Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models. ABOUT TECHSTARS: The Techstars Worldwide Network helps entrepreneurs succeed.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Topics are an important feature for social networks, just as genres are for music or categories for ecommerce sites. If you can’t invite people into your office and squeeze a new feature out of them, you have two options: Use social networks or a user-testing platform. Quora did just that.

SEO 159

SEO Framework SCRUM Search 159

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2012

Socialware, the leader in social media compliance and relationship software, brings unmatched expertise in the financial services vertical as part of the Facebook® Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program.

Vertical 63

Vertical Social Network Social Media Programming 63

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 28, 2012

IBM has just announced the acquisition of social recruitment business Kenexa for $1.3bn, the latest of a string of ‘social’ enterprise software businesses to be acquired this year. The first major acquisition of a social business was Salesforce’s acquisition of Radian6 for $326m nearly 18 months ago.

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Acquisition Vertical eCommerce Flash 94

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

Social networks have gained genuine power as a marketing tool for businesses looking to increase their reach, traffic and leads. But there’s no guarantee that the places where most social networking happens now will be the same places hosting it in the future. By Vanessa Richardson. Who’s Doing It Right.

Social Network 100

Social Network Vertical Networking San Francisco 100

VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

“Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc”?—? Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. messaging apps are the new social networks, they are valuable, important and sticky.

Social Network 75

Social Network Russia Mobile Japan 75

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. Still, it’s become one of our most profitable acquisition channels, and more importantly an excellent way to test new customer verticals and target markets. Search ads are expensive, however.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. Which of your client verticals are your champions? The strategy in a nutshell. Write and send email sequences to your list.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

By becoming an active participant on startup blogs and in forums; joining various networks meant to help connect founders with funders (try Angel.co or Gust ); and many other social media activities, you can connect with people you’d be unlikely to meet in real life. Entrepreneurial social networking.

Technology 60

Technology eCommerce Social Media Social Network 60

Babbling VC

MAY 20, 2010

Be it a consumer internet site or some sort of software. If you're launching a vertical social network and you tell me Facebook is not competition, I'm going to think you're delusional. I personally only have so much time per day to invest in reading and updating social networks. Well, no, not happening.

Social Network 60

Social Network Vertical Early Stage Networking 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). A sustainable platform or marketplace is one where the value of being in the network clearly outshines the transactional costs charged for being in the network.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> social network/web analysis/etc. Our idea is boring and not revolutionary. This is utter bullshit.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. uTest has established itself as the world’s largest marketplace for software testing services, with over 25,000 testers in over 160 countries.

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Social media.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, let’s say you’re an enterprise software company that delivers an on-premise product, but now wants to pivot to delivering a SaaS product in the cloud. For example, shifting from hardware to software, or vice versa, tends to require wholesale changes to the organization, making the transition trickier and riskier.

Startup 36

Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing. social networking.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2019

And for a while I was working on the vertical of religion. John Jantsch: I actually started my blog in 2003 if we can reminisce, and I was actually using a software, I don’t think it’s around anymore, it was called Publishing Machine. John Jantsch: Oh, that’s a good career story. Claire Diaz-Ortiz: I know, I know.

Social Media 39

Social Media Media Framework Advertising 39

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Consumer Reports: Half of Social Network Users are “Oversharing&# – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Well they’re already burning, so I would suggest as you move toward a paid model, at the same time, you start diligently building a network of alliances with people who already have a good reason to promote your service. I actually sold lots of software to Intuit at Smart Bear. The back end software for churches.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Jason Cohen of Smart Bear Software does a nice job articulating this issue stating : The fact that you are learning only from success is a deeper problem than you imagine…drawing conclusions only from data that is available or convenient and thus systematically biasing your results. Company : Cryptine Networks.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. From here, whenever a user shares the page via text, social network, etc, a unique share id is generated at the end.

Mobile 99

Mobile eCommerce Design Analytics 99

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

As a seed fund, we tend to layer in “ capital efficient beginnings ” to the mix given our investing model and belief about the best way to build internet and software businesses. As a vertical community, the business of GrabCAD was never going to look like that of a social network or social media company.

Distribution 66

Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Let’s explore the status and implications of each vertical. . Meanwhile, developers in the Lightning Network ecosystem are working to tie identity to nodes in layer 2s built on top of more secure blockchains like Bitcoin. E.g. Urbit is attempting to build an entirely new type of computer and networked communication protocol.

Web 193

Web Technical Review Software Review Social Network 193

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

CallApp – is an end to end call management platform and a mobile application that reinvents the way people communicate over the phone by making the call experience more social, productive, and fun. CallApp turns the mobile network into a vibrant (and huge) social network by “wrapping” each call with social tools and information.

Artificial Inteligence 92

Artificial Inteligence Turkey Boston 92

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? Google purchaed travel industry software company ITA Software for $700 million in July 2010. ITA Software. ITA Software. Nice post chris.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Big things, like obscuring the networking stack under so many countless layers of abstraction that it’s virtually impossible to even imagine what bytes are actually going over the wire.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And investors said they intend to invest more in cleantech than software going forward. This is a big reversal, as software has long been the dominant category for venture deals, but it’s unknown whether software has lost favor, or whether it’s just become so pervasive that it doesn’t really hold together as a category anymore.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. Cartoon Network Favorites Star in Strange Video. 5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn. Social Media Lists. Social Media.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Ezra Klein : Hello and welcome to the Ezra Klein Show, a podcast on Vox Media Podcast Network.

Singapore 43

Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210