Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I think it stands for those people who have money but not the sophistication to understand the world of early-stage tech funding. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? It creeps people out.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. But beyond that, not much.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. You can find out how to more cost effectively buy search terms (i.e. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? So if you convert 12.5%

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. Covered previously on RWW.)

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. It can help you be a strong athlete, which makes you an attractive early-stage player.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Remember to also do a trademark search at your country’s intellectual property office, such as USPTO (U.S Social media marketing could also be effective during the early stages of your business.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

Key Factors to Effective Competitive Analysis as a Small Business | Search Engine Watch – [link]. Follow the money: AngelList has blown open early-stage investments | Wired UK – [link]. Good data on teen use of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others – [link]. – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Clearly these advertisements make some impact but often the effects aren’t measurable (and even when you do see something it is often subconscious and may manifest itself later as a search query in Google and therefore harder to attribute to the banner). Some companies are solving for this problem algorithmically.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Since the rise of Generation Y (or millennials), we changed the online behavior: we consume content and services from multiple sources, like blogs, social networks and online searches. MG: Most of the early-stage tech companies face a very common problem: growing the user base.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

That is the role of the CEO in an early stage company. You can also reach out to me on virtually any of the social networks, just search for Steve Hoffman or founder space. People will do everything, but the CEO needs to set a vision and then needs to go out and get these people committed. They're all there.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

But the early customers all compared it to MySpace. This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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. Typical search parameters I use to find lead generations VAs : Application invite example: Upwork tips. The strategy in a nutshell.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Especially in the early stages, keeping a relationship with your customers can be paid off exponentially, not only in overall engagement but with extremely valuable word of mouth marketing. Search ads are expensive, however. What would they type in a Google search?). Masterful onboarding (cheap). in other countries).

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 14, 2015

Similarly with Google and another search engine, or Facebook and another social network, and so on. That’s why we choose to play at these very early stages. Neuman discusses this in a bit of detail, but the headline is that the majority of great venture winners took market risk not technology risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Also try a search on LinkedIn. Try Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Venture Financings we Discussed.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

In this case, the system will be made up of a classic two-sided market: Job Seekers Jobs / Employers And like most two-sided markets, the value to either side is most often proportional to the number of users on the network’s other side. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

In this case, the system will be made up of a classic two-sided market: Job Seekers Jobs / Employers And like most two-sided markets, the value to either side is most often proportional to the number of users on the network’s other side. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I would think you would want to at least be cautious in discussing your virtualization idea with someone at VMware, your search idea with Google, etc. Great points, though your bio does read “Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including … a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode!”

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Jim is also a mentor for early-stage startups through Techstars and The Founder Institute. You can search. Some of these social networks and newer avenues of digital communication are indeed better for personal messages. It is asynchronous. It is persistent. It is collaborative. You can archive. You can forward.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. So far we have been very effective using blogs, social networks, etc.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g. That is essentially the prime challenge that social networks are facing; it’s hard to monetize their content because it's difficult to know what people want when they’re doing and not receiving/hunting.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g. That is essentially the prime challenge that social networks are facing; it’s hard to monetize their content because it's difficult to know what people want when they’re doing and not receiving/hunting.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. Drowning American. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Post navigation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. Search for a restaurant, book a table, eat in 30 minutes. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 13, 2021

In the early stages of Google, search was seen as a terrible way of making money in advertising. And what does search do? My friend Mark Pincus tells a good “honest no” story around a previous venture, the social network called Tribe. We see this all the time with truly big ideas.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 9, 2015

What can you do so that you’re not remembered as a social network called MySpace or Google’s Orkut? It’s important to know which networks brands need to work on to connect, engage and be a part of a new conversation. The claims of any advert are easily verified with a simple search.

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