Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. In this episode, I talk with the Founder and Chairman of Acceleration Partners, Bob Glazer, about why diversifying your marketing strategy with other channels — like partnerships — is the way of the future.

Marketing 89

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 89

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I am working to develop deeper relationships with LitLife’s school and district partners to ensure that our literacy consulting work is as effective as possible. By highlighting work that is going well with partners, we can also cast a light on the amazing work happening in each of our sites! 7- New ideas and partners.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

JetBlue has had to recreate established models and vertically integrate where the adjacent experiences for the customer and courageous brand to reinvent an entire ecosystem in this way. Starting with the ‘1984’ advertisement , Apple has changed the way we should be thinking, controlling our lives, and operating as individuals.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Technical Review Non-Compete Software Review 122

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Stephen is a Capital Factory Mentor, serial entrepreneur and former General Partner at Austin Ventures. Stephen Straus (@ssaustin) | Twitter Carolyn Rodz HelloAlice Featured in Fortune, Inc.,

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. For example, US Steel had integrated vertically and was involved in the mining of the iron ore all the way to the production of various steel products, e.g., nails. each with its own profit and loss responsibility.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The final word, media, helped to define the vertical we were to operate in. Lowground Records was the easiest business I have ever named and I knew the name fit the second my business partner said it. Thanks to Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, Gracefully Global Group LLC ! #16- Thanks to Shaun Savage, GoShare ! #14-

Naming 84

Naming Software Review Entrepreneur Atlanta 84

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Today’s ultracompetitive global environment demands that you make alliances early. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 242

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

These are but some of the global startups who are gunning to transform an industry that is, quite frankly, in desperate need of a shake-up. Imagine if this sector continued to operate with mom-and-pop stores, where each store served a specific need and sold a specific product? It simply would not work on a global scale.

Global 189

Global Vertical Agile Engineer 189

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Part of why I’m on this trip with Wences Casares (founder and CEO of Xapo ) is to learn (and share) a broader view of entrepreneurship, where the strategies of Blitzscaling can be applied outside of Silicon Valley and China, and participate in Endeavor’s critical global mission for building the industries, companies, and jobs of the future.

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Chile Global Silicon Valley Estonia 36

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production.

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South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally.

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Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 39

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). The bottom line is they could have been amazing partners.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That’s groundbreaking in accounting, where margins are thin and the overheard of operating in-office with year-round staff is high. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. Read the full post — Alex Rampell , a16z fintech general partner, and Scott Kupor , a16z managing partner What’s inside your (mobile) bank?

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

Acceptance that leading VC franchises needed to be multi-stage and global. To me, it makes sense, because “tech” is no longer a vertical – it’s seeping into every sector horizontally. Acceptance that firms and partners need to actively market themselves.

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Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For a flooring company I worked with, that white whale was Hilton Hotels: one company in charge of flooring purchases for 14 global brands across 5,000 locations. Partner with industry publications to reach hundreds of decision-makers. Partner with niche industry publications and share exclusive articles, webinars, and tools.

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B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Today’s ultracompetitive global environment demands that you make alliances early. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 293

Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

These designers help small to mid-sized brands design/develop quality product by exposing them to big company best practices and a global network of factories, trim suppliers, fabric sources, etc. We view regulatory bodies not as hurdles, but as partners in the commercialization process. We are able to do that because: 1.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Today’s ultracompetitive global environment demands that you make alliances early. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Startup 247

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 247

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Today’s ultracompetitive global environment demands that you make alliances early. Too many early-stage companies are so desperate for customers that they operate in a frantic and random sales mode. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Startup 120

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. But I am doing this from the vantage point of an investor / Board member, not an operating executive. Lack of confidence?

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active.

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In fact, the food we waste is responsible for roughly 8% of global emissions, so wasting less food presents a key opportunity to address climate change. Through being a ReFED Global Innovator , I have the opportunity to partner with like-minded entrepreneurs and track the latest innovations as part of the ReFED network.

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Los Angeles Stealth Cofounder Bandwidth 62

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity.

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Baltimore Africa South Africa Michigan 62

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If the account matches your personas (whether that’s based on company size, operational processes, or expected deal size), then you can justify cost-intensive ABM approaches (like personalized gifts). To execute effectively on your product marketing strategy , marketing and sales need to operate as one unit. via 6sense ].

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Marketing Campaign Email Sales 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

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The Startup Toolkit

JULY 13, 2013

And which global company wouldn’t want to reach customers around the globe? However, you can also see it broken out in Microsoft’s own words: A business model based on partner and first-party devices with both consumer and enterprise services. Optimization for activities people value most. Colour me skeptical.

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Engineer Vertical Framework Acquisition 41

The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Two parts of the same network operating as islands. In fact, a recent IDC study showed 85 percent of respondents who said IT has become a more valuable partner compared to three years ago. Think of it as a compute supply chain, with the CIO managing the vertical integration of this chain. A bigger network of smaller things.

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Cloud API Vertical Cofounder 128

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). My SaaS focus at Accel Partners is the natural continuity of this path.

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

iRidium narrowed their audience into five segments: Best customers; Members of the target account buying community; Thought leaders ; Partners; Media and industry publications. Snowflake decides which channels to use according to industry verticals and where their buyers are likely to be. Results from SE’s ABM efforts.

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Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105