VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

The company’s decision to increase the price of the two year old Quest 2 by $100 (citing rising costs) and a weak performance in Q2 2022 are showing the growing pains of this transition: Facebook dropped in revenue for the first time , and Reality Labs brought in $452 million in revenue over the quarter. but still lost $2.8

IP 206

IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. What if you are measuring CAC wrongly and you’re really not acquiring customers cost effectively? Legal threats from other IP holders? But alas I must scale with businesses and make money.

Operations 150

Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). You own the IP you create. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Their technologies shrink down prohibitively expensive, enormous, room-sized status quo visualization equipment into a single briefcase, providing tenfold more value, and costing 10 times less. In addition to our expanding IP portfolio our competitive advantage includes our empathetically designed, super ergonomic technology.

Startup 79

Startup Philadelphia Cofounder Distribution 79

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

From Microsoft she went on to Netscape, where she was responsible for marketing of the Netscape Browser, and then LoudCloud, and now I’m happy to say she’s been my partner at SVPG for over a decade, and she also teaches marketing at UC Berkeley. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

That was up from 30% in 2014. Then there’s a 2015 survey of 600 B2B marketers conducted by Crowd Research Partners , which found that 80% of marketers thought their lead generation efforts were only “slightly effective” or “somewhat effective.”. Image Source. Qualification is easy with the right system set up. sales, support, etc.),

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91