Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. There are a number of other variables here like virality (the chances of a user referring another user), but I don’t want to overcomplicate things. Successful and failed experiments.

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Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

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

View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. The irony hurts. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. Pitch late.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

The Early Stages of Promoting Your Startup. If you’re in the early stages of promoting your startup , you’ve probably thought about trying every possible marketing tactic out there: emails, blog posts, targeted ads on social media — you name it. But traditional doesn’t equal boring.

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Video Software Review Startup Audience 150

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. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. Morning in VC.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Social Media. Look at referrals, which is often a company’s best channel early on. Things spread virally when your product is good. But often these early stage referrals come in slowly with no real flow. Habit is Such a Fierce Competitor Have you ever made a sales call, presented what was.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product. like/+1/follow?

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API Viral Startup Retention 167

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

For example, Salesforce spends tons of people/money on social media posting/activity and you can see this on display on their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other presence. You’ll see my pet peeves about what media entities don’t measure in this cluster of recommendations…. A quick best practice. Movie Studio: The Fate of the Furious.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. If the viral coefficient is 0.9,

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

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.”. For example, Buffer, the successful social media company, just closed their only office. Do your own PR.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I asked him to present to my partners. 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. I will describe this in a moment. And they still do.

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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. Jobs Welcome to Mashable! Building and engaging a community through online forums and email lists is often a common first step.

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

I was asked recently how NextView evaluates such early stage companies for investment. Here are a couple examples from our portfolio: Vertical Communities: One of the exciting attributes of GrabCAD in the early days was its rapidly growing, engaged community of mechanical engineers. This tends to be pretty hit-or-miss, I find.

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Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

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! Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. “I like a cogent, coherent presentation.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

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.”

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Warrant Artificial Inteligence Social Media Early Stage 44

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

As a developer, I feel that design/creative is undervalued in the early stages of product development. Notwithstanding examples like Plentyofish, people respond to well designed, well branded products, and that can be important in getting traction early on. to echo Yyz earlier you need to prove early stage market traction!

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The CLTV is the net present value of the recurring profit streams of a given customer less the acquisition cost. 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. Software 2.0: ► 2006. (7).

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly In the industry they call this the “viral coefficient.”.

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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.), developed a white paper on performance metrics for Technology service Vendors (TSV) and this post present the key elements of his reflexion adapted for SaaS companies.

Software Review 66

Software Review Metrics Valuation Technical Review 66

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Social Media. Social Media. Sites Jobs Events Social Good Summit Media Summit Career Expos. In my first company, people liked our product but were embarrassed to share it because the design and presentation was so poor. Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Meta (fka Facebook), also presented a simplified view of 3 main Metaverse layers: Foundations — hardware, protocols and standards The foundations of the building include the hardware — phones, VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.— billion crypto fund, went particularly viral as Marc struggled to articulate the use case for Web3.

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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. Your goal should be finding a name that is solid and presentable, rather than something perfect. A tech and social media publishing site. Latest Social Media News. Latest Media News. Social Media Lists. Check out ;).

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