Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? While I promised not to comment on the exact valuation you can assume that it is very large and perhaps the fastest rise from zero to what some have called a “unicorn” valuation. Forget the valuation?—?I Not really.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users." Here, the key metrics are Acquisition and Referral, combined into the now-famous viral coefficient. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. -CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Total raised: $29.5mm.
Cracking the Code
DECEMBER 28, 2006
Being a San Francisco-Menlo Park commuter, I spend an average of 90mn per day on the road. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Thursday, December 28, 2006. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. My Investments.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 5, 2010
It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) The gist of the talk was to observe that: startups are not smaller versions of large companies.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 3, 2013
I normally look to invest my first money below a $20 million valuation and when deals get to lofty prices I normally bow out to later-stage investors who have deeper pockets. In short order that team will top 100 professionals as will our US operations headquartered out of San Francisco. Asymmetric. Location Aware.
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 14, 2017
We saw the issue of how do we get people to know that our free tool exist, and it has grown organically very well, it has a viral effect at this point, but the other thing we really did a year ago was double down on our content marketing, so one of the biggest challenges we have is our customers are software developers.
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