The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

In its quarterly filing yesterday Facebook disclosed that it spent $24m on ‘talent focused acquisitions’ in the first half of 2012. between them, making the aggregate exit value of these acqui-hires 4.2x, which tells us that if the investors on average had a 24% stake they would have broken even on these deals.

San Francisco 110

San Francisco Hiring Liquidation Preference Aggregator 110

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) business models. Unlike U.S.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

In fact, 54% of users said they may actually leave a website and go to another rather than complete an individual registration form, according to a 2012 survey conducted by Blue Research. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. The aggregate computing power of the project is more than 960 TFLOPS. Commercialization.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO. And Why 20%?

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012. The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM.

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Le Web Paris 2012 has come to an end. Similar to Belgian startup Wondergraphs , the idea is to help make sense of structured data – primarily in a professional context – by visualizing it and letting users aggregate, compare, slice, correlate, share, extract (insert more verbs here) figures of any kind.

SMS 119

SMS Europe France Aggregator 119

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Social networking.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

February 9, 2012 7:40 PM. February 11, 2012 11:00 PM. April 12, 2012 11:10 AM. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. April 12, 2012 4:48 PM. My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. April 12, 2012 6:15 PM. April 13, 2012 10:08 AM.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. A check-in aggregation platform. ► 2012. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. And we’re sure Zuckerberg, who still looks and dresses like a college sophomore, is only just getting started.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. Active Network – 2.4x And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Author howerl.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

The top 10 trends this year were around the emergence of mobile platforms (thanks Apple for the iPhone!), The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. ► 2012. (1). Feedburner Network. Paperblog network.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, from gay social network to design, we made the decision within 10 days to focus exclusively on our new One Thing, and we set a rule that not one person on the team could still do the old thing.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

According to an Edison Research and Arbitron report in 2012, podcasting is becoming one of the more viable methods for acquiring and retaining customers. However, in 2007, “familiarity” jumped to 37%, and in 2012, it was 45% – that’s a 105% difference!! In 2006 it was a mere 11%, and in 2012 it hit 29%. image credit.

Software 100

Software eCommerce Audio Hosting 100

ConversionXL

MARCH 26, 2014

2: Network reports and motion charts. The first report is the Network Report – specifically, we’re looking at the Service Provider dimension. The first report is the Network Report – specifically, we’re looking at the Service Provider dimension. Did they use a laptop, a tablet or a mobile?

Analytics 131

Analytics Conversion Metrics Europe 131

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). ► 2012. (1). Newer Post.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The more I wrote about the oncoming mobile and broadband revolution, the more obvious it became that the print media was going to fight for attention with cheaper, faster publications. Faster networks meant people would be able to access information anytime, anywhere, on any device. And so we built our company.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80