David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

Partner 240

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2022

To see this in action, consider the DALL-E images that go viral on Reddit and Twitter. Even in the early stages of ideation, an architect may want to explore a skyscraper that’s exactly 50 stories high, not just “very tall.” Indeed, think of how much time we spend now communicating with people in mediated ways.

Warrant 44

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products. Today all of our banking and payment information is accessible online and we are one-click from buying from Amazon, iTunes, the AppStore and PayPal.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

All the research is out there – there are a lot of smart people on the internet sharing information for free. You can use your social media presence to put a call out for comments. Use your social media connections to find your core market, and direct your attention their way.

Marketing 90

Marketing Social Media Cofounder Design 90

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Visit [link] / for more information. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 84

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Visit [link] / for more information. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 83

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. A tech and social media publishing site. My brother later informed me that it was to log of a name but now I cant see anything else. Latest Social Media News. Latest Media News. Social Media Lists. IT FEELS GREAT!

Naming 84

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 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 Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Programming 86

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

There is no substitute for market research, written by domain experts, to supplement your informal poll of friends and family. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early.

Intellectual Property 251

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 251

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

There is no substitute for market research, written by domain experts, to supplement your informal poll of friends and family. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early.

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Put simply, the amount of public, real-time information that is now being created by hundreds of millions of users and soon billions of objects will change the way every major business, organization or government must operate. ” How can businesses not incorporate information into their marketing and sales funnels? Asymmetric.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

As with any new service that makes information more transparent there is obviously going to be some public concern. I think once you’re married you start to become more private with the financial information that you share and as you increase your earnings you also get more private about that.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

World Featured in US & World Featured: Facebook iPhone 4S Media Summit. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

There is no substitute for market research, written by domain experts, to supplement your informal poll of friends and family. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

View from Seed

MAY 27, 2015

But we noticed that while the information in these podcasts is interesting, many are often far removed from the actual day-to-day challenges of very early stage founders that are just trying to go from nothing to something. We find that these are great, and I personally listen to many of them.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Non-Compete Early Stage Silicon Valley 120

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! For more information visit BantamLive.com. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

And, Alistair carefully breaks down cohort analysis, a method of grouping users according to a shared criterion (all the users who joined in a given month, for instance, or during a particular campaign), and then demonstrates how you can test with those cohorts to yield actionable information. Alistair: There are plenty. Everyone wanted some.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Our goal is to make the enormous volume of real-time information more manageable for the 99% of companies that lack the infrastructure to process these volumes in real time. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. The Importance of Twitter.

Viral 307

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Surely--but then I realize how difficult it is to be an early stage VC in NYC. As a junior investor, you have to be a sponge for information--and instead of trying to impress everyone with the deals you bring in or your investment insight, try to figure out what the best performers are doing. What did I do?

Venture Capital 110

Venture Capital PR Hiring Networking 110

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

Our firm invested at a very early stage in retail brands including CostCo, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ulta, Starbucks and many more. I’ve long been a believer in technology that “captures” new media types: photos & video. Rich shared common views that the explosion in media creation will only continue to accelerate.

Term Sheet 303

Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

He says, “Spending a few thousand on a domain could make a big difference long term, and give you the credibility and advantage over the competition, especially in the very beginning and early stages of the business.”. Noah Parsons says, “Start collecting contact information for interested, prospective customers. Do your own PR.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While those initial links will be very useful in sending traffic your way in the early stage, they can be massive useful later by allowing search engines to find your site and gain authority and link value. Aaron Wall, SEO Book Add a free feature which is accessible, useful, and spreads virally. Pure brilliance.

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping SEO Startup Widget 49

Board Effect

AUGUST 30, 2019

One comment on social media from a client citing their lack of trust in a company can go viral within minutes and create a public outrage even if the comments are untrue. As the media continues to report, cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and cyberattacks are becoming increasingly prevalent.

Agile 45

Agile Government Technology Software 45

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

If someone wants to become an entrepreneur, is it more important to keep looking for a really good media idea that you can do a month’s worth of customer development on or is it better to think of literally what complete start up can I make in a week? So I have a question for you, Jason. Stuff like that? ’ Why?

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I don't really have any social media, or read a lot of the news frankly because I feel like a lot of it is overblown and a lot of it is just wrong and there's very little accountability as to who is right about what, and a lot of it seems to be just over blowing. A common test would be a viral entry or a viral attachment assay.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have customers, you don't yet have traction and sales, how are you going to judge it? These are the kind of decisions we wanted to help people with at that early stage.

Framework 68

Framework Cofounder Early Stage IPO 68

Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

But we noticed that while the information in these podcasts is interesting, many are often far removed from the actual day-to-day challenges of very early stage founders that are just trying to go from nothing to something. We find that these are great, and I personally listen to many of them.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Non-Compete Early Stage Silicon Valley 28

Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

But we noticed that while the information in these podcasts is interesting, many are often far removed from the actual day-to-day challenges of very early stage founders that are just trying to go from nothing to something. We find that these are great, and I personally listen to many of them.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Non-Compete Early Stage Silicon Valley 28

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have, um, customers, you don't yet have traction in sales, how are you gonna judge it? These are the kind of decisions we wanted to help people with at that early stage.

Audio 85

Audio Cofounder Framework Early Stage 85

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

But it could also be a non-financial challenge, like being a social media company and facing attacks from multiple points of the political spectrum. Even relatively early stage boards should be thinking about diversity, because they face particular challenges on this issue. Maybe it’s an economic challenge.

Startup 36

Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly. It’s easier (but still hard) when you’re running a small, early-stage organization.

Startup 36

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