Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Odds Are, Your Startup Probably Isn’t a Platform. I have the great privilege of meeting lots of entrepreneurs every day and hearing about the startups they’re building. But the reality is that most software-based startups aren’t really platforms.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing. March 13, 2012. Yesterday Yahoo!

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

In these industries, even if startups are smart and nimble and innovate quickly, they can have a tough time creating long term enterprise value. These huge companies put pricing and margin pressure on the category, and about a year from the acquisition, Cisco shut down the Flip business altogether. shark tank'

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 167

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy. May 16, 2012.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing. February 2, 2012.

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1. What’s the impact for early-stage startups? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? March 8, 2012.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened. Mobile payments are the trillion dollar industry that everybody’s been waiting for but has never materialized. Thus far mobile payments have failed to create or be coupled to a new store of value.

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

So when Microsoft released the most "full-featured word processor ever for the Mac" that crawled on their Macs -- we're talking literally two minutes to startup-- the community immediately started posting in newsgroups that Microsoft was actually trying to "kill the Mac.". BBC MOBILE – Alex Pressland.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. 2) Market . An example of a tech-enabled VC is Corl.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

But in the particular case of our portfolio company TapCommerce , which yesterday announced its acquisition by Twitter a mere two years after the company’s founding ( more details ), there have been some key lessons which I’ll meaningfully take away from my experience in working with Brian Long , Samir Mirza , and Andrew Jones.

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Founder Syndicate Syndication Mobile 142

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. And Cloze’s product is designed from the get go around mobile usage in addition to the desktop web (>20% of LinkedIn traffic today is smartphones & tablets). Cloze has the opportunity to prevent lags like this between their website and their mobile app. . June 25, 2012.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. The simple answer is “be able to convince a partnership of smart investors that your startup has a good probability of being a $100M+ revenue company within 5ish years.” How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. August 12, 2011.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

A Crowded Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

They provide on-demand temp labor via mobile devices. . And yes, AngelList syndicates are trying to kill VC firms. There is a huge number of startups trying to disrupt the traditional “firm” structure. Contently is killing off some marketing firms. . Wonolo is gearing up to take on staffing firms.

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Reputation Curation Demand Syndicate 106

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee. The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. More Popular Galleries.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter as a company has encouraged this by granting DataSift “re-syndication rights,” which means that the company can ingest the full Twitter fire hose and resell subsets of it to other parties who want to consume a smaller stream, which is more cost effective in data licenses and in IT resources needed to consume the data.

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