Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Vertical integration of different funding risks. I also believe that the ebb and flow of the venture investment cycle has been exacerbated by the recent vertical integration of early, growth, and even late stage venture funds.

Harvest 60

Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession way back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. A startup must maintain a relevant laser focus. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

Startup 242

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 242

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

Huggingface Open LLM Leaderboard – take a look at the evaluation benchmarks I’m particularly excited about the following opportunities at this point in time: Vertical use cases for generative AI that is embedded in the team’s normal workflow (like what Jasper.ai What else do we know?

Generative AI 165

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 165

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. PTA Portals. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Spain 115

Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

First Click Free (2008). News is an especially challenging vertical since no site owns a newsworthy event. In addition to those underlying principles, there have been two seismic shifts: First Click Free and Flexible Sampling. If another website can pick up the slack, that’s going to happen.

SEO 122

SEO HTML Technical Review Caching 122

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Shipping Costs. Now, as I said, these are just averages. Do your research and see how this applies to you.

Software Review 117

Software Review Social Media Vertical Algorithm 117

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. In the Fall of 2008, the credit crisis wiped out mergers and acquisitions as a path to liquidity as M&A collapsed with the rest of the market. So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! . #4- Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue? . Thanks to Laurence J. Stybel, Stybel Peabody Associates, Inc. ! #3- and many others. .

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 55

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! #4- Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue? Thanks to Laurence J. Stybel, Stybel Peabody Associates, Inc. ! #3- Photo Credit: Rafe Gomez.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 54

Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2013

Speaking from personal experience, this was the driving force behind our decision to sell AbeBooks (a marketplace for used, rare, and hard-to-find books) to Amazon back in 2008. However, I think the most compelling reason to sell is when the founders run out of ideas for how to grow the company further.

Vertical 130

Vertical Non-Compete Asia Europe 130

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

The 55-64 age bracket exhibited the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity every year from 1996 to 2008, while the 20-34 bracket actually had the lowest rate. The vertical axis measures the “percentage of individuals. The vertical axis measures the “percentage of individuals. This last point is illustrated by the chart below.

Silicon Valley 233

Silicon Valley Investment Bankers Affiliate Vertical 233

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This is why it was so great to hear from Indiegogo co-founder Slava Rubin on how Indiegogo grew by 1) expanding into different verticals and 2) expanding into different products. Expand into different verticals. Film was Indiegogo’s first campaign category when the platform launched in 2008.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Vertical Equity Cofounder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision.

Startup 120

Startup Early Stage Vertical Sales 120

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Although the industry is in much better shape than the dark days of 2008 and 2009, many CEOs have fully embraced the continue to internalize the lean startup principles that came out of those years. It will be a lot easier for us to make improvements to our product when we have data-driven discussions and decisions.

Stealth 60

Stealth Startup Lean Cofounder 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008. 1st 2008 = base 100) This number compares to the Nasdaq reaching a low point of -46% and currently showing a -40% drop year to date. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ▼ 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2014

Back in 2008, researcher Harald Weinreich & Jakob Nielson published a study that measured 45,237 page views from 25 different users, and found that – of the people being analyzed – most people would scroll about halfway down the page for longer content and only spent enough time on the page to read less than 20% of the text.

Conversion 133

Conversion Georgia Technical Review Design 133

Version One Ventures

APRIL 21, 2015

If economic conditions worsen rapidly – such as the “overnight recession” in 2008 – you’ll end up sitting on inventory that’s impossible to move. Lastly, most of the processes needed for a managed marketplace are vertical-specific. This offers little synergy to expand into a new vertical.

Management 60

Management Vertical Demand Sales 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Competitors: OneRiot , Topsy , Crowdeye , Twitter Summize.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2019

After a couple of weeks, you figure out that your inbox is bombarded with email of different business verticals. The US law was subsequently updated in 2008. Companies participating in the event can shoot emails to you with the product advertisement directly in your inbox. Most of them were participants and prospective clients.

Email 100

Email Marketing Advertising Government 100

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

An incubatee with Indian Angel Network, Anirudh Motwani from New Delhi, India, discussed IndiaCollegeSearch , a vertical search engine to address the problem of finding detailed information about various colleges and institutions in India. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. IndiaCollegeSearch.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! There are four reasons, again from Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, from 2008 (!): With that, let's look at the first rich source of benchmarking data in CI tools, the industry and sub-vertical reports.

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Software 48

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

Edward Varghese from New Delhi, India, pitched i-Globify , an outsourcing service catering to the niche travel vertical, focusing on building Web 3.0 I liked his approach to building an outsourcing solution: focusing on a niche and building in-depth skills and credibility within that vertical. Discuss.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical 116

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

Or as he put it in a letter to shareholders in 2008, ‘Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.’ Masterful execution makes up one of the triangle’s two vertical sides. (I Warren Buffett didn’t become the world’s greatest investor by just buying cheap stocks. Then he waits.

Stock 157

Stock Memphis Balance Sheet Analytics 157

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Dan is a 1M/1M premium member and has, over the last few weeks, worked systematically, following our methodology. He is seeing excellent results. In February, he had about 200 customers.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2010

It's no surprise that in the time since Varian's opining (2008), we've seen oodles of small startups setting their sights to capitalize on Big Data. And now, we're learning from their failures. But Big Data doesn't need to be the place bright startups go to die.

Startup 116

Startup Framework Vertical Metrics 116

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2016

2008-2009 was a terrible time to raise money. In crowded verticals, a lot of investors will simply sit on the sidelines and avoid making investments, which limits the number of investors who are writing checks in these spaces. Some verticals will be difficult to get revenue traction in. You’re not unique.)

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Valuation Vertical Demand 48

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. When CooTek started its business in 2008, that was a time when the iOS market was still the largest ecosystem and also the easiest to make money from, Lee notes.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 18, 2016

First, and how I initially came to meet him, is because he bought my first company (along with my friends at Halyard Capital) in 2008! Sebastian Jespersen, CEO of the Vertic digital agency, seems the perfect choice as a co-author. Stan Rapp is one of my favorite people, for so many reasons. More on that journey here.

Vertical 28

Vertical Marketing Social Media Acquisition 28

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

I have a question though- do you think that most content metrics (the ebook example you mentioned) should be developed by the "author" to target their specific data, or do you think there are opportunities for a new business vertical that give these tools directly to the creator. August 24, 2009 2:17 PM Norbert Mocsnik said.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. However, you would need to know how to sell $25 to $50 CPMs, because at $4 to $5 CPMs, there is no money for anybody, not for the network and not for the publisher.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Qualitas is trying to close various gaps related to imaging in the industrial automation space, and has use cases in a variety of areas from bottling to labeling, and across verticals such as automotive to pharmaceuticals. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113