Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Founding Date: 2004. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. round closed in June 2004. Series A Preferred.

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JUNE 21, 2011

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. So what’s left?

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JUNE 7, 2011

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JUNE 9, 2011

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MAY 4, 2011

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. With a new CEO in 2004, the toy company shifted gears and introduced new lines of some of the most popular LEGO sets in history.

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MAY 16, 2011

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). Rally started out life as F4 Technologies.

Software 70

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

approx 2004-09. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2008: A Down Year in Investment Dollars But Not in Deals” Unknown. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner).

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MAY 18, 2011

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MAY 17, 2011

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2019

In Austin in 2008, I cofounded Sixclear, and led it until 2016. I lived in Austin from 2004 to 2016, and attended SXSW every year. We can use all the help we can get, so we’d love to meet up with investors, influencers, potential team members, partners, and fans! We both had started multiple organizations previously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

Among a sample of companies started in 2004, two-thirds of founders were in the 35-54 age bracket. The 55-64 age bracket exhibited the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity every year from 1996 to 2008, while the 20-34 bracket actually had the lowest rate. The vertical axis measures the “percentage of individuals. is inching higher.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

If I think back over the sixteen years I’ve been investing in startups the market for private company investing was tough from 2000-2004, from 2008-2011 and is getting tough again now. At no point have we gone more than four or five years without hitting a tough point when investor sentiment goes south.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Current round: $4.

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JUNE 13, 2011

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APRIL 26, 2011

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JUNE 27, 2011

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JUNE 17, 2011

Bonus: Group Text Don’t forget about the wave of group text services that are cropping up as a great way to communicate with your staff, customers, partners and suppliers. A tool like CellIt is a good place to learn more. You can create open groups that anyone can join, but I think the real power is in the private, controlled group.

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APRIL 21, 2011

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MAY 16, 2011

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APRIL 18, 2011

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APRIL 19, 2011

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JUNE 20, 2011

What are your strategic partner pairings? I believe any businesses can explore ways to promote their best customers into some form of exclusive membership offering. This can include things like special discounts, networking opportunities, advance product features and premium content.

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APRIL 20, 2011

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MAY 28, 2011

GaggleAMP – tool that let’s you get your customers and partners involved in amplifying your social media campaigns. Image Pascal Mages via Flickr Good stuff I found this week: Gridly – Agency like templating system that makes it very easy to create consistently branded print materials.

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JUNE 6, 2011

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MAY 23, 2011

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JUNE 29, 2011

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JUNE 14, 2011

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JUNE 11, 2011

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MAY 26, 2011

In addition, you may find these tools helpful when sizing up the online presence of a prospect, vendor or potential strategic partner. None of these tools are 100% accurate or foolproof, but the next time a company pitches you on their awesome SEO services you’ll have the skills to snap a picture of how good they are at their own SEO.

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JUNE 18, 2011

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MAY 2, 2011

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APRIL 26, 2011

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JULY 5, 2011

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