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| Page 1 of 6 | Previous | Next | | | EARLY STAGE ADVENTURES APRIL 4, 2012 Boston Mobile Madness To get a snapshot of the Boston startup ecosystem, I segmented angel/venture funded mobile startups into five areas – applications, marketing, commerce/payments, enterprise & infrastructure software/tools, and mobile operator technology. Mobile operator technology. Boston Investments Mobile Portfolio StartupsApplications. | | | | | |
| RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. OCTOBER 17, 2011 Portfolio Management In considering the issue of valuation generally, one should understand the environment in which a manager of a venture pool operates; he is investing not in one but in a number of opportunities. | | JEFF JORDAN NOVEMBER 15, 2012 E-commerce 2.0 These physical retailers have very high operating leverage and their P&L’s cannot withstand shrinking revenue. One of the leaders in this is Fab.com , one of our portfolio companies. And they’ve rapidly developed operational capabilities that have enabled their hyper-growth. or “e-commerce for nerds”. commerce 1.0 | JOHN O'FARRELL OCTOBER 4, 2011 Building the Global Startup Part 5: In Summary Assign a small support team to represent the international operations at HQ and to make sure they get their needs met quickly and efficiently. At Silver Spring Networks, we launched our Brazil operation with a big all-employee party at HQ, complete with Brazilian food, music and caipirinhas. Summing it all up. Some closing thoughts. | | | | | | | |
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BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 VMware Buys Nicira for $1.26B
As a result, they never develop a clear picture of the real operational challenges of running a network. Portfolio CompaniesI got that kinda. wait-wait fixate. Which b h you know made a million off a mixtape? Nicki Minaj, Up All Night. Six months ago, I wrote a blog post called “The Future of Networking” about Nicira Inc. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011 Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb
And they have been ably managing the operations amidst simply explosive growth. Portfolio CompaniesThis is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Talk about a business with humble roots. Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia met at the Rhode Island School of Design and became roommates in San Francisco in 2007. MORE >> -
DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 How VCs Can Accelerate Portfolio Company Returns
Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In addition, in light of increasing competition in the startup funding space, a methodology for helping portfolio companies consistently is a strong competitive advantage. All of the firms above have online networks for their portfolio executives MORE >> -
K9 VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011  The Making of Lytro
The first few years of Refocus were spent operating as a very lean company with a team of four ( Ren Ng , Colvin Pitts , Tim Knight and Alex Fishman ) focused primarily on research and development and on learning about the market. was honored to participate in the round and officially welcome Refocus into the K9 Ventures portfolio. MORE >> -
BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012 How to Start a Movement
After recovering from the operation, Jim had a defining revelation. Portfolio CompaniesUnderstand this before you make a comment. Because there’s always a meaning in a Heavy D statement. In this life I strive for improvement. Be your own guide follow your own movement. Heavy D, We Got Our Own Thang. Margaret Mead. MORE >>
- My Life as a Junkie (or How I Learned to Appreciate Good Data) JOHN O'FARRELL | THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011
- First Round Capital is Hiring: Platform Experience and Operations Manager REDEYE VC | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
- Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and you'd better answer) WATCHING WEBSITES | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Do VC’s with “Operating Experience” Add More Value ROB GO | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
- Startups and COO's MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
- DataGravity: Transforming today’s dumb storage into tomorrow’s information PETER LEVINE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013
- The Rising Importance of Industry Operating Know-How RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
- Revolution at the Edge BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- Washington, DC May 24: HBS Angels/VCs and Creating Portfolio Company Value DAVID TETEN | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Measuring Incrementality: Controlled Experiments to the Rescue! OCCAM'S RAZOR | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
- Ethos: What 'Blank Canvas' Means to NextView � AGILEVC AGILE VC | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
- Looking for Finance & Operations Manager at ReverbNation SOUTHEAST VC | FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011
- Great Opportunity at Carbonite EARLY STAGE ADVENTURES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011
- Boston Mobile Madness EARLY STAGE ADVENTURES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012
- One Operating Expense You Can Bring Way Down FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013
- Achieving IT Financial transparency with activity based costing ACTIVE GARAGE | MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010
- Finnish Operator Company Invests Into Voddler ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
- This Julep is Mint! JEFF JORDAN | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
- How We Picked Our First Cloud Investment BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- Why Business Leaders Need A Vegas-Mindset To Successfully Grow YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
- Who’s on call? JOHN O'FARRELL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013
- CEO Transitions A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2011
- Open Positions at SCV Portfolio Companies SOUTHEAST VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010
- Mobile Is Where The Growth Is A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012
- The Digital Car and Harman's acquisition of Aha Mobile - NextWala NEXTWALA | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
- VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself. 500 HATS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012
- Bootstrapping A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
- The Future of Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
- A Clarification With Respect to Yahoo MARC ANDREESSEN | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
- A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts GENUINE VC | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
- 7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors GUST | SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013
- Demand Creation Online Course By SiriusDecisions ENTREPREMUSINGS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012
- Steel In Their Eyes – Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
- Marketing Post - The Bug Report A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
- Why Innovation Dies STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
- 50/50 Cofounders A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011
- Who You Want On Your Board A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
- Crazy enough to change the world STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013
- Finding And Buying A Domain Name A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
- The Startup Offsite GENUINE VC | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
- Big day for Living Social – $10 for a $20 Amazon gift certificate. LIGHTSPEED | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011
- 7 Ways Startups Get Tagged as Too Risky by Investors STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011
- Your Entrepreneur World Changes When You Take Money STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
- Trust Can Scale FELD THOUGHTS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013
- Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
- Who not to take money from… STARTUPCFO | MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013
- Venture Innovation, or why the First Round Capital Entrepreneur's. AWEISSMAN.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2010
- Europe A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
- Areas Of Interest A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2010
- Framework Benchmarks TECHEMPOWER | THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013
- Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology GUST | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
- How to get an exciting job at an awesome startup in less than a month THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011
- When A Company Is Too Close For Comfort A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
- Bashing The Collective Wisdom On IPOs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
- Excited to Co-Found a New Micro VC Firm GENUINE VC | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
- Why We Spend So Much Time On Policy Stuff A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
- A brief history of your investors (and their investors) VENTURE HACKS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
- Silicon Valley Is Filled With Liars NICK O'NEILL | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- VCs Are Partners, Not Bosses FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012
- Who's The Boss: VCs or Founders? GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012
- Joining FreshBooks STARTUPCFO | FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013
- Welcome Back, Coach DAVID LEE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013
- Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate STEVE BLANK | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013
- Big Idea vs. Lean Idea SEEING BOTH SIDES | TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012
- Magic Number for SaaS Companies WILL PRICE | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
- Are Business Plans Still Necessary? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
- It’s Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010
- Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
- So You Want to be a VC? ROB GO | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011
- The Ultimate Office for Athletes and People Seeking a Healthier Lifestyle DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
- Partners Forever (or close to it) A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2012
- Sell The Vision, Not the Progress ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
- Selling Your Product at a Loss Can Be Good for Business FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012
- How to Scale Early-Stage Investing DAVID TETEN | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
- Your idea is overrated SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- 7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013
- Software Patents Have Become a Startup Nightmare STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
- Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011
- 5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the Navy SEALs SEEING BOTH SIDES | FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011
- Optimizing Series A Fundraising Around…Partnership Buy-In GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
- Stealth mode is back. Long live stealth mode! SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
- Blaast Launches In Indonesia, Targets The Next Billion Users ARCTICSTARTUP | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012
- Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens SEEING BOTH SIDES | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
- 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011
- Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years? BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
- Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and you’d better answer) WATCHING WEBSITES | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
- Introducing our new venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz MARC ANDREESSEN | SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009
- Startup Financing - How Much? From Whom? GROWTHOLOGY | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
- SEC Defines Venture Capital VENTURE CHRONICLES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010
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John Morris