Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around Texas who can syndicate deals or take direct investment University and entrepreneurial community leaders Local celebrity guests Press and media Grab your seat now and get an early-bird discount before March 31.

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

Additionally, the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which reached $23 billion in sales in 2021 , acted as a gateway drug for faster adoption of crypto-gaming, virtual goods trading and strong community engagement online. As a venture capital fund, our success is driven by backing companies with large financial outcomes.

Technical Review 217

Technical Review Non-Compete IP 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

IPO 120

IPO Angel Investor Startup Incubator 120

The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2015

Index Ventures: has a ‘platform team’ of nine people, key activities are organising functional support communities for their portfolio execs and running events. NextView Ventures: have a director of platform. True Ventures: run an undergrad programme. Greylock: have a data scientist who helps their portfolio.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio PR Incubator Early Stage 60

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

To succeed in this ambitious initiative, the academic, business, and entrepreneur communities will need to collaborate closely. How can the Salzburg community come together to nurture ideas into startups and see these startups grow into globally relevant companies? In my view this commitment to collaborate is in place.

Austria 28

Austria Global Silicon Valley Advisory Board 28

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. He has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities. He also worked in the ecommerce division at General Electric.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 14, 2011

To have one company be a major player in or have obvious designs on eCommerce, cloud, music & entertainment, hardware, advertising, e-mail and discount local deals is really impressive in its ambition. Setting up this dinner made me really appreciate the full scope of the vision of Amazon.

Lean 108

Lean Portfolio Cloud Startup 108

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Ryan Chan, founder at UpKeep said, “We created an LLC at first, but after realizing that we wanted to take on venture capital, we decided to move to a Delaware C corp.”. venture capital. Seek out venture capital funding. 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading. or even be a U.S.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Companies are aggregating global audiences and selling direct making new product categories viable which wouldn’t have worked when national distribution limited customers to single countries – companies which build communities around their interest area are particularly powerful in this regard – e.g. DIY Drones. Venture Capital'

Open Source 102

Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They are an open-source & SaaS provider of eCommerce solutions. eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term.

Startup 373

Startup eCommerce Audience Community 373

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2017

times the size of the global venture capital industry today. With so many businesses seeking to capitalize on the crowdfunding trend, there’s more competition than ever. But, Kickstarter and Indiegogo aren’t the “Field of Dreams.” ” Simply building a crowdfunding campaign isn’t enough.

Campaign 51

Campaign Design Video Social Media 51

Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. I desired to become an entrepreneur who would develop new books, coaching services and training modules for leadership development and community development.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur PR Spain 48

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. After getting to know Ben from the tech community, he pitched me his concept for a CPG food company. At least, I thought it was.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

The expectation around customer service these days is very high, especially for brands that are heavily leveraging Facebook and Instagram communities. Many of the venture capital firms that have historically invested in consumer tech have now branched into direct-to-consumer brands.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I grant you, it’s not like Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – but there is a burgeoning tech community much as you’d find in NYC these days. Communities outside the Valley have matured.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313