This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 15, 2020

In venture, it’s all about getting an opportunity to make partner and being included in the carry—the economic upside of a fund. Not only is carry a means of economic mobility, but it’s also a reflection of where decision-making authority is within a fund. Not all hires, however, are made equally.

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Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Center for Venture Research. Venture Capital. $20 So, generally, these three major sources of capital are complementary, not competitive.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

For Spotify’s core business, which charges consumer subscriptions for the ability to have unlimited mobile access to an enormous music library, music as the audio source converts high engagement minutes into recurring revenue via subscriptions. 3/ Audio As A Feature Of Streaming Services. Many folks think of podcasts as its own category.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Which brings me back to your mobile phones. It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) They’re primarily thinking about 7 AM?—?7

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Norse-Corp.com developed a fraud-detection system using distributed Internet-monitoring tools, and now is looking to sell this to credit card payment networks for their antifraud programs. Mobile is where the action is. No surprise there. Louis tech investor. Louis areas, was another reason for starting up his engineering team there.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

I regularly come across companies who happen to have the #1 paid app in the App Store fly under the radar for years before raising venture capital. Categories like retail, automotive, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, and many others all play a significant role in employment AND entrepreneurship in Southern California.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. What is your mobile strategy? Background: Seth grew Meebo from 0 to 170 million uniques in five years.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

As I mentioned in my post on the LLM Benchmarking , venture capital investment in AI startups was down 43% in Q1 2023. So one way to think about it is no different from how we have thought about maybe the personal computing shift, the internet shift, the mobile shift. So along that dimension, I think it’s a big shift.”

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Monetate Mobile adds mobile-native navigation, search, GPS store location, cart access and more, to any site, overnight. The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Read more: TechCrunch , Reg Form D , WSJ interview w/ Susan Lyne.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link].

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s essential to note that this figure is influenced by several massive transactions, including the $10 billion round of funding received by OpenAI. There’s a question on whether all this GPU hogging, and building capacity is not just a bubble waiting to pop, similar to the Telecom crash in the early 2000’s.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

For a large variety of applications and services, users favor mobile applications over browser based applications. Over 45% of Yelp’s* searches begin on mobile. For Zillow*, 50% of home views are now on mobile. For each and every Internet company out there, mobile is rising as a percentage of all user visits.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association , the amount of money that VC’s invested rose 8% to nearly $30 billion in 2013. Just get it done” is fine when entrepreneurs are starting out, but not when the work is distributed to a bigger team. Investors keep pouring money into startups and early stage companies.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Fortunately, Europe and Asia as well as Africa are making great breakthroughs in technology such as mobile payments, blockchain and distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence as well as robotics. China has built up beautiful and diverse tech hubs that will make anybody forget about Silicon Valley existence altogether.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

was a mobile app created to help make the world a friendlier place. Our mobile app buzzed in your pocket when friends were near and ushered in a new wave of “ Ambient Social Networking ” companies. This point generalises to distribution deals for just about any startup. Forward Startup general interest Venture Capital'

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 16, 2021

For starters, the people in charge of building, funding and distributing tech products and services should look a lot more like the communities they are created for. The firm has partnerships with several venture capital firms including Greylock. How can technology be a force for good for all members of society?

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Of course, Arizona Bay is a consulting company, not a venture capital firm, and doing the work of both simultaneously can be time consuming. Were not a venture capital firm.". Fonality HUD Mobile.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I founded FuturePerfect Ventures earlier this year because I believe that technology’s potential for positive social impact is still in formative stages. These gatekeepers have, until now, decided who gets access to information and services (which equates to opportunity).

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Copyright is the right to control reproduction and distribution of original works of authorship fixed in tangible forms of expression. Tech startups are at the other extreme. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

I’m one of the judges for an MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Pitch event on January 31 focused on Digital Commerce companies: Panel Speakers: - Eric Nordlander , Engineering Partner @ Google Ventures. - David Teten , Partner @ ff Venture Capital. - Albert Wenger , Partner @ Union Square Ventures. - Sim Blaustein , Venture Investor.

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New York Venture Capital Analytics Distribution 122

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Israeli startup Mominis has announced a second investment round of $3 million, led by Mitsui Ventures, BRM and existing private investors headed by Baruch Lebanon. Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I sraeli startup Mominis has announced a second investment round of $3 million, led by Mitsui Ventures, BRM and existing private investors headed by Baruch Lebanon. Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 87

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For mobile app developers, the impressive figures are enticing. After all, it’s all about reach for mobile apps. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market? billion people.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

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. Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, Revolution LLC (Steve Case). I think you’ll enjoy watching. Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”. AppDynamics. Terms not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. 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. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

VC’s start investing in technology-enabled “offline” businesses (distribution, services etc) – most of whom would never have gotten venture money 3 years ago. Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 84

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. VentureBeat Mobile Summit. Hopefully we will see you there! FutureStack. Tech-savvy minds, this is the conference for you.

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