crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Mark Cuban Says Dead IPO Market for Small Firms Hurts Competition – [link]. Social Media ROI for Business: Facebook versus LinkedIn | by Daniel Burrus – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! My advice to startups pitching the media – [link]. Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies (by @fredwilson) – [link]. – [link].

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Twitter Is A Media Business. Despite it’s long-standing protestations, Twitter is indeed a media company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Facebook Handled their IPO Exactly Right – [link]. 10 Steps to reinvent media strategy – [link]. Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Groupon’s Andrew Mason Talking About Daily Deals Site’s Stock Smack, Future Plans and IPO Regrets (Or Lack Thereof) – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It’s crazy how much web traffic is being served to mobile phones now. It’s changing the landscape of web development, design, apps, business, and everything in between. You can’t ignore mobile, and yet most of the web isn’t optimized. I’m excited to see the web move towards responsive design!

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API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

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. 1/ Social Network Interference. My goodness, where to begin.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. He built & IPOd Demand Media. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process. The bulk of the patents they believe Facebook is infringing pertain to things like A) display & targeting of online ads, B) online privacy, C) personalization of a user’s web experience, D) general online messaging (Yahoo!

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g. High Profile Deal of the Week: 1.

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world. There is much magic going on in this town with both pure tech as well as media tech.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ". Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness. You want to build your own IPO and exit.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, May 31, 2010 Thank you The past month has been an incredible roller coaster: #sllconf was a trending topic (briefly topping Justin Bieber before the wifi in the hotel gave out), the Web 2.0 There are so many more people to thank: Sarah Milstein and the Web 2.0 Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

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.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Certainly if Zoecity was mature enough within an imminent exit (IPO or acquisition) this might have worked greater. Author: colinwong Colin Wong is the CEO of Zoecity, a social media company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services.

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North America Incubator Initial Public Offering Exit Strategy 320

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

They understand the media and online world, are well connected, and work diligently to get the job done. IPO vs. M&A)? (My In addition, as mobile devices become better, cheaper and faster, we will see an increase in the number of users accessing the web from their wireless devices, as often as they do from their home PCs.

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Jordan Exit Strategy IPO Semantic 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2012

Evidenced most recently by the IPO of mobile advertising network Millennial and Singtel’s $321m acquisition of Amobee. Mobile ad spend is lagging way behind mobile media consumption, and the desktop internet proved that over time Ad$ follow eyeballs. Mobile advertising is a hot market right now.

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Advertising Mobile IPO Acquisition 113

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 28, 2012

When a startup founder could draw up his own clunky logo, slap it on a Web page and call it a day? So many things today in business involve design, whether it’s a Web page, advertising or a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. Remember the good old days? Design as a Differentiator. Blue Is the Color of Money.

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Design Startup IPO Green 148

thebarefootvc

MAY 20, 2013

Tumblr, a next generation content site that epitomizes media creation, consumption and usage of the 21st century and of the net-native generation, has been acquired by a staid, late 20th century, Web 1.0 media brand, Yahoo (I can’t bring myself to add the exclamation point that was such a part of the brand in its heyday).

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IPO Venture Capital Curation Acquisition 87

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. – IPO-able in any normal market. There is a lot of pent-up demand.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. You need to make it an effort by researching on the web and going and doing 50 coffee meetings with people. This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I don’t think that hairy dentists really expect that.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement. But why is it harder?

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

AMAZON WEB SERVICES. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications. Web Developer. It’s still the Pacific Northwest, and Dealmaker Media has assembled an eye-opening list of speakers. Gist works the way you do – in your inbox, on a mobile device, or in a web browser. Contact Us. Advertise with GeekWire.

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Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

With high levels of public market volatility — the first we’ve seen in the age of social media and true real-time information — it feels like everyone and their grandmom is expecting a downturn. All the do’s and don’ts of starting up a newco are listed online, ad nauseam, on countless forums across the web.

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IPO Private Equity Valuation Acquisition 76

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media.

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Mobile Advertising Affiliate Internet 329

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

We would leverage the voice of the customer, starting with customer reviews, all over the Web, starting with retailers. A tsunami of social media was about to hit society and commerce would never be the same. We grew very quickly from $0 to over $100m in sales in just six years, culminating in an IPO with a billion-dollar market cap.

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Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48