VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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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! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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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! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

While there’s no need to reinvent the wheel, there is certainly room for improvement and intra-vertical competition as companies master not only supply chain logistics and shipping and handling, but also SEO, social media, and equally as important, staying creative. Tomer Tzach is a VC turned entrepreneur.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

Technical Cofounder 150

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. who started showcasing their Ape on social media platforms. An interesting case is Minecraft. We look at both metaverse categories and believe that both will have a place in our digital world.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec. event I did last fall.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The features in Flickr seeded the consumer web gene pool for the following 7 or 8 years--tagging, favoriting, commenting, permalinks direct to content, newsfeeds, social consumption of media, sharing and embedding. He said that Flickr taught us all about social applications--and gave birth to Web 2.0

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

NYC has deep enterprise tech : the NYC you imagine that is full of ad tech and media is not the NYC that we see. Some of our latest investments in NYC include founders building companies in serverless, open source data streaming, decentralized biometric security, splunk for customer data, and developer productivity for dynamic code testing.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Every industry that requires humans to create original work—from social media to gaming, advertising to architecture, coding to graphic design, product design to law, marketing to sales—is up for reinvention. The generative AI application layer (Source: Sequoia ). Synthetic media landscape (Source: Bessemer ).

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It’s striking that algorithm developments for machine intelligence have been overwhelmingly open source. One essential aspect of search relevance is surely ‘trustworthiness’ so that content and claims made in social media and news sites can be verified or scored for authenticity. Of course there are exceptions?—?last

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In addition, the availability of cloud and open source technologies has further reduced the cost to get a technology business started as now anyone can get computing and storage capacity in the cloud or build a LAMP stack for a few hundred dollars.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There are self-hosted open-source e-commerce services available that allow you to use your own uniquely branded website with their e-commerce functionality. Check out services like WooCommerce , Magento , and Open Cart. times the size of the global venture capital industry today.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

How do you decide which investor you should target and raise capital from? . I wrote recently about Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? That said, venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2011

Soluto won Techcrunch Disrupt last year, and has raised approximately $7 million to date from Proxima Ventures ($1.6 million in seed, 2008) and Bessemer Venture Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Proxima Ventures ($6.2 million in Series A Nov 2009).

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. But becoming a Unicorn, or receiving a billion dollar valuation is no longer an indication of growth.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2010

W hen sharing your life on social media becomes a bit much - an Israeli soldier revealed security sensitive information and cancelled a planned raid. billion in the US to create new jobs – what is the impact on the venture capital industry? Also worth checking out the guide on PE VC for entrepreneurs.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. 7) Negotiate .

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Better to do personal outreach to blogs/local media. You can also get to know local media easily, they’re at the same events you are and generally speaking are very approachable. Cloud computing, open source and a global talent pool make outsourcing easier than ever before (even a few years ago). Start a blog.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to find bad news about venture capital these days. In other words, the venture capital bust has only just started. 2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

open source. Adventures In Venture Capitalism. making money. OpenWorld2009. OpenWorld 2010. PowerPoint. presenting. recruiting. social networking. Uncle Larry. walled garden. yes Im a geek. Boag World. Both Sides Of The Table. Bruce Schneier. Grok Computer Security. Guy Kawasaki. Laurence Lessig. Mired In Code.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Next Generation Business Models Because a number of smart entrepreneurs realized the importance of lowering CAC, they created new business models such as Open Source, SaaS, Freemium, etc. I'm familiar with Seth and all of the other social media/marketing people's ideas, methods, etc. All rights reserved.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. Venture capital flows. A basic driver for a private technology market bubble is the over-supply of venture capital into the sector. If too much venture capital hits the streets, valuations will bubble up.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms are radically improving capital efficiency because customers are now paying for product months in advance and because first demand validation is now virtually free. It is still unclear how much capital these businesses will require or what the exit market will be like. Venture Capital'

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. Venture Capital.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. But indirect reciprocity plays a powerful role in online communities, such as open-source development. They analyzed 8,529 Kickstarter projects and found seven types of updates: Social Promotion – Encouraging people to spread the word on social media.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Few business owners know how to engage the media. Experienced media consultants can shine a brighter light and help companies break out from the crowd. There are self-hosted open-source e-commerce services available that allow you to use your own uniquely branded website with their e-commerce functionality. Social Media.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. Jobs Welcome to Mashable!

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