Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 6, 2012

Recently, Eric Liaw sent us a very interesting May 2006 paper entitled “How to Project Customer Retention”, authored by marketing professors Peter Fader (Wharton) and Bruce Hardie (London Business School) and published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing in 2007. and payback periods under 12 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. Is that when it became big? Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. was starting.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Vuzit was launched in 2006, but in its first few years, did not bring in sufficient business to sustain itself. Chris Cera, the founder of Vuzit, said that these new customers enabled his company to repay the majority of its investors. By 2009, it had run out of cash.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

But, why are there so many logging APIs in Java: log4j, SLF4J, sun logging, the layers on top, the custom bridges tools like Jetty add to bridge to one of them. Objective C is something people use on iPhone because they have no choice, not necessarily because they want it.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

But, why are there so many logging APIs in Java: log4j, SLF4J, sun logging, the layers on top, the custom bridges tools like Jetty add to bridge to one of them. Objective C is something people use on iPhone because they have no choice, not necessarily because they want it.

Java 43

Java Demand Web Framework 43

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. The success of Documentum and Document Sciences, they felt, came largely from Xerox technology and customers, yet the startup companies XTV funded got all the credit.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

A good example is Google’s acquisition of YouTube in 2006 for what was considered a very high price of $1.65 A good example of synergy is distribution synergy. Even though acquiring a market leader is often costlier than smaller acquisitions, the returns and value addition to the buyer company are much higher over time.

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Acquisition Social Media Distribution Startup 100

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In this time, building a successful business meant building a company that had paying customers quarter after quarter. It did not mean building a startup into a company to flip or hype on the market with no earnings or revenue, but building a company that had paying customers. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30). How did you get into VC? (9:30

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Provides electronic book services for content publishers; services include digital scanning and conversion, distribution to leading e-book retailers, monetization and royalty management. Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. LibreDigital. Orchard for e-Books”. MetaMarkets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Allows customers to select potential inventory through Be the Buyer program. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features. -ITA Google wants to use the data to create new flight search tools.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I recorded a CD in 2006, and got a distribution deal through a subsidiary of Sony. Today I have a staff of several programmers and SEO specialists and while we are still growing and learning, we as a team are confident we create effective, user-friendly sites that customers and clients can easily find. My Career in Music.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. To be safe, GlobalLogic will put only its profit margin at risk: Customers have to pay enough of the fee to cover costs. Why customers watch videos. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

In 2006, Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey founded Revolution Foods to help ensure quality food access for all children across the nation. Together, they founded Revolution Foods in 2006. I co-founded Revolution Foods with Kirsten Tobey in 2006 to ensure quality food access for all children across the nation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

SMS may never really be that effective as a pure lead generation tool, like email or direct mail, but it is a very effective and convenient delivery mechanism for customers and prospects seeking specific actions and information. View it in that light and perhaps some creative uses leap to mind.

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SMS Marketing Mobile Social Media 76

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, also known as “The Bean” to loyal customers, is a Los Angeles based, family-run coffee and tea company that’s owned and operated by International Coffee & Tea, LLC. The idea took off and Bikoff responded to the success by expanding the drinks to national distribution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 1, 2011

Godin and Amazon are attempting to change the way books are published much like CDBaby changed the way music was published and distributed. iTunes link – Cost is $2.99) or Related Posts: Creating Customer Bliss Seth Godin Pokes His Own Box Has Social Media Changed Customer Service? 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Small Business RSS Marketing Social Media 59

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. But VC is like congress. ” Fair enough.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2013

look at the Distributions tab to see page load speed distributions). Aberdeen Group study showed that a one second delay in page load time equals 11% fewer page views, a 16% decrease in customer satisfaction, and 7% loss in conversions. Pretty useful stuff. What will a 1-second delay cost you? Plug’n''play. #4

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In the traditional approach, native app updates are distributed via an application store, and the user is informed that an update is available, although they are not required to install the latest update. There’s no need to trap an attempt to navigate off a Web view via some sort of custom URL scheme, as we did with iOS. Good stuff.

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Software Review HTML Web Mobile 94

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And content distribution. Rita McGrath: The opportunity for getting close to customers revived again after Apple introduced the first iPod. Well today you can be an Adobe customer for $7.99 As an example, the advent of digitization has created inflection points for sectors as wide varying as television, media, advertising.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? How wide do you want to grow production and distribution, or do you want to focus on selling over your own bar?

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Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In 2006, Benchmark started spending time with Gary Swart and the team at oDesk. We were quite enamored with their marketplace for skilled global talent, and were amazed at how the tools in their online workplace allowed customers to hire, manage, and pay for work from distributed teams. Let’s start with Facebook.

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Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 25, 2011

They take downtime seriously and given the volume of usage and the amount of time they have been running it (since 2006), it is not surprising that they would eventually have a major outage of some sort. All these issues become apparent when you need to upgrade O/S versions or change to a new O/S distribution.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

. | Planning for a Harvest » September 13, 2006. " Distribution is everything. They understand their customers and the market the customers live in. They get the idea of value creation, of delivering more for the customer than they promise. Sometimes the leader caves in to the customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. They controlled distribution to the masses. &# And I’d say sardonically , “no, Mom, you’re not on the Internet.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” HubSpot started in 2006, yet inbound marketing wasn’t mentioned on the homepage or within the “thesis” section of the early website.

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Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Occam's Razor

APRIL 4, 2016

For example, you might read NADA say this: " 85% of customers made up their mind to purchase a vehicle before they left their house." Oh, and look there is a red line, what looks like a believable distribution, and a R-squared! To normal people (non-Analysts), this graph and article looks legit. You should not.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

I love the fact that we can communicate and work virtually, however there’s no question that these tools and technology have created a sense of isolation for a lot of people in companies, a lot of marketers with their customers. I mean, it’s got to be 2006, 2007 when there was the Ad Age 150. I was thinking this morning.

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Technology Artificial Inteligence Social Media New York 54

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Ninkasi Brewing began in 2006 on a 15-barrel system and produced 1,650 barrels.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. Looking at the strength of the competition in the market, the target is weaker (75% of norm) but early customer feedback on the product is excellent (Other = 100%). Other factors (great early customer feedback). Good feedback from potential customers. 10% max.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. I am still not sure, but the trend was clearly my friend.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

As I wrote previously, A brand is the sum total of the experience your prospects and customers have with your company. A strong brand communicates what your company does, how it does it, and at the same time, establishes trust and credibility with your prospects and customers. Your company’s brand is, in many ways, its personality.

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Small Business Startup Global Design 53

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I love the fact that we can communicate and work virtually, however there’s no question that these tools and technology have created a sense of isolation for a lot of people in companies, a lot of marketers with their customers. I mean, it’s got to be 2006, 2007 when there was the Ad Age 150. I was thinking this morning.

Technology 31

Technology Artificial Inteligence Social Media New York 31

Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

The Equality Conundrum: Where 50-50 equals Zero » April 24, 2006. However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Venture Capital 60