Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

When we meet with entrepreneurs and ask about their competitive advantage or special sauce, one of the common responses is first mover advantage. ”We’re the first company to do X in an rapidly growing market” or similar. We sometimes think of being a fast follower in pejorative terms.

Cloud 205

Cloud B2B Software Review Technical Review 205

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Also the proportion of email subscribers who’ve bought a Groupon has held up reasonably well. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Guess I’ll start with “too big to fail” Off to hell, all you entrepreneurs, inventors, and “chance takers” who try to sue those big multinationals who have taken your ideas! My layman’s reading is that Yahoo!’s

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Read More ».

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Lots of us woke up this morning to an email from Reed Hastings about Netflix splitting it’s streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two separate operations (each w/ it’s own brand). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. September 19, 2011. Author howerl.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. And of course email, CRM, and other tools for managing your network of contacts are far older. In addition to being a repeat entrepreneur, I was immediately impressed by his ability to build product.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Budget the time leading up to the expo appropriately to guarantee enough bandwidth to send out email campaigns, put a link on your company website and even post on your organization’s social networking channels to make sure that all your customers, past, present and LV Outlet future know exactly where you are going to be.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185