Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Founding Date: 2009. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 Cumulative customers (unique buyers of Groupons): 15.8M (Q1 2011), 9.0M (2010), 0.4M (2009).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

percent between 2009 and 2014. These services have been used by companies to share information with outsiders like lawyers, auditors, partners or even customers. Mergers and Acquisitions. The benefits so far accrued from the use of VDRs is unprecedented. trillion between 2012 and 2017 respectively.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS).

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

In 2009, Google allowed publishers to cap FCF views at five articles per day ; in 2015, the cap tightened to three articles. Paywalls, by default, are a barrier to organic acquisition—they stop some users from accessing some content. For publishers, the policy didn’t work. The changes didn’t solve the issue. Metering vs. lead-in.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. ► 2009. (9).

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Size of the online gambling market from 2009 to 2020 (in billion U.S. Partner with a provider that will bring out the best as you continue with the journey. However, if you chose to work with a partner ensure they offer user-friendly front end, a gaming management system, payment module and access to betting markets and top events.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The acquisition of Omniture by Adobe for $1.8B and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. On the IPO front, LogMeIn made the news, being one of the few tech IPO on the NASDAAQ in 2009. ▼ 2009. (9). at 8:25 PM.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

There’s also an interesting integration of acquisition TalkBin , a tool that makes it very easy for people send SMS messages to any registered business. Business owners are invited to claim their pages, create special offers and try out ad products such as Boost right from the city home page.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

On future occasions, whenever I expressed an interest to invest, the founders came back and told me that they had an acquisition offer on the table! One occurrence of this was in Q1/Q2 2009. In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

We are one of the fastest growing game and kid sites in 2009, according to comScore. Knewton's Online Marketing Director is the key partner to the VP, Online Marketing and is responsible for helping the team drive customer acquisition and revenue growth through SEM (paid search), SEO, Affiliate Marketing, and Email.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. ▼ 2009. (9). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Laughing Out (c)Loud. Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. So, my partner, my boss had a strong vision for what he wanted the firm to look like. Yeah, we started in late 2009, so a little over 10 years old. So Jack, welcome to the show.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Laura Blue of LaunchLink PR corroborates Gerhardt’s message : It is during these times that brands need to be especially considerate about what and how they are communicating to customers, partners and stakeholders. recession in 2009.”. You’re no longer in a growth and acquisition position, so KPIs based on revenue targets, etc.,

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Put all that together, and consider that this is a company that thinks in decades or even centuries, and we’re bound to see both more jobs and more acquisitions. Additionally, few legacy companies have been as successful in innovating through younger channels like YouTube, Vine, Snapchat, podcasting, and more. Much more funding.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I started my healthcare company in 2009, at the height of the recession. Without venture capital, without external loans, I bootstrapped my business and brought it to acquisition – in a field traditionally dominated by males ( 16% of male entrepreneurs are in the tech industry, compared to 4% of females ).

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Pascal's View

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I’d like to know what percentage of those acquisitions are takeunders versus takeovers —a takeunder in this case means that the consideration paid is less than invested capital. That’s the key statistic on the health of the acquisition market from the 42%-of-the-market-seller’s perspective. That’s for sure!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And that's brand development, brand power, customer acquisition, message clarity, market expansion, sales enablement, so marketing and sales working together and product marketing or product innovation. Clare Price (07:24): And that's why one of the things that I'm doing with is developing what I call a ecosystem of right partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. This happens at acquisition time, too. The unfortunate reality is the most partners at VCs firms see hundres of deals every year and invest in 1-2 of them. My view … it is my job to be a sparring partner. I work with partners who have seen 15 such exits.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. We also talked a lot about Geodelic , a portfolio company of Clearstone, who is trying to change the metaphor of how people discover location based information by partnering with large companies and brands. AppDynamics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Martin , on March 23, 2009 at 5:10 pm Said: A beautiful example of consilience. Reply Christine , on July 23, 2009 at 11:51 am Said: and how, Mr. Martin. Patrick , on March 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm Said: Great story. Reply marty , on March 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said: Great stories!! Thanks for sharing the story!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Students will start by mapping their assumptions (their business model) and then each week test these hypotheses with customers and partners outside in the field (customer development) and use an iterative and incremental development methodology (agile development) to build the product. Did you learn anything different?

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Kupietzky has served as CEO and Director of Oversee.net since 2009. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Barhydt successfully designed and implemented the targeted patent acquisition program and developed processes and metrics to improve licensing operations.

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venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The two major forms of this are CPC (cost per click) and CPA (cost per action or acquisition). users in 2009. Virtual Currency: Build virtual currency extensions into your application, but be sure to conduct due diligence on who you’re partnering with. Display Ads: This is your bread and butter business model.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the Lightspeed Venture Partner Summer Fellowship program, I ask guest speakers to come in each week and talk to the Fellows about key topics related to building a successful startup. Be willing to help partners accelerate testing new markets.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

It motivates co-workers, bosses, partners, investors and customers. There is a home for people who are passionate about pretty much anything, you just need to find the partner/company/customer who is passionate about the same thing you are. November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. M&A – Acquisitions. Will they compete with me? what if they decide to enter my niche? What will they announce in the next Google I/O keynote?

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K9 Ventures

JULY 5, 2011

I was first introduced to Christopher Golda at BackType in 2009 (Thanks @ fbishara ) as a “highly technical team” — something I look for. Their API helped power features for bit.ly , Chartbeat , HubSpot , The Huffington Post , Radian6 and over 100 other partners. Congrats Team BackType!

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

This episode explores how to think about growth in turbulent times, according two growth experts: a16z general partner Andrew Chen, who previously led the growth team at Uber, and Brian Balfour, formerly the VP of Growth at HubSpot, now the founder and CEO of Reforge, a masterclass in growth strategies. Same thing for engagement, as well.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

Lead generation in this content driven social model is still a metered blend of advertising, public relations and referrals, but social is the mechanism driving the discovery and the conversation surrounding this powerful form of lead acquisition.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup? Being a partner of a tool you customize was the best. And that’s the position you want to be in. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. 4 Matt Doar on 09.29.09 at 6:35 pm Writing a book helped.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In addition, software industry veteran Larry Warnock, who led the acquisition of Phurnace Software by BMC Software earlier this year, has joined Gazzang as CEO. A 2009 report from the SANS Institute Report called web application attacks from open source breaches one of the top cyber security risks for companies.

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