Cracking the Code
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2012
I decided to go back through the Wayback Machine to figure out what Buddy has called itself over the years: 7/27/2007 – Application Developer: Buddy Media is the leading developer of applications for the emerging new media platforms, including Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites.
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Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.
Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1). ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1).
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
At some point, this breaks if their isn’t an exit or IPO. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company).
Cracking the Code
MAY 25, 2010
One of his secret: "Incentivize your marketing team on sales not leads" Jeff Jordan, CEO of OpenTable speaking about his IPO process: " Build relationships with key public investors 2-3 years before going public (Morgan Stanley, Fidelity and T. ipo process. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.
Austin Startup
APRIL 26, 2020
In honor of Netflix’s big beat today in the very unfortunate age of COVID-19, I decided to revisit my four-part Bazaarblog series while I was CEO of Bazaarvoice (from our inception in 2005 to our IPO in 2012). Apple has been a huge catalyst for digital music downloads due to the viral success of the iPod. The name of the last part?
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