Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

I IM and DM and SMS. But I became a VC in 2007 and wrote my first check in 2009 – 4.5 I never understood investing in companies in which you didn’t really understand their products. I create videos. I use analytics. I use social media. I Instagram, Cinemagram and Path. I Trello and Salesforce and DropBox and 500px.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  Ever since, he has been using the phone to take pictures nonstop, send emails and SMS messages, stay connected to Facebook, and surf the web looking for the latest news or directions. I last wrote about the iPhone in November 2007 when my wife and her friends started getting iPhones. 

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In my third co-op term I got a job at RIM (now BlackBerry), I started in May 2007, about a month before the iPhone initially came out. Kik Chat had been a bit of a complicated service, offering both free SMS when a user’s phone was offline, and free Internet-based messages when they were online. It was a hit. “It

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Founded in 2007, the company is today valued at over $25 billion, thanks to its double-sided referral program. So, while shooting your referral emails via SMS or push notifications, bear this point in mind. Airbnb Referral Marketing Program. How did they do it? Action days: iOS apps: Target your referrals on Thursdays and weekends.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Wednesday, January 10, 2007. ▼ 2007. (10). 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. iPhone, Apple TV and more from Mac World. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1). Launch of the SaaS 13 Index!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Takadu’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product enables utility companies to detect leaks, bursts and equipment failures as well as alerting personnel of any problems through email and SMS. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 7, 2010

Pudding Media’s platform targeted mobile carriers, offering them a turn-key solution to manage the entire campaign lifecycle, across all mobile channels: SMS, MMS, USSD, Mobile Web, voice calls and video. Anobit was founded by Pudding’s backer Udi Weinstein and have kept a vail of secrecy since it raised $17 million in 2007.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The product is currently available for MS Office 2007 and plans to expand to other applications in the near future. The POS functionality is extensive: sales transactions, inventory management, CRM system, backup, email and SMS alerts, real time statistics, POSE’s site is currently in Hebrew only (and the product seems to be as well).

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I last went to Burma in 2007. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging. And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy?

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I last went to Burma in 2007. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging. And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Our products enable users to transfer, backup and restore content from cellphones, including: Phonebook contacts, SMS messages, Pictures, Videos, Ring tones and Audio files, regardless of the mobile vendor, model, technology or carrier. Award Nominations: 3GSM 2007, 2008 Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Messaging Service.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 30, 2015

I last went to Burma in 2007. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging. And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Rich and award-winning line of location-based applications for the end-users (VAS) • Maps and LBS APIs for developers as a CSP branded developers zone, enabling more apps in portal and increased usage of data, SMS and MMS. TodaCell is a Managed Premium Mobile Ad Network established in 2007. BoomeRing Communication.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

When we started at Udemy, in Turkey in 2006 and 2007, there was no funding available. I mean, as an example, if you're using a landline, you couldn't use it because we required SMS verification. So, I was really interested in programming, design development, but I didn't realize the kind of business aspect for a very, very long time.

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