Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

But these long-term LPs are by definition using active managers in search of alpha (i.e. better than the market average), rather than trying to achieve an index return within the VC asset class.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. I remember when Yahoo! was my browser home page, easily my most frequently used site. I didn’t use every Yahoo! Mail, Sports, etc. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

There are several things I prefer over Apple’s Safari, including the bookmark and search history sync with my other Chrome usage (on laptop) and some small UI touches. They further had to open up IE to allow consumer choice of embedded services like search and media players.

Mobile 124

Mobile Software Open Source Search 124

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. What They Do: Deeply discounted coupons (often 50% off redeemed value) for local merchants.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

To be fair to Microsoft they’ve done some laudable things in the past decade like creating a respectable (still distant #2) search company in Bing, being both dominant and innovative in console gaming (Kinnect, Xbox Live, etc), and acquiring some interesting companies (Skype, Yammer). browsers).

Cloud 113

Cloud Azure Phoenix Non-Compete 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Watch enough soccer on Telemundo or Univision and you’ll occasionally hear the commentators shout it at the top of their lungs, or just search on YouTube and you’ll get some examples. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 4 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

But that data is valuable mainly as a way to better target existing forms of advertising (display and search) or to enable advertisers to increase exposure or better target Twitter’s new types of ad units like sponsored tweets and trends. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

Let’s dissect: Advertiser Spend – Mobile ad spend is growing, but is still currently a fraction of traditional web ad spend (display, search, video) or other mediums like TV. And will these challenges be persistent or temporal? Today ad spend on mobile is significantly behind the consumer usage patterns.

Mobile 160

Mobile Advertising Bandwidth Web 160

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 4 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

That’s why Twitter’s initial revenue came from licensing the firehose to search giants Google and Microsoft to increase the breadth of their search and potentially improve targeting of search ads. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

CRM) but it’s rarely easy to browse or search all of this contact information from a single interface. And in it’s raw format, just searching for a contact may not provide much value. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate 223

Agile VC

OCTOBER 2, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Business Model 100

Business Model Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. 15 hours ago davidbeisel: How VC firms die: greed, complacency, and strategy drift. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100