Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Last night, Cotter was one of our keynote speakers, along with Mark Cuban, at the University of Texas for Longhorn Startup Demo Day (the event was just fantastic, by the way, and Josh Baer, Ben Dyer, and Bob Metcalfe deserve a huge round of applause for it). It started in 2007 here in Austin and was founded by my friend Matt Cohen.

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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%). Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

Network with all the finalists from 11 am to 1:30 pm on Monday, March 12, at SXSW Accelerator Demo Day , at the Hilton Austin, Salon C. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event (as well as the Demo Day) takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. I attended in 2007.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This human touch can be as light as email follow ups, or as much as inside sales people doing multiple sales calls and demos. Leveraging the power of your customers’social networks to get viral growth where possible. For example: Create demo videos that answer every likely sales question. This is a mistake.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

However, the NIF forces the students to focus on their idea and ability to communicate its need, kind of like the Demo conference is all about the product. One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► January. (1).

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BeyondVC

MAY 15, 2008

Every day it seems we are reading about the power of social networking to transform the Internet and how we communicate online and also consume and discover new content. With $400+ million of revenue in 2007, it seems like a good buy for CBS at a little over 4x trailing revenue. Other efficiencies: One public co instead of two.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. I was baffled.

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BeyondVC

MAY 12, 2006

It was a great opportunity for VCs to network with Microsoft’s top executives. Office 2007 – biggest area of innovation for Microsoft, think of Office as a client to all data, front end to SAP as an example. Also will include Office Communicator in Office 2007 with Word, Excel, etc.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Over time, understanding your “demo&# will help you write better for them. Lijit (pronounced like “legit&# ) allows viewers of your blog to search the content on your blog (and that of anyone in your network as you define, which in my case is my blogroll). I did my first post in 2005 and my second post in 2007.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? Back to the panel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. I was baffled.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo. How Hashable Got Buzz.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

I’m not advocating that you shouldn’t present at tech startup events like Launch, TechCrunch 50, DEMO or similar. SXSW is where Twitter broke out in 2007. They will be there mostly to network, go to parties and hang out. Focus more on networking at events than attending presentations. Why It’s a Waste.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? Total amount raised fell from $7.5 billion to $5.5 billion quarter over quarter. million and $4.2

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Spend 20% of your time building a network of advisors that can help you. Build something then demo it to people. The key is not to wait.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

If you’re reading this on Monday the 18th, tune in to the live stream of the conference at [link] and watch the demos of the 10 startups that were chosen amongst dozens of applicants. The product is currently available for MS Office 2007 and plans to expand to other applications in the near future. Founded in 2008 by Ms.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

SupersonicAds – a dominant leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. See the Soho OS video demo below. The company was founded in 2007. Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010: Startups of the week.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007. Companies need to be prominent on the web (see my previous post on online marketing for more details) 2) Product evaluation and testing: From seminar and demo to free online trial The second element that radically changed in Enterprise software is how people evaluate and test products. for a demo.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me first address VCs or anybody else who is likely above the age where they “get” Snapchat but whose customers are likely in the age demo who use it religiously. That’s like you saying you don’t want to go to cocktail parties and network anymore while every 25-35 year-old VC steals your customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2020

Mike Stelzner: We’re talking like 2006-ish, 2007. So try a demo and test it out at gusto.com/tape. Mike Stelzner: So we’re seeing obviously people interacting in private Facebook groups, we’re seeing people interact in apps that nobody’s ever heard of before, like Mighty Networks. John Jantsch: I know.

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