thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

From big brands creating campaigns on Facebook to group buying sites like Groupon to subscription services such as Birchbox and Shoedazzle to highly curated specialty sites such as Fab.com , 2011 saw large increases in consumers buying online. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Also offers premium ad campaigns to publishers by tracking reader intent, behavior, and demographics. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Current round: $2mm Series B from Tomorrow Ventures (Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google) and Lars Hinrichs (Xing founder). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Why do so many companies fail?

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Without all of the legacy issues, they have the capital and time to seek, evaluate and actively work on new opportunities. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

About a year ago, the Crowdfunding Campaign to Change Crowdfunding Law raised $1,321 (out of a $1,099 Goal) through Indiegogo’s campaign platform in order to fund a petition against the Securities Act. The company has experienced extraordinary growth: in March 2011, it had funded around 20,000 campaigns in 159 countries.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As we pointed out , Reports have shown a consistent increase in crowdfunded investments since the great recession in 2008. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. Check out Design Tips From the World’s Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns. Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Small businesses haven’t had it easy since the dawn of the recession in 2008, but thankfully they’ve enjoyed a steady (if slow) recovery. economy, small businesses face immense challenges garnering funding from traditional sources like venture capital firms, angel investor groups, or debt financing. The first is marketing.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. If deals drift people start whisper campaigns. If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. Any deal.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Some have made the model work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

The sooner you understand that the sooner you can plan your campaign. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. Create a sustained campaign. All sales campaigns are processes that occur over time.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← A Squeeze On Boston Venture Valuations Geek Quotes → How Much Is A Free Customer Worth?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. Each new campaign is a startup where Lean principals can be applied to maximum effect. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Still, even in February 2008, Shah accepted that inbound marketing was an unfamiliar concept to his readers, mentioning the term for the first time on his blog: The following year, in 2009, Shah and Halligan coauthored Inbound Marketing. In December 2007, HubSpot went all-in with inbound marketing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

To help businesses with their online and offline advertising campaigns. As we previously pointed out , Reports have shown a consistent increase in crowdfunded investments since the great recession in 2008. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

Further still are the discussions that we may eventually be stuck–similar to the Great Recession of 2008–in a recovery that excludes jobs as we emerge from this cluster. With established websites, large corporations can immediately push harder on SEO campaigns, thereby seeing more rapid results in shorter periods.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

An investor in a crowdfunding campaign is likely to lose much less than an investor in Enron did. This blog post compares the existing crowdfunding bills and provides an ideal solution which carefully balances the viability of crowdfunding as a source of capital against the risk of fraud: [link]. . ► 2008. (14).

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

Founded in 2008, Cotendo increases the speed of large sites and enterprise networks through its encrypted Content Delivery Network (CDN). According to Israel Venture Capital (IVC), Ra’anana-based Advasense raised $31 million in 2005-07 from Giza Venture Capital , BlueRun Ventures. Business newswire ].

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

On June 22, 2010 - Perfecto Mobile closed an undisclosed third round of funding from new investor Vodafone Ventures and returning investors Carmel Ventures and Vertex Venture Capital. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

On June 22, 2010 - Perfecto Mobile closed an undisclosed third round of funding from new investor Vodafone Ventures and returning investors Carmel Ventures and Vertex Venture Capital. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► 2008. (14). Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

"  The beauty of having the option to select from "standard" options is that WSGR has included some market data , e.g. what percent of term sheets in up rounds in 2008 included this term. link] Facebook ‘Clickjacking’ Awareness Campaign Launched | Network Security [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

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. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Audience: 90 percent voted “Yes” 8) Venture capital 2.0 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3).

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 26, 2015

Well, with the 2016 Presidential Campaign heating up, let's talk how just as in sports the use of metrics in politics has jumped a full generation ahead of business. Last week , I wrote about all of the amazing lessons of the world and science of Sports Metrics has to offer business.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. The latter is the domain of venture capital, but the former is what we need to build the foundation for Capitalism 2.0 In parallel, he is also building a product business that has emerged out of his work with social media campaigns. on a global scale.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

If the rest of the country were experiencing the new company growth, hiring challenges, decreasing office vacancies and rising rents that we are in the Bay Area, the economy wouldnt be the top issue in the presidential campaign. Venture capital Texas. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► 2008. (14).

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 28, 2008

I feel strongly that my vote in 2008 may well be the most important exercise of this civic duty in my life.   His specific position on eliminating capital gains taxes for start-ups supports long-term investing through innovation and venture capital. Obama will not ride into town determined to reinvent every.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I have felt more connected and more bonded and increased my respect for those who have taken moral stands or have put in hours of work for the campaign. I asked him what motivated him and he told me, “I started it in 2008 as a project with my daughter helping canvass for Obama. I shot back quickly at my LP “ You’re kidding me, right?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. Then what's it been like watching him ascend to the center of international attention and helping with the campaign?

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