2008 and Search - StartUpRoar

Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

Valuation

Valuation San Francisco Ratchet Liquidation Preference

Kevin Federline Search Engine

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model.

Technical Cofounder

Technical Cofounder Southern California Search Engineer

Convert More Visitors By Improving Your Internal Site Search

ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2014

According to eConsultancy, up to 30% of eCommerce visitors will use internal site search. Typically speaking, due to the increased level of purchase intent, are also known to convert sometimes up to 5-6X higher than the average non-site search visitor. of the overall revenue. of the overall revenue.

Search

Search eCommerce Analytics Software Review

Deep Search on Product Attributes with Israel’s Ineze [Interview]

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Ineze (“Here it is”-in Hebrew), is an Internet search-engine, which aims to reduce the amount of time people spend looking for products, by yielding fine-tuned results based on user needs. Gil and his brother-in-law, Koby Berkovich (CTO), realised the potential in web-based search engine that could pinpoint relevant products for customers.

Search

Search Product Technical Review Software Review

Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Cracking The Code. Wednesday, August 03, 2011.

Software Review

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search

Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. " Become.com is a search engine designed to help consumers searching for products on the web.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Yet while we had plenty of language and tools for execution, we had none for search. The result?

Lean

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO

Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Search engines are vital for discoverability. Google’s Public Search Liaison Danny Sullivan has openly pushed back against those who want subscription-only content flagged in search results: Our automated systems try to present the best information in relation to a search topic, as people expect us to do as a search engine.

SEO

SEO HTML Technical Review Caching

28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I was playing with thesaurus.com and cross-referencing anything I liked the sound of against what showed up in a google search results. The only existing search results referenced a Greek baptism, so I was confident that we could organically get to the top of that list quickly. Thanks to Michael Ott, Rantizo ! #14- 14- Act of writing.

Naming

Naming CPA Entrepreneur Software Review

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. They had lots of these projects.

Azure

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. They had lots of these projects.

Azure

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said.

Demand

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

What They Do: Travel search engine. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock

Freemium is alive and kicking

David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack. Give the user a taste of the power of your search results, with ZERO friction. Give the user a taste of the power of your search results, with ZERO friction. Here’s the data: 2007: 10%.

Vertical

Vertical Search Business Model Software Developers

Globalization

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Global trade dipped in 2008. billion Google searches and 150 million Skype call. It means that the digital flow of information, searches, transactions, and communication media (voice, video, chat, data) and intracompany traffic has grown, and digital products and services have surged.

Global

Global Technical Review Agile Internet

Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

Today Google added an interesting twist to Google Maps searches called Descriptive Terms that injects another dynamic – search optimized reviews. Google has started indexing local search results with phrases that accompany things like reviews. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. All rights reserved.

Software Review

Software Review SEO Small Business Kansas City

Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. December 4, 2008 4:43 PM Valto said. Eric, love the blog. Connect (off)line? Thanks much.

San Francisco

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.

San Francisco

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire

Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Add RSS feed. Subscribe via email. Cracking The Code on Facebook. SaaS 13 Index*. Started on Jan.

Software Review

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain

Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Add RSS feed. Subscribe via email. Cracking The Code on Facebook. SaaS 13 Index*. Started on Jan.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe

Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

Of late, however, it looks like they just might be getting their local strategy together and marshaling a suite new features combined with existing assets to put themselves in position to take a giant leap in the local reviews, local offers, and local social games to go with their strong local search position. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

Small Business

Small Business Marketing Software Review Portland

Generative AI: Incumbents vs. Upstarts

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

For example, Neeva, a startup that tried to push the boundaries of web search and challenge Google by being the first ‘AI-powered’ search engine, found the hard way that’s one thing building a product and quite another to get users to change their habits and switch search engines. What else do we know?

Generative AI

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API

Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Categories Blogs (35) Book Summaries (5) Business (76) Business Travel (7) Design (27) Entrepreneurship (89) Environmentalism (9) Finance (13) Friday Fun (33) Globalization (6) Ideas (42) Innovation (20) Investing (23) Leadership (10) Management (50) Marketing (82) Media (27) Mobile (18) Organizational Behavior (34) Product Development (7) Psychology (..)

Technical Cofounder

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review

Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. October 6, 2008 12:16 AM Vincent van Wylick said. October 6, 2008 12:17 AM r& said. October 6, 2008 9:02 AM Eric said. @r&

San Francisco

San Francisco Management Software Review Product

Search Engine Optimization Tips For Startups

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Search engine optimization (SEO) can provide low cost opportunities for a startup to market its products and/or services. We committed at the end of 2008 to learn as much as we can about SEO and to see what we could do on our own. Do you have questions or other suggestions to help startups with search engine optimization?

Engineer

Engineer Search SEO Startup

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Interview with Motoko Hunt about Search around the World & SES Chicago 2008

Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I recently interviewed Motoko Hunt of AJPR for Search Engine Strategies Chicago where she will be speaking in the Search Around the World: Europe, Asia/Pacific & Latin America panel. In Japan, more than 85% of people search to gather information about the services or products that they plan to purchase. Motoko Hunt.

Chicago

Chicago Search SEM Asia

Is Winter coming for startups?

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Rip Good Times, Sep 2008. Has anything changed since 2008? With the financial crisis meltdown, it was clear that “winter is coming” for startups. Even though VCs are sitting on large cash reserves, many economists indicate a slowdown in 2020 , so it’s prudent to prepare for winter.

Prospectus

Prospectus Startup Valuation IPO

The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. Nowadays, we have marketplaces--either explicitly featuring buyers and sellers, like Etsy, or "marketplaces for attention", like Google Search or social media, that can attracted relevent buyers to individual businesses.

Web

Web Curation Open Source Demand

Did Google Just Create the Click to Schedule Ad Unit :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi. All rights reserved.

Social Media

Social Media Software Review RSS Engineer

Cracking The Code: A Quick & Funny Summary of AdTech

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Add RSS feed. Subscribe via email. Cracking The Code on Facebook. SaaS 13 Index*. Started on Jan.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Europe Cloud

6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The 2008 financial crisis was still fresh on our minds and people were more careful when taking each business step. Consumers interested in your product will search your company on Google and social media. When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today.

Startup

Startup Estonia Poland Silicon Valley

Interview: Randy Peterson – SES 2008 San Jose Q&A

Eric Friedman

JULY 28, 2008

I had the chance to interview Randy Peterson of P&G for his upcoming participation in Search Engine Strategies 2008: San Jose where he will be speaking on the Keynote Roundtable: “Why Does Search Get the Credit for Everything?” How do you determine the success of a Search campaign? ” panel.

San Jose

San Jose SEM Campaign SEO

A Framework for Web Analytics

www.jonsamsel.com

MAY 12, 2011

Free Strategy Consultation » Tungle.me « samsel@heardable.com Search Feeds Jons Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Entries (RSS) | Comments (RSS) © Jon Samsel.

Framework

Framework Analytics Web RSS

Cracking The Code: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop.

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

I am working on a post-mortem of the SaaS 13 Index for 2008, but before getting into these gloomy numbers, I thought I would start the year with something more refreshing. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital

I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 2 :: Small.

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. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

Web

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business

Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

Reputation

Reputation Small Business Management RSS

The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

When smartphone apps first got popular, after Apples App Store was launched in July 2008 , they offered an immediate jump in functionality for mobile content. Compared to mobile sites circa 2008, iPhone apps were attractive and easy to use. In 2008, it may not have been possible to get the functionality you wanted via a mobile website.

HTML

HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic

How to Get What You're Worth :: Small Business Marketing Blog from.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

Small Business

Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media

Cracking The Code: A funny perspective on Google innovation.

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Add RSS feed. Subscribe via email. Cracking The Code on Facebook. SaaS 13 Index*. Started on Jan.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Finding a Freelance or Consulting CTO You actually can find a freelance or consulting CTO by searching on the web. Also try a search on LinkedIn. And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity.

Fractional CTO

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE

3 Simple Ways to Empower Your Customers to Sell For You :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

Customer

Customer Video Social Media Software Review

Good Marketing Strategy Becomes Culture :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

Small Business

Small Business Marketing Social Media Software Review

Slicing Real Time Search for Trends and Opportunities :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2011

Hubbard shared a basic example of how Google Trends data could accurately predict unemployment rates in real time based on search trends – something that took the Department of Labor months to do. Pulse has a complementary website ( www.pulsethenewscience.com ) with links, analysis, examples, and spreadsheets. All rights reserved.

Search

Search RSS Social Media Engineer

Praying to the God of Valuation

Kevin Federline Search Engine

Trending Sources

Convert More Visitors By Improving Your Internal Site Search

Deep Search on Product Attributes with Israel’s Ineze [Interview]

Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Freemium is alive and kicking

Globalization

Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Lessons Learned: About the author

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Generative AI: Incumbents vs. Upstarts

Finding a Technical Cofounder

Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Search Engine Optimization Tips For Startups

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Interview with Motoko Hunt about Search around the World & SES Chicago 2008

Is Winter coming for startups?

The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

Did Google Just Create the Click to Schedule Ad Unit :: Small.

Cracking The Code: A Quick & Funny Summary of AdTech

6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Interview: Randy Peterson – SES 2008 San Jose Q&A

A Framework for Web Analytics

Cracking The Code: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop.

I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 2 :: Small.

Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

How to Get What You're Worth :: Small Business Marketing Blog from.

Cracking The Code: A funny perspective on Google innovation.

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

3 Simple Ways to Empower Your Customers to Sell For You :: Small.

Good Marketing Strategy Becomes Culture :: Small Business.

Slicing Real Time Search for Trends and Opportunities :: Small.

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