Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

When you’ve been playing the game a bit longer or when you have responsibilities at the fund level you start thinking more about “portfolio construction.” Almost every successful company is a mixture of very hard work by the founders mixed with a pinch of luck, good fortune and perseverance. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2013

About half our investments are in companies at true startup stage – i.e. founder + idea, nothing built – and half are in slightly more mature companies, up to late seed stage when there are maybe 5-10 people in the company. Appear Here - a market place for short term lets on the High Street that works with ecommerce companies.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Subscription ecommerce has become quite a hot business model over the past couple of years, perhaps reaching peak hotness 6-12 months ago. Phil Wilkinson, the founder of Kopi, is an old friend and we were discussing characteristics of good ecommerce subscription businesses over lunch yesterday.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Firstly, let me introduce myself — Libby James, Co-founder of Merchant Advice Service , we specialize in helping business owners when they have been terminated or declined card processing both of which can be common when starting up a company. Customer not present transactions include telephone payments and eCommerce sales.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Tal Raviv is the co-founder of Ecquire. Whether that means chasing down a technical co-founder, learning to code, or even building that “Lean MVP” – the conventional wisdom is that without tech abilities you’re nothing more than a dude (or dudette) with a Powerpoint. This post was originally published on OnStartups.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. Far from it.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We are holding our second open office hours for solo founders of ecompanies in the commerce ecosystem on 19th Sept. ——————– We will be holding Open Office Hours on September 19th to meet solo-founders of ecommerce companies at the idea stage. Are you a solo founder with an idea?

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2015

the capital intensity of ecommerce, bad exit multiples, etc.). But I do think it’s pretty successful to pattern-match based on founders. When an investor has success with a particular profile of founder, they tend to be enamored by founders of a similar ilk. Look at successful founders in the portfolio first.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

Finally, we are different to early stage funds (and many of them are great early stage funds) because we spend much more money supporting our portfolio. ‘Investor led studio’ or better ‘Ecommerce investment studio’ could be a great way to describe Forward Partners. We definitely don’t do that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE. 50 Beautifully Simple Portfolio Websites For Your Inspiration – crowdspring.co/18GaqJP. 18H7DOw.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Early this year Amie Fineberg, who has been my amazing assistant for over 10 years, mentioned that she and several other employees at Benchmark had fallen in love with a new ecommerce service, and that I might want to check it out. Fundamentally, we share the common concern that many of the new “Ecommerce 2.0”

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ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

That’s not the case with WordPress, so you can create a beautiful ecommerce site and know that the blog is an integral part of the development process. So Webflow is great for portfolios, agency websites, restaurants etc; sites with little functionality. A brief overview of Webflow. Image source ).

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

Forrester says Facebook & eCommerce don’t mix. An Interview With Twitter’s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass – [link]. Why Every Designer Should Have a Portfolio – [link]. Joel’s Totally Fair Method to Divide Up The Ownership of Any Startup [link]. 10 Tips To Improve Email Marketing – [link].

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital.

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View from Seed

MARCH 15, 2018

NextView is not an AR/VR, blockchain, AI — or even ecommerce — fund. You can look to our portfolio for some examples. We backed the founders of Pi , not because we were doing a deep dive on magnetic resonance for wireless charging , but because consumer electronics have become so pervasive in our daily lives.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Naturally, the types of products a certain eCommerce site sells and the kind of audience it caters to have an enormous impact on how recommendations should be used and presented in the store, and also on the kind of logics that work best for them. Where Can You Use Recommendations? Main Page Recommendations. Popular Products.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 18, 2014

Lyst was one of my portfolio companies when I was at DFJ.). Ecommerce is slated for massive growth and making it easier to buy will be one of the drivers. Ecommerce Uncategorized' For me these services which take a step or two out of the process of buying stuff online represent an important evolution.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

In addition, we were lucky enough to finally find reliable partners, thus adding a few more services to our portfolio – like Locksmith and Childcare. 15- Feature and interview by SCOOP Founder Phil Stoten. Recently we were featured and interviewed during Productronica 2017 by SCOOP Founder Phil Stoten. environment.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Digital collectibles and NFTs exploded (and then calmed down) as a way for creators to monetise digital collectibles and art Social commerce – creators can monetise fandom by driving ecommerce purchases or selling their own merchandise via the social platforms. Finally, a small plug to Remagine Ventures.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

We market to four populations: High-potential founders. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. We don’t worry too much about marketing to the broader world, who are less relevant. . Crunchbase.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

Wayfair and Houzz are changing the way consumers find and shop for furnishings, but ecommerce is underpenetrated in this category, and the promise of VR and AR to create a step-function change here is still a little ways away. But it’s coming. We think this is one of the most important opportunities of our lifetime.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

The According to Alon Grinshpoon, co-founder and CEO of EchoAR: “3D content is now everywhere. Alban Denoyel , Sketchfab’s co-founder and CEO. 4) Augmented Reality in eCommerce/ Social. Another example from our portfolio is Zoog , a interactive entertainment content hub to connect families, starting with books.

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View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Founder: Dennis Chim. Influencer Direct puts the tools to create their own eCommerce business directly into the hands of influencers.” However, influencers currently don’t have easy access to purchase high-quality products wholesale from brands nor do they have the time or skills to run their own eCommerce businesses.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

Startup Founders: Don’t Forget to Sell the Dream | by Jason Shen – [link]. 15 Beautiful and Awesome Examples of Portfolio Designs | Silky Designs – [link]. Tips for Designing a Fabulous Ecommerce Website | Dezine Robotics – [link]. Startups: You Should Value Software More | by Wade Foster – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

eCommerce was battered this year. I’m thankful to the associates at Upfront Ventures for helping me to evaluate our new opportunities and for helping me be prepared for issues with our portfolio companies. Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane.

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View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Co-founders Bowie Cheung and Chetan Narain spent years helping restaurants leverage technology and data to improve their operations as part of the leadership team at Uber Eats. Tight margins at restaurants and throughout the supply chain further underscore the importance of innovation through technology.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A new flock of startups has launched to support content creators to craft (videos, art, newsletters, music, games, courses, etc), find an audience, generate income (subscriptions, tipping, ecommerce, NFTs, etc) and engage their communities. Pre-seed founders building interesting tech in the creator economy space? Creative Automation.

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View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

Are you a founder of an ecommerce startup? These issues range from the number of deals an investor has done recently (the more in a given year, the less likely to do another) to being majorly distracted by existing portfolio companies to dealing with personal issues. Always think about fit. It matters.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 11, 2014

At Forward Partners we invest in early stage companies in the ecommerce ecosystem, often from company inception. I recently blogged about the customer discovery process at our portfolio company Lexoo. We have to evaluate the idea and conversations with potential customers areone way of doing that.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 4, 2013

None of these are good reasons to avoid what we see as an essential discipline which often yields huge insights, and we encourage our portfolio companies to make customer conversations a big part of their early work and then a consistent ongoing activity. ” Our portfolio company ParcelBright offers another good example.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2015

In recent years VCs have been rushing to add value by hiring non-investors to help their portfolio companies. Google Ventures: has teams that help portfolio companies with design, engineering, recruiting, marketing and partnerships. OpenView Partners: has teams to help their portfolio companies with recruiting and sales and marketing.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

That's why people often take the portfolio approach when managing their career. A lot of times, the roles that are open to non-founders at companies aren't necessarily the ones they wanted. It's often why acq-hires aren't necessarily the worst thing for your career--especially if you manage to make an impact at your new company.

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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. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Caregivers receive product guidance, curation, and content – as well as human support & empathy – that other ecommerce experiences don’t provide. In fact, the Founders, Bianca Padilla and Jonathan Magolnick , met on their own personal journeys to find a way to provide better care for their loved ones.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow. The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it.

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