Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. ” So it’s now March 2014 – 5 years since I started investing. years ago.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. ” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. 2007 was the watershed year.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you. Inbound is seldom differentiated dealflow. Pay attention. Probably more.

Cofounder 374

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It was published in October 2014 and is available for purchase online and in paperback. . Before 2007, when a handful of companies may have gone after the same piece of business, now scores of them are, meaning we all have to work longer and harder, and in some instances we do so for the same, or even a lesser, amount of revenue.

PR 138

PR Networking Social Media Differentiation 138

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. Historically, both terms had narrower definitions related to telemarketing, which differentiated outbound versus inbound calls.) In December 2007, HubSpot went all-in with inbound marketing.

Naming 119

Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. In 2014, I saw that influencer marketing was growing in importance but not getting more sophisticated.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. RigUp was founded by Xuan Yong and Mike Witte in Austin, Texas in March of 2014. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88