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AUGUST 3, 2011

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital." Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital. Portfolio. (3).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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MAY 25, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Tuesday, May 25, 2010. "10 10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). internet.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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MARCH 24, 2015

We were fortunate to host very talented speakers from our portfolio (Ilya Sukhar from FB/Parse, Steve Marx from Dropbox, Bill Ready from Braintree, Ali Rayl from Slack, Eric Wittman from Atlassian, Sam Mac Donnell from HotelTonight.)

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JUNE 23, 2008

This video is a very smart viral marketing initiative from Cardo Systems , a provider of bluetooth headsets and it reached more than 6m eyeballs (this number includes the different versions of the video as well as the videos of people trying the experience to show it is a scam!). Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity?

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s an impressive portfolio. Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Just some food for thought as you build your investment portfolio. Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1).

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Version One Ventures

MAY 30, 2013

Zendesk initially focused on tech startups and now has more than 30,000 clients including global giants like Disney and Vodafone. For example, Clio , a company in my portfolio, first focused on providing legal practice management for solo lawyers and very small firms (today, Clio is now serving firms with over 50 lawyers).

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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JULY 10, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

Google Ventures was one of our co-investors, and in addition to all the other typical support GV provides their portfolio, this startup gained some unique insights for their organic and paid search strategy which were impactful and couldn’t have been gleaned elsewhere. .

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

A world first crazy interesting e-commerce opportunity – this has global viral potential built into it. It could be a nice opportunity for a gun designer student to build their portfolio, or it might be something a more experienced person who can knock over in a much shorter timeline for the same fee? web & iOS).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. Portfolio. (3). Global Warning!

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MARCH 12, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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MARCH 10, 2008

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). This invite-only event for our portfolio companies and close friends of the firm was designed to be fairly intimate and interactive. Labels: Portfolio , SaaS , software.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

Obviously, both founders and investors prefer when one gifted leader can guide the company from garage to global titan. My initial theory was that my value came from being a consumer internet expert with special expertise in virality, since I was one who invented some key viral marketing practices. I think that’s wrong as well.

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JANUARY 5, 2007

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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JULY 6, 2007

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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DECEMBER 16, 2006

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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JUNE 18, 2007

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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MAY 15, 2008

Audience: 75 percent voted “Yes” 5) Water tech will replace global warming as global priority (Joe) Here is the premise behind this trend: the world is running out of water and this will kill more people than global warming. Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning!

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MARCH 10, 2008

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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DECEMBER 28, 2006

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. There are 20x more consumers online.

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DECEMBER 7, 2006

Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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