Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It was one of the year's most successful IPOs so far, and has been heralded as a "landmark moment" for cryptocurrency's entrance into mainstream investing. Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012.

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IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

The End of “Internet” Companies. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. I’m not sure whether it’s 10 years from now or 50 years from now, but at some point in the medium to long term future we’ll cease talking about “internet” companies in any meaningful sense.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media. VC funds invested directly in MakerDao’s Dai stable coin.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2016

The partners here had made many great investments in consumer companies before then — companies that resulted in successful IPOs like BlueNile and eHealth in the late 90s. For that reason I was thrilled when Aaron Batalion joined as my partner in November. In addition, Jon Steinberg has also joined us, as a Venture Partner.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder SCRUM Committed Capital 60

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

Small Business 311

Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Equity 311

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

In fact, their affiliate partners dissuaded them from doing so. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. You go onto the Internet and can control what people hear on terrestrial radio. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. Time will tell. OTHER STUFF.

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig. Before discussing the merits of low rakes versus high rakes, let us first take a look at current examples of different rakes across the Internet. All of which leads us to two very interesting rake examples that are front and center in today’s Internet – Facebook and Apple.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. Take care of business, but always play the long game.

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Social Media India Acquisition China 218

Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: design , internet , sales and marketing. 5 comments: Radu Prisacaru - UK Internet Marketer. ipo process. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. "10 at 5:39 PM.

Software Review 74

Software Review Cloud IPO Jordan 74

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. I skimmed the text of the Yahoo! execs involved.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So it's understanding what constraint is and how to manage that, I suppose was, John (05:27): Yeah, of course, it's so cliche now, but I like to tell even 30 year olds about a dialup internet and things of that nature. Who should you partner with? Hasan (20:49): Yeah, we're all over social media. Who could use it?

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Framework Cofounder Early Stage IPO 70

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? Posted in Internet/E-Commerce 26 days ago How Do Master Franchise Owners Get Paid? Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Plus Facebook has ample cash on hand today and will get a huge slug more from the IPO. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. 10 Internet comments about games that actually make us laugh.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Greylock general partner and the host of The 20 Minute VC pick back up from a December 2020 episode of the popular podcast , during which Hoffman discusses his wide-ranging career and key lessons learned. If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know that Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman joined me on my show in November.

Incubator 36

Incubator IPO Networking Cofounder 36

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. On the IPO front, LogMeIn made the news, being one of the few tech IPO on the NASDAAQ in 2009. Congrats to Jim Kelliher, CFO and Michael Simon, CEO, for a successful IPO! internet. (6). at 8:25 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. Take care of business, but always play the long game.

Social Media 163

Social Media India Acquisition China 163

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2016

Even if your company never offers an IPO, having long financial value is one of the most positive aspects of good brand recognition. You’ll also find that having a strong brand will help you find potential business partners should you ever decide that you need them. 2 Strong Branding Generates Long Term Financial Value.

Software Review 45

Software Review Merger Advertising IPO 45

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster. The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel.

Media 109

Media Stealth Venture Capital 109

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

Simply leave a comment below or get in touch on any of our social media accounts – Twitter , Google+ and Facebook. That’s what you’re supposed to be doing and what your partners and employees are supposed to help with. He told Alexis that they needed to build the front page of the internet. They’re the PR and the security.

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Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. We also talked about Elevation Partners who invested in Palm and how this deal really salvaged their investment, which was a VERY big bet on Palm.

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Media Temple. Social Media Tracking/Marketing. analytics for social media and online. social media and email marketing. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Email Integration. Domains.Co. Text Editor. Macromates. Sublime Text. Name.com *. Bluehost *. StartLogic *.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Management.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

I I of course, it's so cliche now, but you know, I like to tell even 30 year olds, you know, about uh, dial up, um, internet and, uh, Yeah. Who should you partner with? We're all, all, all over social media. So it's understanding what constraint is and how to manage that, I suppose. John Jantsch (06:24): Yeah.

Audio 86

Audio Cofounder Framework Early Stage 86

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T oday, Internet users are overwhelmed with options to share and consume various types of media. But the solutions are very partial, focusing each on only one type of media (with the exception of Facebook perhaps). He started to look at his own experience with music and media as a user. He made it very profitable.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. November 29, 2012.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93