Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I have a friend who was one of the first investors in a startup media and entertainment company that grew to become one of the largest firms in Europe in its market niche. He has gone on to invest in dozens more startups and early - stage companies, and puts most of his “work” time into various charitable and philanthropic efforts.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. 6:00 – 7:30).

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

” That 45 was distilled down to a final ten who had five minutes to get their idea across to early stage investor Hussein Kanji, Belinda Parmar, CEO of Lady Geek, Nick Holzherr, CEO of Whisk and yours truly. There are terms that I hate, like social media, that’s b t. I also hate the term disruptive technology.”

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Bantuveris is a recognized national expert in boosting parent involvement in school and using social media for social good. She is also an Angel Investor in early stage businesses.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

To confirm that the improvements in speed and stability were as it hoped, Box commissioned Neustar, a neutral provider of real-time information and analysis for the technology, telecommunications and media industries, to analyze performance against three major cloud storage providers. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

In the UK, by far the largest tech hub in Europe, startups raised $26 billion. Europe: $100 billion ??India: Several discussions on social media have founders asking if they should hedge their FOREX risk. Plenty of fresh powder in the market across stages. In the US alone, startups raised $330 billion. US: $330 billion ??China:

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And if we want them to understand what life outside the classroom in an early stage venture will look like, then they need to experience chaos, conflicting data, uncertainty and good-enough decision-making for 10 confusing weeks. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And if we want them to understand what life outside the classroom in an early stage venture will look like, then they need to experience chaos, conflicting data, uncertainty and good-enough decision-making for 10 confusing weeks. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This had me thinking about where we have come in terms of media and information distribution. We're basically in a bubble when it comes to early-stage start-up valuations. Valuations have also gone up in Europe and we always trail the US by some time. Let me lay this out as I see it. There's simply too much noise!

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Early Stage Distractions | Nick Francis – [link]. Nate Silver Proves the Limits of Personal Media Brands | Digiday by Josh Sternberg – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Distraction-heavy social media darlings come and go, but the email inbox is going strong after more than two decades. While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media - rosskimbarovsky.com , August 9, 2010 If you believe the media and social media “experts&# , we’re living in the Renaissance of social media. The Dry Run. didn’t sleep that night. was scared and nervous. Why do startups? via Urban Dictionary ). Retirement Plans.

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VC Cafe

JULY 30, 2012

6) Equity Crowdfunding – I’ve covered the different types of Crowdfunding on the post Startup Equity Crowdfunding grows in Europe. 9) Get media/blog coverage before you launch – staying on the traction point, any prospecting investor will do its due diligence on the company, product or team.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

Spoiler alert: I believe that 2024-2025 will be an amazing time to invest in early stage startups. Global tensions are rising and we’re seeing a lot more scary media articles talking about the possibility of WW3. If you’re building a category defining startup in Israel or Europe, we’d love to chat.

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www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But if youre in the US for example, then your development cost will be anything from 5-10 times higher than offshoring to India or Eastern Europe. Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Now more than ever, social media channels are increasingly the norm, so further investing in community activities like meet-ups and workshops can add a face-to-face element — one that is extremely valuable. For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

John Jantsch (10:49): Now let's hear from a sponsor, you know, today everybody's online, but are they finding your website, grab the online spotlight and your customer's attention with Semrush from content and SEO to ads and social media. You know, in Europe, gosh, I just came back from meetings with the team in Amsterdam, in London. (19:07):

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

Most of the companies that raised these mega rounds are relatively early stage in terms of product and monetisation (if at all) and about half of the companies that raised large sums, are developing LLMs, which generally requires deep pockets to cover 1) cloud costs, 2) expensive deep learning engineers 3) get the data to train the models.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

This was actually a great piece of advice, because ideas change and evolve in the early stages of the startup, it’s about the other person not the idea as much. Media Training. Pitch 2009 is a unique startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. I received an invitation to attend the event.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Europe, Canada, Israel, Mainland China and India, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Venture investment in some major investment hubs, such as Europe, has not regained its footing following the economic downturn in 2008. Europe Sees Lowest Deal Count on Record. NEW YORK (Nov. Venture capitalists put $1.2

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. www.elance.com and hire from eastern europe. Any suggestions?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Angel List , one of the most disruptive inovations in funding, has been giving startups more and more exposure to foreign and local angels at the early stage. London’s most influential people in Digital media, according to the Evening Standard top 1000 list [link]. Share/Bookmark.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Angel List , one of the most disruptive inovations in funding, has been giving startups more and more exposure to foreign and local angels at the early stage. London’s most influential people in Digital media, according to the Evening Standard top 1000 list [link]. Share/Bookmark.

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Nowadays, the focus has shifted to more “capital-efficient&# businesses in Internet, media and mobile apps. On the funding side there’s also some silver lining: Pitango is looking to raise a $350 million fund and Greylock has created a $160 million fund dedicated to Europe and Israel. The bright side.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Your default position should be to consider Europe as your pre-IPO growth story, and Asia only after you’re a high-flying public company.

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VC Cafe

MAY 3, 2012

The technology will be unveiled officially at the Drupa Print Media Fair in Dusseldorf in May. MORFLORA FINALIST FOR 2012 RED HERRING TOP 100 EUROPE. The process uses tiny pigment water-based particles that are only tens of nanometers in size (a human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide), and can print on almost any material.

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

It’s hard to be an early stage startup. event, following 14 similar ones in Israel, Turkey and Europe. Funtactix is a pioneer in web-based gaming, building the next generation of exclusive social game experiences that connect fans to the world’s leading media franchises. This is the firm’s first U.S.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Israel became the first non-European state to head the EUREKA Network, the leading industrial R&D initiative in Europe and the largest of its kind in the world with investments of 1.5 approval for its treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a lung-damaging condition that is mainly found in Europe and North America.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

sites from scratch - Experienced with the majority of the social api’s (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Meebo, PayPal, Flickr) - Experience managing offshore dev teams - Most recently a Director of Product Development at an early stage funded startup [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: finding your co-founders [.]

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

David Cowan , the Bessemer Managing Partner who pioneered early stage investments in automated subscription services ( Verisign , Postini , Netli.), Europe Consumer. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Different models require different performance metrics.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

During this time she began showing increasing signs of early-stage dementia. I learned firsthand about the everyday challenges those living with early dementia face, including using the telephone. Geiger, Twelve31 Media, LLC ! #20- Photo Credit: Tavis Schriefer. I saw a need and went after it. Thanks to Margaret H.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

Having seen the success of escape rooms spread through Hungary and greater Eastern Europe I had a feeling they would catch on here in the States at some point. Thanks to Judy Sahay, Crowd Media ! #9 9 – Shift in Media Landscape. I’m also not originally from the U.S., Image Credit: Nicole Reaney. 10 – 2 Motivations.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Media Temple. Social Media Tracking/Marketing. analytics for social media and online. social media and email marketing. Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

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