Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks.

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Agile VC

MAY 13, 2013

If you think back to the monster consumer software and internet companies that’ve been built in the last 2-3 decades, it’s actually far more likely they were fast and/or particularly innovative followers rather than first movers. Facebook (social networking following in the footsteps of Friendster, MySpace, etc).

Cloud 205

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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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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. The two major forms of this are CPC (cost per click) and CPA (cost per action or acquisition).

Social Network 55

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

79% of consumers trust an online review as much as they would a recommendation from a friend. And 94% of shoppers state that just one bad review has convinced them not to buy from a company. You can’t avoid negative reviews, opinions, and comments altogether. Developing a social media following. Winning in a pull economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. The list goes on and on.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., A lot has changed. link] leehower.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Drop sub-par products and concentrate on the ones that consistently bring repeat purchases and good reviews.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A chatbot (or bot) is a piece of automated software that engages in a conversation with people. You Get Their Facebook ID: These tend to last forever, where as business emails expire on average 4% / month due to people changing jobs, etc. Messaging has eclipsed social networks in popularity.

Marketing 87

Marketing Software Review Campaign Widget 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson who recently launched his online mind mapping software ThoughtMuse. == Rob: Hi Thomas. I’m a 31 year old Norwegian software developer. By day I work in a small startup specializing in mobile software. Thanks for taking the time to appear in the Spotlight.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We told the horror story of the company that originally owned the URL groupon.com and lost it due to not having a trademark. In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur. Tough, but true. they take time!!

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 19, 2016

And, Outreach , a sales automation tool for SMB and enterprise organizations, was recognized as the top-ranked sales automation/acceleration software by Ambition Sales. . In February, Talentbuddy was acquired by Udemy , an online learning and teaching marketplace headquartered in San Francisco.

Portfolio 60

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

The ten questions that make up the core of the Gust executive summary (and that in turn comprise the bulk of the ‘One Pager’ that investors print out for screening and review sessions) are only the distilled tip of the iceberg. This added exposure can result in indications of interest (investment, acquisition, partnership, etc.)

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

May 24th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 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.

Cofounder 39

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? The same can be said of Facebook and its acquisition of Oculus, along with its recent full-frontal assault against Snapchat AR filters and lenses. What is a ladder-up strategy?

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Cotter bucks the flavor-of-the-day entrepreneurial stereotype: the college dropout popularized by both our own Michael Dell and recently Mark Zuckerberg and the great movie The Social Network. the business was the same and through acquisitions it became to be worth $1.33 No matter the name?—?the and negative?—?voice

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2015

In this age of the digital, social network, more and more people telecommute to work, and it has become more acceptable not to have interpersonal contact. MindKube’s growth and increase in client acquisitions is proof that Natasha’s diligence and patience when it came to finding the right professionals for her company has paid off.

Trinidad 60

Trinidad Software Review Small Business Administration Small Business 60

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

As I was looking at traffic stats I noticed a huge increase in mid-November due to a number of write-ups on startup and web-2.0 I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 11 Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob on 08.18.10 at 6:32 am [.]

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

Of late, however, it looks like they just might be getting their local strategy together and marshaling a suite new features combined with existing assets to put themselves in position to take a giant leap in the local reviews, local offers, and local social games to go with their strong local search position. and CityPages.

Small Business 65

Small Business Marketing Software Review Portland 65

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Review the code being built. The "Questions" post is probably the most important. Plan for past the initial MVP.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

After the acquisition, it started branching out into more areas of data science and analytics. To make the most of Kaggle, having some ability to work with code is helpful. If you don’t code however, no worries—this isn’t a technical post. Kaggle community analyses: Jump start your analysis by reviewing others’ work.

Analytics 94

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

You often end up with lots of half-done experiments lying around, an infrastructure that isn’t built to scale, and a mishmash of code that needs to be refactored. For example, a design approach just turns out to be error-prone or a junior programmer just writes bad code. Of course, we are mostly interested in the second type.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

Programming 30

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. but: Something is Still Missing. call to arms.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link. social network/web analysis/etc. Shocking, I know.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2015

The include single custom reports that replace all/most current standard reports in GA on Mobile, Content, Paid Search and Acquisition. Hostname [Domains with your GA code]. Social Media Performance Analysis. Hostname [Domains with your GA code]. Let's say you want to analyze your social media performance.

Analytics 60

Analytics Customer Metrics eCommerce 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. calcalist ].

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

The next obvious transition was the rise of the browser in 1996, which transformed not only the software application market but also the print and media world. Of course, the absence of SEO may be positive for design, but it removes a key customer acquisition strategy for many startups. Customer acquisition techniques are shifting.

Mobile 96

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

of businesses are actively seeking & collecting customer reviews on an ongoing basis. Well, for starters recent behavioral research by Granify revealed that “social proof” is often more important to online buyers than “low prices.” Reevo, a social commerce company researched this theory by analyzing 2.5 image source.

Software Review 126

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Dave McClure’s conversion metrics visualize where different conversion optimization opportunities lie—including those for acquisition. Acquisition focuses on how to grab attention in a very crowded content environment. Strategies span a range of methods, but we’re going to focus on PPC, social media, and search. Image source ).

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Acquisition Software Review PPC Analytics 111

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Facebook is also the most popular social network with people over 65. As well as the standard About, Photos, and Videos tabs, Buffer includes Reviews, Events, and Community tabs. Once your Facebook Group is set up with a clear code of conduct, you can begin generating engagement. But in the U.S. Show up consistently.

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