David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

More than anything Duct Tape Marketing is an idea that started with the belief that marketing is a system and in order to operate that system, there must be a very clear point of view about how to build a remarkable business. written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

Marketing 81

Marketing Syndicate Syndication New York 81

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Series D Preferred.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But then subsequently, the CTO isresponsible for actually integrating and running the technology, i.e. the roleof the ‘operations manager.’ A number of CTOs of software companies in the middleware space have alsodescribed the customer contact as their main activity.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Cumulative customers (unique buyers of Groupons): 15.8M (Q1 2011), 9.0M (2010), 0.4M (2009). The International segment appears to have similar profitability as the North America business though as it accounted for roughly the same proportion of adjusted operating income. in net revenue and passes $0.58 to the merchant.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. Be sure you have an honest and direct discussion with your lawyers, who should be viewed as true partners who understand these things.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. My partner David wrote yesterday in greater detail about some of our learnings from co-habitating with pre-seed companies. You can find that here.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 120

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

IMO Bessemer is perhaps the most emblematic firm of thematic investing… all the investment professionals in the firm from senior partners to more junior staff team up in small groups to construct “ roadmaps ” of the themes in which they intend to pursue investments, which are then articulated more broadly within the firm.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Marketers raise brand awareness to capture leads that are handed to sales teams to convert into customers. Only around 10–15% of B2B leads turn into paying customers, and it’s because tactics optimizing for the early stages of the funnel only cater to early-stage goals. DGMs see that demand is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

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Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Home to over 80 private- and public-sector tenant customers who directly employ about 12,000 people on the campus, activity from Port SA contributes over $5 billion annually to the regional economy. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. or the next Google. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We are constantly re-evaluating our strategy and processes as a firm, but overall we have remained extremely focused and consistent because we think we offer a good product to our customers (entrepreneurs) which will lead to good results for our shareh0lders (LPs). We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. Each investment matters.

Syndicate 45

Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2012

More than anything Duct Tape Marketing is an idea that started with the belief that marketing is a system and in order to operate that system there must be a very clear point of view about how to build a remarkable business. What is Duct Tape Marketing? This content from: Duct Tape Marketing.

Marketing 59

Marketing Syndicate Syndication New York 59

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Most companies in the IT sector are profitable at least on an operating or cashflow basis, though often not on a GAAP basis when non-cash expenses are taken into account. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. What’s Your Favorite Future? Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. This is sometimes really tough for former operators. A Primer on Angel Investing.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. This is sometimes really tough for former operators. A Primer on Angel Investing.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. My partner David wrote yesterday in greater detail about some of our learnings from co-habitating with pre-seed companies. You can find that here.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 28

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. Looking at the strength of the competition in the market, the target is weaker (75% of norm) but early customer feedback on the product is excellent (Other = 100%). Other factors (great early customer feedback). 10% max.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 18, 2023

They also offer to fund marketing and other operations. This helps them meet their investment partners’ expectations at acceptable risk levels while avoiding the risks of investing in industries or technology segments with no proven track records of success. VCs can also introduce you to potential customers and partners.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Startup Early Stage Syndicate 52

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) in place before you expand.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Jussi Laakkonen , CEO & founder of Applifie, summarized it well: We recently raised our seed round at Applifier and it was led by a silicon valley seed fund MHS Capital, whose general partner is Mark Sugarman. And if you don’t have US business activity, then get a beta customer for initial footprint.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

What’s the first thing you want a customer to think in regard to your business? After all, what good is word-of-mouth if your customer tells a friend, “You really should look up my caterer for your next event. Adding this qualifier instantly tells potential customers what your business is all about. Set the tone.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

By which I meannot that it has to make something physical, but that it has to haveone thing it sells to many people, rather than doing custom workfor individual clients. Custom work doesnt scale. An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is thatyou know youre making something at least one customer wants.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

We also soon decided that we wanted to outsource as much of our operations to hosted services as we possibly could. They worry about solving every problem instead of focusing on problems that actually have customers willing to pay them money (today). Have an account? This is exactly what we have done with [link].

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. Like anyone else, they are looking to own the customer data and offer smart loyalty programs. Canadian operator Rogers filed to become a bank last year. Is that it?

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Asset management also shows the traditional earmarks of an industry ripe for disruption — most obviously, unhappy customers and extremely profitable incumbents. Almost every other industry collectively does what it promises; the restaurant industry does give all its customers food.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

This notion is more common now than it was when we started the fund early in 2013, there’s still occasional question about whether this slows down a company’s operations or gives investors too much control. This would make room for a meaningful number of other investors in the syndicate but also the concentration we needed.

Cofounder 102

Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 102

Hearpreneur

MAY 22, 2019

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. Frankly, I don’t want it to go away, because it helps me to operate better. When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need motivation to keep moving. 1- Four things. Thanks to Johnny Reinsch, Qwil !

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Chad LLC Kentucky 85

Transformify

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Are the job listings syndicated with external job boards? Usually, some job listings are syndicated for free and receive limited traffic, while others are syndicated at a fee and receive much more targeted traffic. There are also ATS providers that do not syndicate job listings with external job boards at all.

Hiring 95

Hiring Syndicate Syndication Social Media 95

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. And I feel great about that.

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Tunisia Syndicate 307

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

That’s because intermediaries like bankers/brokers, and even internal cold-call sourcing operations, create more standardized access to and information about potential deals. Brand, both firm brand and individual partner brand, clearly matters. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

Business Tools: Salesforce.com opened their core services to partners via API, enabling them to innovate and extend Salesforce services. Network Operators: AT&T, Verizon, Deutsche Telekom, and others are getting in the game with APIs exposing network resources, including SMS and carrier-billing for in-app purchase. 765 followers.

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API Cloud Web Social Media 68