Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. If this were a math class, I’d just say the proof is evident but if you want some data on Twitter’s 2013 YTD revenue here you go.

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IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

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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. If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ".

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This figure only includes studios, and doesn’t include gaming infrastructure and supporting services (advertising, payments, distribution etc) which serve the gaming industry. billion in revenue in 2021, an 8x increase over a five year period, representing 5% of the global gaming revenue. Global gaming revenues.

Generative AI 173

Generative AI Cloud Acquisition 173

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

More than investment, entertainment is one of the largest industries in the world in revenue terms, projected to reach $2.5 And last year alone Audible generated $1 billion in revenue for Amazon. . Social usage is almost entirely spent on mobile. . trillion by 2022 ( Statista ).

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Vertical Artificial Inteligence Distribution IPO 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue. Yes, that’s right.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 27, 2019

As I wrote about in this Lucky7 post , Bazaarvoice was one of the most capital efficient companies leading up to the IPO as compared to many companies that reach this milestone. is ubiquitous and portable with mobile phones. he’s our incredible Chief Revenue Officer. in the form of texting?—?is

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. Source VentureBeat ]. -

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

In 1980 Genentech became the first IPO of a venture funded biotech company. Most of the social and mobile channels (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, Android) have emerged in just the past 3-5 years. But these VC’s aren’t Lean because they fund startups with web-based distribution models.

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Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Blitzscaling is a strategic technique for moving faster, not a reckless gamble.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers. They already had a completed product and a distribution deal with the largest affiliate network company, Commission Junction.

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BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

Russell Beattie has a thorough post on Jamdat Mobile’s IPO filing. In addition, imagine the competition to get distribution from the carriers-there are lots of little guys knocking on the door. The post Jamdat Mobile files for IPO appeared first on BeyondVC.

IPO 60

IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 60

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

In the wake of the undue frenzy leading up to and now ex post recriminations about Facebook’s IPO, the mainstream media and normal folks keep wondering if the non-existent “bubble” for internet companies has now popped. The End of “Internet” Companies. May 23, 2012. Silly stuff like this. Read More ».

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Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Because of the magical ordering system and the ability to efficiently organize a distributed set of drivers, Uber can operate effectively in markets where it simply didn’t make sense to have a dense supply of taxis. You would end up with dramatically more rides – and that is exactly what is happening. New Use Cases. Use in less urban areas.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. which makes a mobile app that rewards shoppers for creating a personal shopping mall and following their favorite stores. Semiconductors. Telecommunications.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

The entire Tech world is waiting with baited breath for the filing of Facebook’s IPO next week. Not natively mobile. I think the mobile internet will further accelerate the trend of network fragmentation. But mostly, Facebook’s main challenge is that it was NOT built in a mobile-first context.

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel.

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

gigaom.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

o and its new YARN functionality that allows for new processing frameworks, but solidified with the spate of projects and products — including Cloudera’s very popular commercial distribution — that now include a SQL query engine or other method for interactive analysis running alongside MapReduce. Nov 3, 2012 - 2:00PM PT.

Artificial Inteligence 91

Artificial Inteligence SQL Database Framework 91

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). 5 hours ago.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28