thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more. And largely synergistic with what we do – which is awesome.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Since then, the space has only heated up (bad pun, I know) with more startups building and even more venture capital available to scale them. Zero-Emission Mobility / EV / Logistics & Transportation. Every bond sold adds to an ever-growing green treasury, or improves liquidity for key environment assets. .

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone. Truly making money mobile. Disrupting the disrupter.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. SF Chronicle: Ultralight startups: little capital, just computer. NPR Marketplace: Businesses save off green incentives. venture capital. However, Ive learned four lessons the hard way: 1. Most tech start-ups fail. Recent Posts.

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David Teten

APRIL 25, 2012

Enter Danni: David’s RFP included: upgrading Teten.com and TheVirtualHandshake.com to the latest version of WordPress, modernising the design of both sites, making both sites mobile and social-media friendly , changing the commenting system from DISQUS to Livefyre (ff Venture Capital portfolio company) , migrating from AWeber to MailChimp , and.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2013

50 years from now someone else will be slippin on the Green jacket, I assure you. The most famous part of Augusta National Golf Course is at the far end of the real estate – a little spot called “Amen Corner”, where patrons can see the green at hole 11, the entire par 3 12th, and the tee shot at #13. Let me explain….

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 12, 2011

California is still the leading state for venture capital. No surprise, mobile investment continued to grow. Investment in green tech and clean tech declined. Number of VC Deals Grows in California, But Funding Dollars Down. 60% of the funding in the state when to Internet and Healthcare companies. Alas, Poor Washington.

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Jason Ball

JUNE 17, 2013

As part of an ongoing effort to be more transparent and open about venture and investing, I thought I’d set out a few reasons for why I led the effort behind Qualcomm Ventures’ recent investment into Wrapp (great interview with Carl where he discuses product and roadmap). Simple, clean app with a razor sharp mobile focus.

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Jason Ball

APRIL 1, 2008

Conor over at Argolon gave me the low-down on what’s happening on the green isle: Dublin has traditionally been the mobile dev centre here (Movidia, Newbay, Xiam, Puca, S3, Rococo etc etc) and I think that is still the case. Finally, Mobile Monday Dublin seems to be a bit quiet at the minute ([link].

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days. venture capitalists put $8.1 venture capitalists put $8.1 It’s clear that factors like the greater American economy and the bumpy tech IPO market don’t necessarily have a direct and/or timely correlation with venture capital spending.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

There were a number of green projects at the NIF, including environmental studies major Alan Hacklers Zero Waste Solutions. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A little over a year ago, I joined First Round Capital as an EIR -- with the goal of helping First Round root deeper into the community here after having already done almost a dozen deals, mostly out of their Philly office. Since that time, I’ve seen the whole firm mobilize in an effort to better support the NYC innovation community.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurship , venture capital. I was previously a founder of Bizmetric in 2000 (your firm chose not to invest) and am now working on a startup using 3D architectural visualization for green building.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone. Truly making money mobile. Disrupting the disrupter.

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Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

Being in the venture capital industry, I find that sometimes it is worthwhile to take a step back from the day-to-day to take a look at the large impending trends which are just beginning to affect us. Internet’s facilitation of green lifestyle. Mobile consumption of information.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft. Paul’s track record as a serial entrepreneur was far more impressive than either Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick or Lyft co-founder Logan Green. To blitzscale, or not to blitzscale?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

To start with the amount of risk capital — including angel, institutional VC, and other private equity — deployed towards startups was actually greater in Dallas than Austin , as of Q1 2017, with $6.97 In the early days of the current internet age, the center of Dallas venture capital was the Galleria area.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Think of it as a cross between a landlord, summer camp, and venture-capital firm. Amino is a mobile community platform that looks to replace the stodgy old message boards that have defined the Internet for more than 20 years. Not all will make it.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I overviewed the growth of the global internet and penetration, noting that the future of the Web was going to be driven by emerging countries, as mobile connectivity continues to be more ubiquitous and the West is largely penetrated. The title of this blog comes from a presentation I did at last year’s Web 2.0

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We miss you and look forward to seeing you soon.The NM Green Chamber of Commerce wants a ‘buy local’ app. Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. Does such a thing already exist?Would Would you be interested (or know someone) in creating it? Alex works with the chamber and I know the folks involved.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Venture capital. At the end of the incubation period, Microsoft hopes to help the companies find their first round of venture funding through its venture capital partners — or perhaps acquire them itself. Mobile Jetpac pulls in $2.4M Mobile Jetpac pulls in $2.4M Acquisition. Developers.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Fitness/life guru Tim Ferriss just posted my guest article on ff Venture Capital ‘s approach to building a fitness office. UPDATE: ff Venture Capital was recently profiled in The Roger, an online magazine that profiles creative workspaces. Thanks Tim!) And even the wall is optional. Technology.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Denver, CO, February 23, 2010 – The Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association today unveiled its final lineup of growth companies at the 27 th annual Venture Capital in the Rockies (VCIR) 2010 Winter conference. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. .

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. TopSchool, Inc.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

Among the companies represented were ZTE, one of China’s largest telecom equipment makers, and Yingli Green Energy Holding, a leading renewable energies firm. US CONNECTIVITY GIANT CORNING BUYS MOBILE ACCESS. MobileAccess, formerly Foxcom Wireless, was founded in 1998.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2011

I don’t think so, especially when Groupon can most certainly afford it… All in all, good choice on Groupon’s behalf most probably (despite making me envy-green). Tawkon debuts its mobile phone radiation app on the Samsun Nexus S. See previous coverage of eToro on VC Cafe. Notable Israeli startups. Watch this space.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. And if you’re doing Windows Mobile 7 apps (which the stats suggest you aren’t), it’s your only choice. They’ve tried everything. Everything, that is, but.NET.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

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Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

The genie is out of the bottle – technology is proliferating worldwide, relatively new web and mobile users could use Slack, or Zoom, or pick-any-service on a daily basis, often paying for it. Honorable mention for 2019 consumer behavior trends: Vaping, going meatless, making “green” choices.].

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Barrett said hes seen apps become smaller, simpler, and more streamlined - perhaps to be more mobile browser-friendly. Simplicity is key so that the design can either work on both web and mobile devices or at least be consistent with the simple design of the mobile version." and green means responsible and eco-friendly."

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