The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Brandanew

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s important to get some feedback on social media FAQs from marketing and branding experts, so that you invest wisely and do well! b) Branding experts will ensure that a re-branding at a later stage is avoided. Theme 2: Social Media Marketing Tips For Startups And you! Who is a marketing and branding expert?

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Later Stage Media 100

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2017

Later-stage companies are in operating mode. Approaching the market while leaning forward, and with eyes wide open, increases a company’s ability to attract the right talent. Ultimately, their playbook is their own defined by their own abilities and read of the opportunity in front of them.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Later Stage IPO Early Stage 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. As you can see in this Cambridge Associates data, early-stage investing beat later stage investing in returns in 70% of the past 30 years. I use social media.

LP 374

LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

My advice is simple: Go talk to someone who understands earned media (mainly press) long before you have a need for it — in many cases before you even have a fully developed product or brand. Can you still operate in some kind of lean or scrappy way and launch a brand that resonates with the market? Is that the wrong mentality?

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Conversion Startup PR 120

View from Seed

MARCH 10, 2015

What about the sports media landscape overall? Whereas ESPN only promotes ESPN content in their app and other channels, we could include the big, national outlets plus local coverage, social media discussion, and more. NVV: Let’s begin at the beginning: Why did Bleacher Report even want to launch this app?

Mobile 120

Mobile San Francisco Curation Seed Stage 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Conventional R&D can only address so many areas and it’s not exactly lean or fast. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

The median figures for each strategy should give you an idea of which program to lean towards. Who is following you on social media? Behavioral: Dig into your analytics to find who’s engaging with your website and social media accounts. What are they saying in the media or at conferences? Gates and weights.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. Proof that social media will continue to play a big role in politics after the election, the White House has been encouraging people to use the hashtag #my2k as it urges Congress to preserve tax cuts for the middle class.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Common characteristics of social traffic… Could be high or low intent / level of motivation, but likely leaning towards low. Jen Havice of Make Mention Media wrote an incredible article for ConversionXL on creating data-driven personas, How To Create Customer Personas With Actual, Real Life Data. Needs to be persuaded.

PPC 48

PPC Matching Campaign San Francisco 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. would love your thoughts on our startup (well its well started) imorial.com [link] Be a social media star: a menu board of 5 competences « flowing motion [.]

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84