Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. Minimum Viable Product: a guide , Lessons Learned, Eric Ries, August 3, 2009 10 examples of minimum viable products Minimum Viable Product revisited – the MVP Curve?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The right SMB-optimized CRM will give you the flexibility and mobility tools you need to take your most important customer information and contact features on the road via your mobile device. In 2006 and in 2009, John was awarded the Technology Executive of the Year, and the Titan of Technology awards by the CTA.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 am Said: [.] Reply Tim Inman , on December 7, 2009 at 7:04 am Said: Wow. Reply Deepta , on December 7, 2009 at 7:22 am Said: Very informative experience.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident. Factors such as mobile incompatibility, where the active mobile users browsing through the store on their smartphone device could lose interest in your store due to the lack of mobile responsive design, plays a considerable part.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Reply Greg Boutin , on August 31, 2009 at 12:33 pm Said: A very interesting contribution, Steve. 3 , on August 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said: [.] Reply shiftMode » Blog Archive » Nobody Cares About Your Product , on August 31, 2009 at 2:30 pm Said: [.] Thank you for writing them.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. in 2009 the market was completely constipated as investors focused on triage.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2011

Our investment here is in SendGrid , a company that came out of TechStars Boulder 2009 and is one of the white hot companies in Boulder. Everyone that uses apps on a mobile phone is likely experiencing push notifications as an increasingly important as a form of engagement. In Fred’s post, the comm channel is email.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The advent of economical tablets will enable service professionals and small business owners to run their business from a mobile device. The number of online appointments is growing exponentially as Schedulicity alone has seen nearly 7 million appointments booked online since mid-2009. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2009, the Apple Corporation attracted international attention when it released advertisements featuring the tagline ”There’s an App for That.” The goal was to demonstrate how, no matter if you want to research information, play a game, or make a daily task simpler, there are mobile applications to help.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Two big themes have emerged in my head in the past 3 years: offline / online integration and mobile computing. The Impact of Mobile Phones on Advertising.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2017

It rose in 2009, but never regained its upward trajectory. Today, as transmission costs have plummeted, internet broadband speeds have soared, and mobile connections have exploded, the amount of data flowing across the world’s digital highway has increased 40 fold in seven years and is projected to increase another nine times by 2025.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

Every Internet-enabled computer, whether server, laptop, or mobile device, must have a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address to connect to the Internet. He was also a founder of ARIN and served as its Chairman from inception through early 2009.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2014

The firm was founded in 2009 and they just announced the closing of their fourth fund at $1.5bn. The obvious reason for this is mobile internet penetration: We’ve gone from an internet population of 55 million users to nearly three billion, and smartphone users are expected to grow from 1.5

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

1: SendGrid (2009). The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 2: Uber (2009). 3: Twilio (2009). Scopely is an LA based interactive entertainment company and a leading mobile games publisher.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

 As I look around post-holiday season, I am seeing more and more regular, non-technical friends and family get connected on their mobile devices.    Clearly that was just the beginning of a longer term trend for mobile devices to get more powerful, easier to use, and more widely deployed into the market. 

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 18, 2012

VatorTV had an article this morning reporting on the growth in mobile advertising. They note from the eMarketer chart inset right that US mobile ad spend is up 180% this year to $4.1bn and say that “after years and years of every year being proclaimed as the ‘year of mobile’ it finally happened in 2012”.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution. Starbucks has also built successful retail mobile payment experience, albeit a closed loop one.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 3, 2013

You have the choice to do business from anywhere, anytime, including some of the most beautiful and mobile entrepreneur friendly towns in the USA. So here you have it, the “Top 10 Small Towns for Mobile Entrepreneurs for 2013.”. And yes, it is perfect for mobile entrepreneurs. Clayton, Georgia. Clayton covers only 3.1

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile phone technological advance. Beginning of 2009, Mitul designed and sold a solution that enables mobile operators across the globe to seamlessly exchange SMS, while taking care of billing, settlement, and routing. Transformation of Mobile Handset business. During that time, he had key successes.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

If you go back to 2008 to 2009, the overwhelming majority of dollars spent on oDesk were technical in nature,” he said. “I You’ll join others in our Freelance Mobilizer Program, recruiting people to join the Elance revolution. One thing we consistently hear is that you just can’t hire enough mobile developers fast enough.

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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. So, yes, if someone really wants to read the article for free, they can copy the HTML from the Mobile-Friendly Test and load it into an HTML viewer. For publishers, the policy didn’t work.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. Launch Date: April 16, 2009. Since 2009 the Founder Institute has helped. Cabulous Raises $8 Million Series A To Expand Mobile Taxi Dispatch Network. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Rip Empson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

Back in 2009, a new startup called Sqare used their POS (Point-of-Sale) and retail knowledge to create a popular ultra-mobile card reader and a free app, now in 30 million businesses, that turns their iPhone into a point of sale and control center for business. This step may also lead to a disruptive innovation in the future.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

military to rearm and mobilize. Source: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (in constant 2009 $’s) We’ll Do Great in the Next War Early in 1950, just months before the outbreak of the Korean War the Office of Naval Research asked Fred Terman to build an Applied electronics program for electronic warfare.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Operating solely through an app, the company claims to be ‘a reinvention of hotel booking for the mobile era’. Founded in 2009, YPlan is an app that allows ‘spontaneous’ people to book tickets to events at the last minute. Housesimple.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8 I will elaborate a bit on the first one – Big Data.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. 2010 Gross Profit: $162 million (adjusted EBITDA of $32 million). 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

Right now this is just a Google Maps function, but Google claims it will spread in Place search on Google.com and Google Maps for mobile soon! Better start suggesting keyword phrases for those reviews people are anxious to write. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I left BMC Software in November of 2009 and took a few months off to be with my family. In January, I co-founded Chaotic Moon Studios (The Mobile Application Studio) and everything has been a blur since. Austin is always a leader in collaboration, and the mobile space is no different. It’s been an insane year.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Innovations in social media and mobile have cultivated an ongoing dialogue and education between consumers and businesses. Since the marketing industry is so vast, there are many areas of expertise that a professional can become familiar with and really own—like wearable tech, social media marketing, mobile advertising and more.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

By 2009, it had run out of cash. The bank wanted to develop mobile deposit technology quickly so that it could keep pace with its competitors. The article highlighted the case of a startup called Vuzit, which commercialized a cloud-based document delivery system.

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