SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Last night at the NY Tech Meetup, John Britton of our portfolio company Twilio showed how it is done. Dec 26, 2009). Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Develop your business plan. Why do startups?

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View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Couple that noise with the flurry of AI/messaging startups from a few years back (set off by Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition), in conjunction with app developers’ notification euphoria… all of which have resulted in a state on our mobile phones where “ our brains being overloaded with push notifications about nothing.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. But, I am fascinated by the new “cloud kitchens” type models that are being formed and am hopeful that maybe they will crack the code on this.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Thanks to Sean Matula, Small Business Consulting Strategic Marketing ! #2- My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! My parents were also small business owners. 2- Raise and support our family on our own terms.

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

Using a wealth of data from mobile devices, developers of apps ranging from childrens games to fitness trackers are increasingly testing an array of price points and business models. Developers of apps are increasingly testing an array of price points and business models, Greg Bensinger joins digits.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When my husband Andy and I started dating, I was finishing my Master’s in Anthropology of International Development, where I was focusing on West Africa. I would get a rush helping to come up with the business model, brand concept, brand identity and creative vision around the new product or service.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

K9 expects to be an active investor in portfolio companies and will typically make only 4-6 new investments per year. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No advertising, content or media businesses which may have a three-way business model, but rather companies which deliver direct value to paying customers.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Can't wait until you have some actual portfolio results to analyze and compare against Cambridge returns. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM. Newer Post.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Today, VARs are the key to the SMB segment and their business model is collapsing, opening new opportunities for them and for technology providers. To survive, VARs need to change their business model and move from product sales to services. Portfolio. (3). Small and medium businesses. (2). ► 2009. (9).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

France has proven its ability to develop innovative internet models Over the past three years, we have invested over $60 million in French technology start-ups with Showroomprive (number 2 in Europe for online private sales), BlaBlaCar ( Covoiturage.fr Why should they be penalised in such an arbitrary way? So why twelve years?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. For a direct, enterprise sales business model, these thresholds are likely to be around $80,000-100,000 CMRR (approx. $1-1.2M Michael Kassing.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

However, using portfolio theory, your losers are going to far outnumber your winners, so taking half or more of the gains out of the winners will have a big impact on the overall returns. ► 2009. (7). That seems to be Paul Grahams (YCombinator) argument. Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1). ► February. (1).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

20 – CFO asks CEO, What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us? In 2009, during a hunting trip in Montana, I realized there wasn’t a “go-to” brand on the Internet to research hunts and outfitters and connect with other people. Thanks to Courtnie Nein, Good Life Advisors ! #20 Travelocity or Expedia.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

I personally enjoy the earliest stages and building a portfolio of start-ups and entrepreneurial teams. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The cheerleader role isnt all bad.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Companies like Microsoft have developed subscription-based licensing contracts without a SaaS delivery model and SaaS companies are selling multi-year contracts for their services. Requires more capital because: - It is harder to develop for many new factors like tenant data isolation, user management, subscription services, etc.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange. Bessemer Venture Partners lists an anti-portfolio of investments they passed on that includes Apple, Ebay, Intel, and Google.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

We could do this in several ways: Cross sell to add additional products Up sell to add seats, or premium features Develop a scalable pricing matrix that does a better job of charging higher end customers that are willing to pay more. At OpenView, we try to instill this discipline and capability in each of our portfolio companies from Day 1.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. That means the vast majority of privately held companies are still very dependent on venture money to stay in business.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. I wont spoil the end of the story, but wouldnt bet against the good guys.Now back to hunkering down and figuring out how to deal with the burn rates in the portfolio. ▼ 2009. (7).

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Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Thanks to my team at Portfolio for believing in me and Body of Work. To my partners at Citrix , I have been so delighted to develop a strong partnership with you! To Fran Tarkenton and Office Depot , and my fellow small business advisers of the Small Biz Club , I cannot WAIT to create great things with you next year!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Previous Israeli exhibitors lists are available MWC 2009 and MWC 2010. Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms.processors that provide seamless connectivity over diverse wireless networks. Xeligence automatically generates all DM model development and deployment processes. IPgallery. .

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. However, as we soon discovered, many of these firms were forced to hoard capital for existing portfolio companies and focus most of their time and energy on deciding which ones deserved these reserves. ▼ 2009. (7). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Total amount raised fell from $7.5

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

This is not far from the Y Combinator model , except they put a lot of time and energy into working with the entrepreneurs. With 2 or 4 new investments per week that Right Side is projecting, it will be challenging enough to remember the names of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio, let along help build companies. ► 2009. (7).

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

How did you develop this look? Then, also, I have spent a lot of my professional life in branding and package design, where a “logo&# is just one piece of a larger picture, and the development of a brand over many media and platforms holds huge appeal for me. And then there is: 2) Memory development. that I like.

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