Hunter Walker

JUNE 14, 2018

Information, relationships, pattern matching for marketplaces, SaaS, financial services, agriculture, media, etc etc – our backgrounds and/or portfolio suggest that we might have ability to help the founders move faster and with greater accuracy in testing their market hypotheses.

Cap Table 81

Cap Table Portfolio Vertical Reputation 81

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico).

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

On the other side of the equation, there are a growing number of design, development, and digital media shops who are hungry to expand, or swap focus, to building a company that’s more than just a service shop. And that costs more money than most people have in savings (minimum $100-500K).

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 60

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2020

And as you get bigger, NPS and engagement metrics start to become relevant: how frequently people come back to your site, how long they spend there, how much they talk about you on social media etc. We have a studio team – developers, designers etc. We have been crucial in getting the product to market.

Partner 68

Partner Early Stage Portfolio Metrics 68

Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2016

Because they weren’t being engaged on social media. While the TV commercial was running, they were preoccupied catching up with trends on social media. Millennials respond well to social media messages and marketing. A brand’s social media presence has become so important that we even have awards for the most buzz-worthy.

United Arab Emirates 60

United Arab Emirates Social Media Redemption United Kingdom 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

K9 expects to be an active investor in portfolio companies and will typically make only 4-6 new investments per year. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth. No distributed teams, and no outsourced product development. Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. Twilio (Seed and Series A).

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

Transformify

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As a society, we are shifting to the gig economy due to the low capital that’s required to start a freelance business, the mass amount of information surrounding starting a freelance business and the wide variety of high-quality websites that allow freelancers to showcase their portfolio and grow their client base. Definitely.

Hiring 45

Hiring Social Media Portfolio Employee 45

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer).

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). I use “sales cycle” loosely – by this I mean the time it takes to get a product paid for, and so this involves both product development and time to get a check from a customer).

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Browse by visual style, portfolio, budget, and geographic location. “if the name of your product is the most important thing you’re discussing, you’re either deluded or have a pointless product.” it should relate to your product directly or indirectly. building something that people truly want to use).

Product Name 44

Product Name Naming Product Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2009

The first event is January 21, and is being put on by Dealmaker Media as part of their Strategy Series events: In the Trenches: Cutting Costs in a Tight Economy. Hes a very smart guy who, as a Sequoia portfolio CEO, can tell you all about the " RIP good times " strategy.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 60

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Do we believe “startup-driven” innovation (innovation that comes from relationships with external, early-stage companies) should be part of the corporate innovation portfolio? Anticipates being disrupted in the near future, as is the case in the automotive and chemical industries.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Acquisition Boston Early Stage 120

VC Cafe

APRIL 22, 2020

By Lihi Pinto-Fryman, co-founder and CRO and Gal Aga, VP of Sales at Syte.ai , a visual search startup and Remagine Ventures portfolio company. We also do social media marketing. As a result, it will become easier and faster to solve problems, create more growth channels, and enhance customer confidence in your products or services.

Sales 113

Sales Cofounder Channel Revenue 113

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In the last five years, there’s been this sort of acknowledgment of the consumerization of the enterprise, which is consumer product development, design methods applied to business software, of which SaaS and cloud and all these things are examples. Alexia Tsotsis: Let’s see, what about other companies that aren’t in your portfolio?

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

One of my most retweeted quotes about social media goes like this: "Social media is like teen sex. You have a lot of Likes, but you never get to creating a robust Earned media channel for your company. [An An optimal inbound marketing portfolio will have balanced Owned, Paid and Earned channels.]. Yes, even for you.

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Social Media. Social Media. Sites Jobs Events Social Good Summit Media Summit Career Expos. In my first company, people liked our product but were embarrassed to share it because the design and presentation was so poor. Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler. Entertainment.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Media Temple. Social Media Tracking/Marketing. IE Developer Toolbar (for ie6 & ie7). analytics for social media and online. social media and email marketing. Great for visualizing work of product development. Email Integration. Domains.Co. Text Editor. Macromates. Sublime Text. Name.com *.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53