VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

“This investment will accelerate our work to build the metaverse and create spaces where players can have fun with friends, brands can build creative and immersive experiences and creators can build a community and thrive.” The future of social media and 3D interaction is the biggest priority to Facebook. There are now 2.8B

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. He built & IPOd Demand Media. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). for $565 million to Excite.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. Make sure you have links in the media to spread your message. There is a complete process to go for an IPO. After an IPO, you can retire and get a new management to work for the company. Life is not a box of chocolates and startups are not always easy to start.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. Not just from a startup / social media or tech point of view but from an economic one. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. Lifestyle businesses can change to match their owner’s interests and long-term desires.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We believe it’s important to have our partners all based in one location so our starting point is wanting our partners to be based in LA and be committed to making this city a vibrant startup community that is now the third largest in the country. billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25 billion).

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. Not just from a startup / social media or tech point of view but from an economic one. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2019

And while traditional health clubs, big-box gyms, and personal training focus on the individual, boutique puts a big emphasis on community and training together. . Meanwhile, Soulcycle, the spinning obsession of every trendy New Yorker, filed for IPO in 2018 only to withdraw at the last minute. Why is boutique fitness booming?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. Participate in community events to expose people to your business. Brian Morgan focused on sharing his love of exotic travel destinations.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. Time will tell.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Tremor is the first public offering of an adtech company since Millenial Media''s IPO in April 2012. So, the lesson that may get loss in the Tremor IPO hoopla?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. The second moment was the IPO itself.

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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?

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Lower level of community familiarity. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Of the Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The 16 finalists that have been selected – covering a range of industries, from mobile, digital media and healthcare to fashion, and Internet services - to pitch are: Crowdtap. Fancy Hands. YouBeauty. . You can sign up for it here.

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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? Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. One simple solution is to "pay" a slight premium for sweat equity to early-stage employees.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The Ruby community in Kuala Lumpur is fairly small. There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Certainly if Zoecity was mature enough within an imminent exit (IPO or acquisition) this might have worked greater. Digg this!

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 25, 2021

Therefore whether you need a decision for marketing (sales), management (amalgamations), or financial (IPOs) guidance. Be A Part of Online Business Consulting Communities – Social media has a great impact on users. You can also take advantage of these communities and find out your advisor on Facebook, LinkedIn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

A tsunami of social media was about to hit society and commerce would never be the same. We grew very quickly from $0 to over $100m in sales in just six years, culminating in an IPO with a billion-dollar market cap. With a lot of hard work building functionality and attracting community members, data.world began to grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Three of these, JUUL Labs, Didi Chuxing, and Toutiao have already passed $50 billion.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 20, 2013

Tumblr, a next generation content site that epitomizes media creation, consumption and usage of the 21st century and of the net-native generation, has been acquired by a staid, late 20th century, Web 1.0 media brand, Yahoo (I can’t bring myself to add the exclamation point that was such a part of the brand in its heyday).

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minteds community votes to tell us what to sell. However, we needed a head of engineering to recruit and lead a larger team to accomplish our larger goals.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Every introduction of new social media platforms chip away at current banner holders like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. But, for many Twitter users, Twitter remains a vibrant place to connect and communicate. The Twitter community bears the responsibility for the content/engagement problem. 12 – On a Decline.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 28, 2012

“I think this is because the startup and small business communities are more aware of design than ever before,” says Llewellyn. “So So many things today in business involve design, whether it’s a Web page, advertising or a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. Blue Is the Color of Money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. Our lives are intertwined.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Yesterday, I analyzed the Massachusetts IPO ecosystem. That said, when you analyze the pipeline of IPO candidates, you begin to see a very different picture. Vibrant Media. Tremor Media. Gawker Media. Today, I look at NY. . Estimated Market Value (mn). Estimated 2010 Revenue. TheLadders.com. Gilt Groupe.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 27, 2023

People would stop me on the street to tell me their Google search stories of triumph or failure, ask me about their website ranking, and, around the time of the IPO, make wild assumptions about my net worth. The role connected me with notable technologists, investors, and media industry figures.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Through the process of building a team — and also building a developer community, advertising market and investor base — I’ve developed a deep appreciation for how building a strong company with a strong economic engine and strong growth can be the best way to align many people to solve important problems.

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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. Yet, when you evaluate the pipeline of IPO candidates, the results in MA are less inspiring.

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entrepreMusings

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

It will be nice to have people in the community who have experienced that kind of culture go seed other companies. The founding team also emphasized building a positive culture and showed that policies like having no set vacation days can work when you trust your people. Their success is Austin’s success!

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2014

An accelerator can also help you gain media traction at the end of the program to build a captive audience around your official launch (or new product launches). To this end, look for an accelerator that has been consistently covered by media for the great work it has done with its startups. After all, people invest in people.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

It’s still the Pacific Northwest, and Dealmaker Media has assembled an eye-opening list of speakers. Small tech firms outpace big counterparts with IPOs. GeekWire Events. Startup Resources. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier. About GeekWire. Contact Us. Advertise with GeekWire. Posts Comments Startups. STARTUP SPOTLIGHT.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Without these two laws (or their equivalent), the social media revolution of the past decade would have been stillborn. I will leave it to law professor Eric Goldman to articulate better than I could why “ this law mortally threatens the entire UGC community.”

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