Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 18, 2013

The article contained a chart showing music industry revenues peaking in 1999 at $27 billion and dropping consistently as a result of the disruptive power of digital music and iPods/iPhones. Industry revenue may have finally flattened out at $16.5 Advertisers and content producers are used to this trend.

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Japan Advertising Internet Video 41

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2016

It might be fun to spend two hours daily on Facebook or Twitter hunting for customers, but the more important question you should be asking is whether your prospective customers are looking for you on those social networks. For example, take a look at Buffer’s 5 Unique Ways to Measure and Evaluate a Social Media Campaign.

Small Business 48

Small Business Churn Rate Advertising Social Media 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. These companies advertise. And Social. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. It’s too early.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more). if your business should be on that network and 2. So, let's fix that error. They should.

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Social Media Media B2C B2B 60