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| Page 1 of 11 | Previous | Next | RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. OCTOBER 17, 2011 Portfolio Management In considering the issue of valuation generally, one should understand the environment in which a manager of a venture pool operates; he is investing not in one but in a number of opportunities. | PETER LEVINE JULY 9, 2012 Software Eats Software Development Source Code Management (SCM) is the second most fundamental tool for a programmer after compiler and development tools. At scale, these systems become highly complex and often difficult to manage. Andreessen Horowitz Portfolio CompaniesWe just invested $100M in GitHub. It’s the only outside investment GitHub has ever taken. | | | | | |
| EARLY STAGE ADVENTURES APRIL 4, 2012 Boston Mobile Madness In addition, software solutions are being developed across the mobile technology stack (eg, app management, crash reporting, analytics, app development, middleware, security etc). Drync app for finding, managing, and buying wine, Brad Rosen. Apperian enterprise software for mobile application management. Applications. | NON-LINEAR GROWTH AUGUST 25, 2011 Our Sale of Masergy Communications In late July, my Partners and I at Meritage announced that our portfolio company Masergy Communications had agreed to be acquired by ABRY Partners. ABRY bought a fine, fine business here and will now have the opportunity to work with what I think is one of the most capable management teams in the communications segment. Portfolio | PETER LEVINE OCTOBER 25, 2012 Software Eats Education: An Audacious Undertaking But I’ve also been fortunate enough to teach at MIT and Stanford, where I currently teach (during different terms) a sales management class and an ethics class at the Graduate School of Business. Andreessen Horowitz Portfolio Companies Education Sebastian Thrunlove teaching because I am able to make a difference in a student’s future. | JOHN O'FARRELL OCTOBER 4, 2011 Building the Global Startup Part 5: In Summary Take the time to get buy-in from your managers and their teams, who are probably already overloaded. Enlist one respected manager from each company function for a cross-company oversight team, to drive execution and run interference with the relevant departments as issues come up. International Business Portfolio Companies Strategy | | | | | | | |
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FELD THOUGHTS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 Trust Can Scale
Chris is president and COO of Gnip , one of the silent killers in our portfolio. Management gnip management scale trustFollowing is a guest post from Chris Moody. Once the main stream tech press starts noticing Gnip, they will be blown away at how big they got in such a short period of time by just executing. Trust can scale. MORE >> -
ASK THE VC | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011 What Are VC Firm’s Efforts To Connect Firms In Their Portfolio With Fresh MBA Grads?
Question: How would you describe VC firm’s efforts to connect firms in their portfolio with fresh MBA grads? Im just curious because here in Philadelphia, First Round Capital is posting a lot of job offers for firms in its portfolio on their website, and I’m not seeing any other Philly VC firms doing this (at the moment). MORE >> -
JOHN O'FARRELL | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012 Software Is Eating the World—And Will Help to Feed It
” In fact, technology saved the day, in the form of extraordinary, new high-yield grains and seeds, powerful new fertilizers and modern agricultural management techniques. In essence, Solum’s technology will provide the data to drive farmers’ new intelligent machines, and the software to manage their application on a large scale. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 The CEO’s CEO
Now personally responsible for the aforementioned massive risk, Alfred volunteered to leave his position as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer to be the General Manager of the then tiny Weblogic division in the crowded, nascent Application Server market. This biography was unauthorized. Nas, U.B.R. Alfred the Great. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011 Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb
And they have been ably managing the operations amidst simply explosive growth. Portfolio CompaniesThis is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Talk about a business with humble roots. Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia met at the Rhode Island School of Design and became roommates in San Francisco in 2007. MORE >>
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- What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011
- Tired of paper and pen? CRACKING THE CODE | THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
- Automating Product Management THE PRODUCT GUY | TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
- Fire in the Belly JEFF JORDAN | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
- How to Better Manage Relationships with Your VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
- My Life as a Junkie (or How I Learned to Appreciate Good Data) JOHN O'FARRELL | THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011
- The One Page Seed Stage Dashboard STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
- Disrupting Proctor & Gamble SCOTT WEISS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
- The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011
- Team, Team and Team ITHACAVC | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
- 10 Trends In Innovation (March 2011) GREGG FRALEY, AUTHOR OF JACK'S NOTEBOOK | MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011
- Solving the Data Deluge PETER LEVINE | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
- How to Manage Your Portfolio Like a Business FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
- From School to Startup: Bain’s StartUp Academy Matches College Students With Portfolio Companies READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
- Does Your VP of HR Report To Your CEO? FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- Social, Mobile, Local SCOTT WEISS | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012
- Revolution at the Edge BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- Re-imagining Enterprise Applications in the Cloud BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
- Our sale of NewPath Networks NON-LINEAR GROWTH | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
- Washington, DC May 24: HBS Angels/VCs and Creating Portfolio Company Value DAVID TETEN | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- How Customers evaluate your product STARTUPCFO | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012
- Change of Control Vesting Acceleration ITHACAVC | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
- Managing risk is critical to success TAFFY WILLIAMS | FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013
- People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
- The Next Step in Disrupting Venture Capital: Emerging Manager Funds WILL PRICE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
- HR as a core competency SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010
- Project Reality Check #4: Know the Business, Gain Power ACTIVE GARAGE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011
- 5 Ways to Defy the Average WordPress Theme DAZZLINDONNA | TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
- The New Possibilities BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
- Scaling Horizontally ONLYONCE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012
- Fifteen Personal Finance Tips For Making Sure You Are Better Off Four Years From Now YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012
- Lookout for Better Mobile Security JEFF JORDAN | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
- How would you start a PayPal or rebuild Visa today? SCOTT WEISS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
- Achieving IT Financial transparency with activity based costing ACTIVE GARAGE | MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010
- The Big Data Conundrum BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
- The Model Board Package STARTUPCFO | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
- Boston Mobile Madness EARLY STAGE ADVENTURES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012
- First Round Capital is Hiring: Platform Experience and Operations Manager REDEYE VC | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
- The Best Community Manager I know THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011
- As Management in a Start-up, It's You Who Has to Decide BABBLING VC | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
- Clouds on the startup horizon? STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
- He's BAaaacck. - The Return of the VC Whisperer THE VC WHISPERER | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
- How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value DAVID TETEN | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
- Cracking The Code: "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About. CRACKING THE CODE | TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010
- US VC, PE and Hedge Fund Managers May Face Restrictions on Marketing to EU Investors RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
- The new war for talent: Benefits STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
- How We Picked Our First Cloud Investment BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- [Review] HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Change YOUNGUPSTARTS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012
- This Julep is Mint! JEFF JORDAN | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
- Talk to your customers STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013
- Burn Rate vs Runway STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
- SEC Gives VC and Smaller Private Fund Managers Limited Relief from Investment Adviser Registration VC DEAL LAWYER | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
- Anatomy of a Term Sheet: Management Rights and Investor Director Approval VC READY BLOG | THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
- Startups and COO's MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
- Boomerang Calendar — scheduling done right K9 VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
- Boomerang Calendar — scheduling done right K9 VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
- The Sad Truth About Best Practices TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- The New American Dream: Why Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur Is The Only Way Out Of This Mess YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- VC and Marking Investments to Market ITHACAVC | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
- Hyper[in] Gives Eyes To Mall Managers ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012
- Looking for Finance & Operations Manager at ReverbNation SOUTHEAST VC | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011
- App.net is not vaporware SCOTT WEISS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012
- 100 Smart Ways To Invest Your Time When You’re Unemployed YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012
- Revenue per Employee benchmarks STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- Being Part of a Team ITHACAVC | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
- Who’s on call? JOHN O'FARRELL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013
- EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - A Tale of Two (or Three) Proposals RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
- Eliminating Fiduciary Duties of Delaware LLC Controlling Members & Managers Must be Clearly Stated RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
- And Doggonit, People Like Me! VENTURE CHRONICLES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011
- The Best Office Pranks Of All Time MIKE MICHALOWICZ | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013
- It’s the every day things that matter… STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012
- Dude, Where's My Cash? How VCs Manage Reserve Startup Funds READWRITESTART | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
- The Entrepreneur’s Wish List from VCs [part 1] VC CAFE | FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011
- Continuous Feedback A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011
- The Question of Severance, etc. ITHACAVC | SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011
- Rethinking Scheduling STARTUPCFO | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
- 33 Insider Tips For Getting Hired At A Startup YOUNGUPSTARTS | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
- Open Positions at SCV Portfolio Companies SOUTHEAST VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010
- Burnham's Beat: Carried Interest Deal Cut, Let the Workarounds. BURNHAM'S BEAT | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010
- Pivoting « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog LIGHTSPEED | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Control Your Lawyer ITHACAVC | SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011
- Why Didn’t I Do This? BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
- Can Online Privacy Compliance Even Be Implemented? Not Until Now. THINKING ABOUT THINKING | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
- VC Day ITHACAVC | FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012
- Clear Communication ITHACAVC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012
- “Un-spoil” Your Kids: A Holiday Message For Parents Of Entitled (And Financially Clueless) Children YOUNGUPSTARTS | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
- The 22 Unexpected Places Where You Can Find Great Employees MIKE MICHALOWICZ | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- Why Business Leaders Need A Vegas-Mindset To Successfully Grow YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
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