Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

I saw our hardware portfolio companies struggling with their supply chains; they were overly reliant on expensive air freight because the ocean freight market was so opaque. At the same time, I believe that the engineers and creators of these products are fundamentally good people. Can you share an overview of what you discovered?

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Our founding team has led first rounds in market leading enterprises such as LivePerson (LPSN), GoToMeeting (sold to Citrix), Greenplum (sold to EMC), and 24/7 Media (TFSM). This means we invest in product-driven engineering teams where all of the development is done in house and where rapid iteration is a key to success.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I love running experiments on my own, and I'm really excited about, I don't really like the term "bio-hacking," but there's a lot of fun and educational biology and chemistry experiments you can do at home like I did some polymer synthesis and some basic yeast genetic engineering. Before that, I was an electronics engineer.

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

If a bank’s annual retreat video goes viral — the one where its CEO reveals a lack of karaoke talent — then the video is popular even if the CEO is not. In fact, the more digital media we consider, the more flexible websites become. Scale How big is the information? width, height, duration, density). Moving Forward.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

So even as he worked full-time as an aerospace engineer, he’d work on BlogFrog. Investors scaled back in early-stage investments and used those funds to help current portfolio companies get through the bad economy. The BlogFrog concept was born. He tested it on his wife’s blog, and it became a hit.

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

This isn’t true for every single one of our portfolio companies, but in at least half, we had a thesis about why this company had some sort of unfair advantage or head-start when it comes to getting their product out into the market. Some products have what look like great viral loops, but aren’t very successful.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 ScheduleOnce – Scheduling engine to get everyone who needs to meet together at one time. Robyn – Easy online scheduling for service providers.

Software Review 78

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Labels: internet , Portfolio. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Monday, February 12, 2007. Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. The videos can be watched at Bessemer Online Marketing Portal (the other materials are not public). Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:53 PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. I’ve long been a believer in technology that “captures” new media types: photos & video. The applications for uploading and sharing the photos are obviously more viral and visually compelling.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

a new entrant trying to gain awareness in the marketplace investing in various mktg programs and sales to get the lead-gen engine flywheel started)? Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Am curious of your thoughts on how the CAC ratio is influenced based on stage/maturity of company (ie. anecdotes.

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Sales Software Review Marketing Technical Review 79

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

About Virtuosi Media. Social Media. Look at online advertising rates for your potential product keywords, industry publications ad rates, search engine optimization fees, and any other advertising avenues you’d like to pursue. -->. Our Newsletters Contact Us. Our Services. Our Vision. Contact Us. Corporate Blog.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

" Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web. William Smith -- Overview of Become.com [link] Become.com is a comparison search engine designed to help consumers doing product research on the web. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

Software Review 48

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one. SA : I think we've seen a handful of companies now tell their engineers that if you want to take paid time off to go work on a software project related to COVID. SA : I don't remember the very first company. Of course, they can work on antibodies.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business.

Founder 48

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

51:36) Scientific background on niclosamide, what we know about how it works to stop viral replication. (52:48) in chemical engineering. Eric Ries : I saw on social media an image someone had posted of a nurse who had a sign that said, "We're not heroes, we're being martyred and voluntarily against our will," something like that.

United States 68

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

For company with complex UI or usability issue, you might also want to add a small incentive to reward the sales of training module as this will impact churn, but this should be short term fix as your engineering team works hard to improve the product. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. internet.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

4) Sales model: From seasoned sales people to a tiered sales engine To buy, people needs to be comfortable with the product. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. To be comfortable with the product, people need to talk to someone. Basic sales principle. But this can be done in different ways.

Software Review 48

Software Review Internet Software Technical Review 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In this case, fully-burdened is not just the salary, bonus, and benefits of the sales rep, but also allocations for sales engineering support, executive support, marketing expense, and professional service expenses associate with securing the customer. Portfolio. (3). Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue. anecdotes. (13).

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 25, 2014

It could also include your blog, your recommendation engines, your customer forums, and all kinds of other digital existences that you own outright. The best websites in the world have a portfolio of outcomes (in case your customers are not ready to jump into bed with you right away!). [Bonus reading: Rent or Own? You own the domain.

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Metrics Marketing Analytics Channel 155

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

Raise your hand if you've heard this: "How can we make our video viral?" And you know the moment those words are uttered you are dealing with a video/effort that is most definitely never going to become "viral." People who don't know anything about Social Media use Facebook Likes to measure success.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Innocent on the other hand clearly understands Conversational Marketing (they are a small company, not yet corporatized I suspect, and likely deal with a smaller combination of lawyers/PR types/Social Media Gurus/Agencies – a sad likely bane on Tide's existence). Let's say you have a stock portfolio with someone like E-Trade.

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