Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. In 2010 it got worse with an Act in parliament about the Monitoring of Foreigners’ Corporate Acquisitions. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!) Note to Finland – lighten up.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Do due diligence on your proposed financing provider. For example, if you had a business loss in 2010 explain why. A FMV lease is often used for acquiring technology equipment.On Describe to the equipment lease financing provider how the equipment acquisition will benefit your business.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

This acquisition is a long story, but if you have a few minutes let me tell you the best parts. If you’re interested you can read about one of my acquisitions from a few years back in a post titled The Inside Story of a Small Software Acquisition. My Background. And I’d been a user since 2006.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. In 2010 I deconstructed the filings for GameFly and Quinstreet. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. April 17, 2011.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Look in the OTHER section below for an excellent review of the movie with a superb discussion of why the sequel missed an opportunity to do what the original Tron movie did – introduce innovative ideas about technology. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link].

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. SaaS companies projected to grow 18% over this period in January 2010 and this projection moved up only to 20% today. In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2010. (5).

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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). How You Should Implement These Models Going into 2010: Display Ads. Virtual Currency: Build virtual currency extensions into your application, but be sure to conduct due diligence on who you’re partnering with.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. The biggest delta was in 2010, and guess what company raised their first outside funding round that year – Uber. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). 2010 Gross Profit: $280M. 2010 Net Income: -$389M (net loss) (2). 2010 Net Income: -$389M (net loss) (2). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Its the same with acquisitions. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

They simply need the diligence and work ethic to learn and to implement. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. These do not require reinventing the wheel. They do not require taking any risks. CustomerDiscovery. Discuss.

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Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Reviews aren’t always reliable, and there is stiff competition on many gig platforms, making the prices undercut, the stakes lower and the work shoddy. Toptal , founded in 2010, aims to relieve the difficulties of hiring freelancers. How did you come up with the idea for Toptal? Focus on what to focus on.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Chris is primarily trying to assess his customer acquisition strategy, which requires that people see the game being played. The missing piece is getting reviewed by campus blogs and newspapers, which I advised Chris to look into. His customer acquisition strategy, however, needs a lot of work. I like these two strategies.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

In general, open rates and click-throughs have decreased 45% since 2010 as users have become fatigued by email marketing and more concerned about their privacy. Everyone in tech is chasing what’s known as a “sticky” experience. This was something we saw on a broader level. Strategy #2: Create a sticky experience.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 22, 2010

Due to technical difficulties I will be re-teaching this class at 10am PST on Tuesday May 11th. The entertainment value of me flubbing my way through an online presentation will be priceless… April 22nd, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Click here for more information or to sign up for the class.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. product reviews through blogs, as well as SEO, blogs, and social media marketing. 3gSimplified.

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India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Dan Frommer, in Moneyball for tech startups , interviewed Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham and Ben Horowitz on the topic. And given that four of the most important tech investors in the world seem skeptical of it, if someone can figure out a good formula that works, they may be able to exploit it". How Much Diligence is Due.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range. Kir Devries.

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Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. My Yelp reviews.

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gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

Tech News and Analysis. AT&T promised in April to open Watson up to general development, but on Monday AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the launch official in a blog post , revealing seven different “contexts,” or language libraries, that app builders can access to speechify their products.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. I was turned on to the concept of coworking in 2010, when I hosted a networking event, for an organization I was leading, at San Diego’s first coworking space, the Hive Haus.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Find someone who is “certified&# in it.

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Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Triumph of the Nerds on DVD – An awesome tech documentary, and I recently discovered it’s on DVD. May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? There are a bunch of reviews linked on the homepage for anyone who needs to read more, along with the first 20 pages or so.

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Cofounder Founder Software Review Ruby 39

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. But there were others, too: In 2010, Okta had only ten customers on board. You’re no longer in a growth and acquisition position, so KPIs based on revenue targets, etc., recession in 2009.”. are moot.”.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. Today’s Normalization. Mobility really changes everything.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Software By Rob

MARCH 17, 2010

March 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? It’s highly recommendable for people wanting to be micropreneurs, and gives an inside look on what starting a tech company looks like. #2 Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. 2 Rob on 03.18.10

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. Can offer much better data due to true user basis then tools like GO or Optimizely.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

But, this should lead to a thorough, well-planned review of bootstrapping alternatives, since bootstrapping can reduce cash requirements in the pre-cash flow phase. Example two:  Explosive market share growth and revenue in an expanding market with acquisitive players available.  and won’t repeat it all here. five years.).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

Kaggle launched in 2010. After the acquisition, it started branching out into more areas of data science and analytics. Below, I discuss five fresh and relevant features for marketers, regardless of technical ability: Kaggle datasets; Kaggle community analyses; Kaggle Notebooks; Kaggle cloud integrations; Machine learning with Kaggle.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 15, 2010

April 15th, 2010 | About this Blog , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? In terms of tech I use e-books, pdf (for the search). #2 But before I get too far into this process I need your help to find out what the book should focus on. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? at 5:53 am ?

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