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| Page 1 of 9 | Previous | Next | WILL PRICE SEPTEMBER 20, 2007  Portfolio Math Are such returns available in today's market? There has been a great deal of discussion about the viability of the venture capital industry. | SPENCER FRY MAY 11, 2011  Bootstrap Marketing A quick Google search for "bootstrap marketing" brings up a bunch of useless nonsense. Let Your Users Market For You. We don't think so. | | | | | |
| FELD THOUGHTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 I Don’t Hate Marketing One of the jokes in my little universe is that “every time I hear the word ‘marketing’ I throw up a little in my mouth.” ” I’ve been joking about this long enough that it’s become conventional wisdom that I hate marketing. The topic is marketing. You nailed it. | BEN'S BLOG JUNE 29, 2010 Why Andreessen Horowitz Invested in Foursquare Beyond that, he is very clearly the thought leader in the market. gigantic market. Foursquare might not win the entire smart phone market (some people don’t even like to leave their house), but it will capture a huge portion of it because it’s incredibly fun and addicting. Tags: Companies Portfolio Companies | BEN'S BLOG MAY 10, 2011 Microsoft Buys Skype By acquiring Skype, Microsoft becomes a much stronger player in mobile and the clear market leader in Internet voice and video communications. Andreessen Horowitz Companies Portfolio CompaniesAll these b$%^&#s and n@#$%s still hatin’. used to be ballin’, but now I’m Bill Gate-in. Lil Wayne, Bill Gates. When giants attack. | BEYONDVC JULY 7, 2010 EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum - more behind the story We did have some large initial customers but quickly realized that we were far from capital efficient in a market crash and that we would have to refocus and restart. Congratulations to Greenplum and Scott Yara, Bill Cook, and Luke Lonergan in particular! This is a story of great people and incredible perseverance. | | | | | | | |
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BEN'S BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011 Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb
They are extremely scrappy marketers, and have executed brilliantly to acquire hosts/properties and renters. Portfolio CompaniesThis is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Talk about a business with humble roots. prominent design conference was coming to town and the nearby hotels were sold out. MORE >> -
BEYONDVC | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 Google acquires portfolio company Gizmo5
Being capital efficient and reliant on viral marketing certainly helped us grow our business and stay lean and mean. Congratulations to Michael Robertson and team at Gizmo5 for all of their hard work and perseverance! We made our investment in Gizmo5 (aka as sipphone and gizmo project) in early 2006. I would work with these guys any time MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011  10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups
The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). call this “ marketing futures.&# That’s fine if entrepreneurs are your target market. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 Lytro and the Magic Camera
You may be thinking that this is all good and fine, but is there really a market for a magic camera? People Portfolio CompaniesBack of my mind I’m like damn, no way. translate español, no way Jose. Kanye West, Big Brother. Garth. Nonetheless, a young entrepreneur named Ren Ng recently walked into the firm and blew my brains to bits. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011 Why the Browser Matters
It’s a testament to the fundamental importance of the browser that these invisible, but meaningful changes created major market share shifts. During that period, several times a quarter Mike would assemble an entire marketing campaign or product strategy in his sleep. Companies People Portfolio CompaniesLil Wayne, Swag Surfin. MORE >>
- The CEO’s CEO BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011
- Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and you'd better answer) WATCHING WEBSITES | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Why A New Startup Shouldn’t Have a Marketing Budget FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
- Re-imagining Enterprise Applications in the Cloud BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
- EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum – more behind the story BEYONDVC | WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010
- It Must Be A Marketing Problem STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
- Resolution 4: Pertinent Products THE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BLOG @ SIMON | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
- Positioning for a Startup Market Turnaround | VentureArchetypes. SEED STAGE CAPITAL | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
- Marketing and The Bubble A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011
- Ten Top Product Pricing Models for Startups STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010
- The Big Data Conundrum BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
- What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
- The Public Markets and Venture Capital VENTURE CHRONICLES | MONDAY, JULY 5, 2010
- Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer TONY WRIGHT DOT COM | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
- How We Picked Our First Cloud Investment BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- Twitter Link Roundup #127 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
- Twitter Link Roundup #26 – Design, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
- Gaurav Dhillon 2.0 and His All New Integration Company BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010
- Do Investors Invest in Ideas, People or Markets? INSTIGATOR BLOG | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
- What Makes A Great Startup? STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- My Notes From The Ed Dale Internet Marketing Seminar ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
- Good Marketing is Good. Bad Marketing is Bad. BEN CASNOCHA: THE BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
- Twitter Link Roundup #27 – Design, Writing, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
- angelconf - my notes from Angel Investing conference STEVE POLAND | THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
- 10 Rules For Writing An Effective Sales Letter ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- Marketing Post - The Bug Report A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
- Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
- TinyCo‘s Big Opportunity BEN'S BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
- Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- Should the current market environment change your fundraising strategy? SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011
- Fitbit Director of Marketing Opportunity FELD THOUGHTS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
- What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- The Freemium Myth – more data SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010
- What’s it Like Being a VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
- Who can build the marketing machine? THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011
- Simplifying Performance Marketing – Foundry Invests in Integrate SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
- Solving for Banner Blindness. Solve Media. BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
- Winning Venture Portfolios: Russell 5000, S&P 500 or Needle In The Haystack? GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
- Goldman Sachs / SEC: political witch-hunting is no way to change a market FRED DESTIN | SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010
- Project Reality Check #4: Know the Business, Gain Power ACTIVE GARAGE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011
- The Case for In-Stream Advertising BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
- The law of focus START UP BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010
- Resegment If You Aren’t In The Top Three FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
- Want to buy stock in…me? (Empire Avenue) JEFF HILIMIRE | FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010
- Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
- Pivoting « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog LIGHTSPEED | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Mother in Law Market Research SEEING BOTH SIDES | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
- Inbound Marketing Comes To Health Care SEEING BOTH SIDES | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
- Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets WWW.READWRITEWEB.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
- Learn About Direct Response Marketing from Rich Gorman TYLERCRUZ.COM: AN INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR'S JOURNEY | TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011
- Twitter Link Roundup #85 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011
- Vertical Markets 2: Customer/Market Risk versus Invention Risk. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009
- Open Positions at SCV Portfolio Companies SOUTHEAST VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010
- Issued patents don't represent innovation STARTUP MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010
- One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- My Favorite Online Marketing Tactic - Doesn't Work STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
- A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Build A Profitable Niche Content Website ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011
- 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Business ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011
- Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010
- Where will the next ad network breakthrough come from. LIGHTSPEED | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
- Marketing Presentation from Blue Glass Conference BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- A Designer in Support of Design Contests TONY WRIGHT DOT COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010
- How Entrepreneurs Adapt To Change ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
- It’s Morning in Venture Capital BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012
- HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners. BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011
- 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets VENTUREWOODS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010
- The Dumbest Implementation of a Feature – Bcc BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010
- Gordon Gekko 2.0: Flipping is GOOD. (aka Memo to Jason Fried. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
- The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
- Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
- Launching Tech Ventures: Lean Startup Principles and Services. LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- There Can Be No Real Commitment Until You Surrender All Doubt DUCT TAPE MARKETING | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- Big day for Living Social – $10 for a $20 Amazon gift certificate. LIGHTSPEED | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011
- My Top 5 Favorite Passive Income Methods ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011
- Angel Investing 4 – Why You Need Deep Pockets to Win Big BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
- 10 Top Business Models for New Ventures Today STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012
- eCommerce Rule #6: Only lemmings focus on last-click marketing ADVENTURISTA | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
- How To Set Up Passive Income Websites – Webinar With Adam Short ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
- Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource CROWDSPRING BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- What’s the Real Deal with AngelList? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011
- Change is coming to online shopping REDEYE VC | TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
- What We Are Seeing A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
- Secured Bridge Loans to Emerging Companies RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010
- Ego, Passion And Expertise: How To Find Balance And Win Clients ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011
- Is "Value Added Investor" An Oxymoron? VENTUREBLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010
- Sharing and Exchanging. REDEYE VC | THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
- Have less funding than your competitors? Good! SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
- The Enterprise Flash Market is Taking Off LIGHTSPEED | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
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