Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. It’s true. I rarely only read the post. No, really.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

What’s important is that wherever possible, have those early conversations just to get started in thinking about your company’s brand. If you’re building a product that can grow virally—a social network, for example—brand is almost certainly less important at launch than product.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

“Maybe,&# says Naval, “Certainly valuations are creepy up quickly in all stages of deals. And the economics / conversion rates were mind boggling. It has to do with the future of social networking. Moments after that Naval, Steve & I were having a discussion, “Are we really in a bubble?&#.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

Case Study – WikiJob Improves Conversions by 34%. However, Version B, the test page still surprisingly increased WikiJob’s conversions by an impressive 34%. Michael was offering a free ebook called 7 Universal Conversion Optimization Principle’s. Where You Position Your Testimonial Matters. image source. image source.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, from gay social network to design, we made the decision within 10 days to focus exclusively on our new One Thing, and we set a rule that not one person on the team could still do the old thing.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Consumption was the substitute for social recognition in a n industrialised, systematic world. Geolocating is being used as tool for us as a collective to “assemble” so we can collaborate and take back control of our destiny and conversations. The art of conversation is not being lost…. It’s about being there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2019

It also includes a new feature I’m particularly happy about: a fascinating series of conversations I had with change leaders at large companies talking about their experiences. There's one at the end of each chapter, and the topics range from the early days of testing these methods to what it's like to scale them up in a large company.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Through a series of conversations, Jane and Dick have come up with the idea to develop a social network tailored to the medical community. That narrowed the possibilities down to an equity transaction, which would in turn require a conversation about valuation. of the company ($50k/$2M = 2.5%).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

startups with billion-dollar valuations) in recent years. Other headlines paint a picture of why VC funding and the tech lifestyle may be a narrower path than movies like The Social Network or HBO’s Silicon Valley would have you believe: “ 81% of VC firms don’t have a single black investor” (TechCrunch, Nov.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is going to show you the dependency on several critical variables: Cost per lead Conversion rates at each stage of your sales process Level of touch required Then compare this to your expected monetization. Leveraging the power of your customers’social networks to get viral growth where possible.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 11, 2012

Its valuation outstrips that of the 116-year-old New York Times. More important, it stayed nimble enough to switch gears from its original idea of a location-based social network called Burbn to an iPhone app focused solely on photo-sharing. Pop into a conversation and then quickly leave.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Eric Friedman: This is a great segue to something I was thinking about in preparation for this conversation. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. That’s why I love conversing with you. On Dan’s Definition of True Freedom. Why is that?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

That’s very healthy revenue, but significantly below the revenue needed to justify a 100 billion dollar valuation. For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Estimated mobile display spend in the U.S.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” In off the record conversations, many angels have expressed the urgency of self-discipline. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. November 29, 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. You don’t read about these garden variety outcomes online – only the high profile exits or busts. I’m not trying to be negative.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

This change that took all of five minutes to make, led to an 8x increase in paid conversions. Amazingly, this resulted in a 10x increase in paid conversions for the month. conversion rate to paid accounts initially and can convert 2% of the people that stick around for a year. Look at that again. That’s not 8%. That’s 800%.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. You don’t read about these garden variety outcomes online – only the high profile exits or busts. I’m not trying to be negative.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Analyzing each step of who comes to the website organic, paid, conversions etc [SB] Having a bottoms-up model is helpful. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The importance is what is behind the numbers. How do you think? What are the key drivers and metrics? ► January. (1).

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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