Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Why Twitter is A Media Company. CEO Dick Costolo famously said that Twitter is not a media company about six weeks ago at the AllThingsD conference. To be fair, Costolo said that Twitter isn’t a media company but is “in the media business” To some that may be a distinction without a difference.

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Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

But as social media continues to pervade businesses large and small, and purchase decisions increasingly happen at the user level (see #2) we will see dramatically more customer acquisition happen via the web. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This is especially true for those with a media / ad based business model (e.g. You will be benchmarked on revenue and paying customers when you seek Series A funding… conceivably even at seed stage. Some potential customers won’t take your product seriously unless you’re charging for it.

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Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. But despite it’s tenuous merit, the timing of Yahoo!’s

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

were fairly active a few years ago though neither is as active today and big media conglomerates like Disney are fairly sporadic as they embrace web-based media. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. IAC and Yahoo! On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Pingback: this.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

In the wake of the undue frenzy leading up to and now ex post recriminations about Facebook’s IPO, the mainstream media and normal folks keep wondering if the non-existent “bubble” for internet companies has now popped. The internet has already had meaningful impact on industries ranging from commerce to media to software.

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Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182