ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

He says that one is too lonely, two is good and three is a great number if they can combine their skills to cover design, development and distribution. He believes that equity need not be distributed equally, as long as everyone involved is happy with their arrangement. How to Hack the Investment World.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

For an emerging brand that most people haven’t heard of, you can build trust with potential customers with high search ranking and having relatable content available. Discounts too early can also have the adverse effect of diluting a brand when targeting a more affluent customer segment. How will you effectively utilize influencers?

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? Like any other form of diluting your focus… it occasionally works, but usually doesn’t. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

“if you really want to dilute your ownership stake quickly, then assume that your vision is perfect.” Fully Distributed Teams: are they viable? Publishers: Here’s Why Your Display Ads Are Getting Trounced By Social and Search | Advertising Age – [link]. When to Sell Your Company | Medium – [link].

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

With his back to the wall and about to run out of money, his first priority should have been runway extension, not dilution from new capital. pre money valuation seems big, the actual implication is only between 5% and 10% dilution since the round size is small. And although the headline difference between a $5.7M

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. It’s a massive distribution advantage. Hindsight is always 20/20.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. It’s a massive distribution advantage. Hindsight is always 20/20.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Quora Spaces is already gaining traction in organic search. It’s more than just a distribution channel. The feature also has to address a need that people are searching for. In return, customers might first get to Amazon through an off-site search, then buy the product there. People search with queries.

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SEO Framework SCRUM Search 159

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

I advise my clients that you offer stock only after youve searched your heart and soul and cant come up with a way to pay with anything else," says Thomas H. Besides the future potential earnings youre forgoing, youre also diluting your own ownership in the company. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

What works for first-time customers might have less of an effect on (and be diluted by) people who are returning to buy again. Your experimental controls, Stewart says, need to be equal: sample size, performance range, and distribution of outlier behavior. An example of on of our segmented tests, for illustrative purposes.

Chad 112

Chad Mobile Technical Review Aggregator 112

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

A liquidation preference means that the investors receive their investment back (plus dividends) prior to a distribution of the proceeds to stockholders. The investor may also ask for a participation in which the investors receive some additional multiple of their investment prior to distribution of proceeds to stockholders.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts distill, rather than dilute. There are Search people and Content people and Landing Page Optimizers and Cart fixers and Attribution Specialists and more. Outcomes: Revenue | Ideas Funded Behavior: Path Length | Cart Abandonment Rate Acquisition: Assisted Conversions | Share of Search.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

one company running out of cash and another with cash but searching for a business model). Not surprisingly, the merger was highly dilutive, particularly to Confinity/PayPal shareholders. Luckily, Google was one of the 150 and did ultimately return the fund assuming the LP was smart enough to hold the stock after distribution.

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Merger LP IPO Redemption 28

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2017

Writing for a smaller niche allows you to focus on content that resonates strongly with that group since you’re not diluting your message trying to achieve broader appeal. Customize the content you distribute on each channel. Whoever your audience happens to be, keep them in the forefront of your mind whenever you plan content.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Small Business Marketing 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In 2019 and 2020, we saw hundreds of millions of dollars in non-dilutive funding go to Texas startups, most of which had never worked with the government before. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.)

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. 2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. Co-founders are the highest form of dilution to a business. Maple Butter. You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy!

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

What should my startup be focusing on, marketing, searching for leads, or working on our strategy? The pro is that it’s cheap capital and it’s not diluted. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic. There is so much work to be done that it’s getting overwhelming.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

According to Google Trends , the term “conversion rate optimization” is an official “breakout”, meaning “searches for that phrase have jumped by +5,000 percent” over the last few years. Back in 2009, Google conducted experiments which demonstrated that slowing down the search results page by under half a second resulted in 0.2%

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