VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

The iOS app store officially launched on July 10 2008 with 500 apps. Social media – while a lot of the social media exposure to apps is done via targeted advertising, with over 2.5 Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app. Several startups, like Copy.ai

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Last year, Facebook’s revenue from advertising was over $5 billion, which was a 40% year-over-year increase for the last quarter. Marty Zwilling.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 24, 2017

Successful advertising campaigns can directly impact a brand’s perception. The campaign went viral. If you think about Felix Baumgartner’s jump from a balloon in the stratosphere, you don’t necessarily think of an advertising campaign. Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was marked by the “ Yes We Can ” slogan.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Mobile advertising became more targeted and user friendly by adapting to the small screen — but advertisers are slow to adopt , with much upside still to come. The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. All rights reserved.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 15, 2008 The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time Split-testing is a core lean startup discipline, and its one of those rare topics that comes up just as often in a technical context as in a business-oriented one when Im talking to startups. September 15, 2008 9:12 PM Hitchens said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Last year, Emarketer estimated that Facebook’s revenue from advertising was $3.8 United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Offers virality optimization tools and A/B testing inside Facebook. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Total Raised: $21.4mm. See: TechCrunch. Kontagent. -A Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In 2008, Seth Godin published a list of things that “every good marketer knows” Among that list was: “Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.” In addition, the social sharing buttons at the top create a built-in growth engine / viral loop. Tweet It!].

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. Those things all got created in 2007, 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2012

In 2008, Nokia was the world’s ninth most valuable brand. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Fourth , reaching the top doesn’t guarantee success. Last year, Nokia was ranked 81st and this year, it fell even further. Most Valuable Brand In The World: Google.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business. All rights reserved.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 11, 2009 CPI > CPC Google revolutionized advertising by popularizing pay-per-click. Because social networks have generated staggering quantities of traffic without generating as much economic value from traditional advertising models, theres a big opportunity to buy traffic on a new model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

Their economics blends elements of the free, advertising-supported, "eyeballs" business with more traditional e-commerce and subscription businesses. I think this is the right way to think about many advertising businesses, like Google AdWords. At a high level, anything that drives virality should be free. Free as inventory.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Jonathan : Advertising your business. ” Peter : Let’s talk about the word viral because that’s a great one. I think the word viral lost its meaning and lost its way long ago. Could you sell advertising and find new revenue streams against that because you built an audience? People pitching-.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. This attention is valuable to yet another set of people: namely, the traditional businesses (see above) who are using marketing to grow, and are looking to advertise to new prospects. Let’s look at a viral growth company, like Facebook.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

For a business issue, I’ll say something like, “Here are three reasons why advertising might be this company’s most important business model. This is why advertising is a really good business model. Based on David’s advice, we raised our Series D in September of 2008. This is why it applies to this company.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

2008 FOLIO Award Winners. ADVERTISEMENT. ); ); ); Home » emedia and Technology. Advertising/Sales. Advertising Systems. Advertising and Public Relations. Industry Events. MediaNext 2012. E-Media Summit -->. 2010 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Call for Entries OPEN! 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. Digital Editions.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. I began placing advertisements on the website. Would you be interested in advertising on my website?” and I got a handful of advertisers who said yes. I still made money from advertising that went on the website.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

This is a common problem that results from viral-loop optimization. By copying the exact same registration flow as every other successful viral app, many viral apps completely lose their positioning. But that is not the only source of positioning: brand advertisers have been using packaging and TV ads to do this for years.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Soon they had grown into a shared space in San Francisco, and finally zozi got its own office space in August 2008. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. startupcto

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

You can imagine the dealers advertiser on auto trader and cars.com, and their website, and all these different places, and sending that data, in all those different places and updating it every day would be a lot of labor to do manually. In 2008, and 2009, we were really starting to grow. Matt Watson: Yeah. That part of it was great.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

And just as Groupon unleashed a frenzy of daily deal sites after its launch in 2008, Birchbox helped make 2011 a year filled with new subscription services for just about everything. Advertising. viral video. Want monthly shipments of staple items like toothpaste ? Friendster. Google Maps. Google Wave. Social Media. Web Design.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. But when you’re selling something that has an LTV of $10-15 dollars, you just can’t make paid advertising work. Or content marketing.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip! What will you find here? Join the 2.3

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. But when you’re selling something that has an LTV of $10-15 dollars, you just can’t make paid advertising work. Or content marketing.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The revenue from that product grew incrementally until 2008 when I started acquiring and building more products instead of trying to optimize what I was already working on. But when you’re selling something that has an LTV of $10-15 dollars, you just can’t make paid advertising work. Or content marketing.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 18, 2007

Think it is somekind of advertising, but then again it soundt really good. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Anonymous said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, Launching is about creating circles within circles (groups of people that connect) and social networking, word of mouth, and real-world advertising are all contributing factors. Pay attention to your fundamental driver of growth. keep iterating until its 1.1 before you launch. Thats how to "launch".

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? Isn’t it equally possible that this company is spending more money on advertising or marketing than it’s competitors? Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Did you know advertising research has shown emotional response to ads impact consumer’s intent to buy by a factor of 3-to-1 for T.V Viral agency Frac.tl’s answer – You show in shocking, unavoidable detail just how bad the problem actually is. commercials, and 2-to-1 for print? image sources. image source.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Ello is a simple, ad-free, social network created in part as a response to the current business model of most networks like Facebook, which rely on users to sell advertising. Social behavior continues to evolve and the rise of viral networks like WhatsApp , Diaspora and Ello simply signal the need for marketers to evolve as well.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This is why I loathe interviews – way too many idiots advertising for programmers out there. About the company and the CEO: “David Barrett founded Expensify in May 2008; Witold Stankiewicz joined him in August 2008, and together they launched an Alpha product at TechCrunch 50, taking home the “DemoPit 2nd Place” prize.

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