VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If you segment your A/B test results by browser version, you might discover that customers coming from the Safari web browser are converting much better than the average. Your experimental controls, Stewart says, need to be equal: sample size, performance range, and distribution of outlier behavior.

Chad 112

Chad Mobile Technical Review Aggregator 112

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

. … Due to the relatively small potential contract values in restaurants, startups serving these customer segments have to build very efficient sales teams or online customer acquisition tools to aggregate many of them inexpensively. T]he consumer web has matured. T]he consumer web has matured. Who is correct?

Small Business 110

Small Business Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 110

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. By definition need redundancy.

Internet 150

Internet EC2 Java API 150

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Because people live, shop, and buy in real time, Monetate products enable e-commerce web sites to market in real time. " For major buyers of display advertising, real-time access to the largest audiences on the internet holds the promise of vastly improved targeting and performance. " "Hit it."

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

And here some of the other social and tech changes I found myself thinking about over the holiday period: Anonymous Web – It seems that more than ever the internet replicates life, because it is part of where we live. And so, the web is starting to realise that sometimes we want to be known, and at other times we don’t.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 9, 2019

The idea is that people look where they hover, and thus it shows how users read a web page. Click maps show you a heat map comprised of aggregated click data. It’s also easy to take in aggregate click data quickly and see broad trends. User viewing time was distributed as follows: Above the fold: 80.3% Image Source).

Algorithm 111

Algorithm Analytics Conversion Stock 111

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

And here some of the other social and tech changes I found myself thinking about over the holiday period: Anonymous Web – It seems that more than ever the internet replicates life, because it is part of where we live. And so, the web is starting to realise that sometimes we want to be known, and at other times we don’t.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. Much of the valuations around the consumer web are rationalizing, and because of that, investors are once again focused on understanding business models. 26 September 2012. 20 Comments.

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

But when it comes to the web, they all seem to leave their creativity, passion, and brilliant minds at home. Why leave your passion behind when it comes to the web? The web can sell product. The web can infect your potential customers with the passion you feel for your job. The web can really do … so much.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Even the most radical Bell Curve -style thinkers have to concede that even if there are differences between men and women in the distribution of these traits on average, these curve have substantial overlap, and there should still be a lot more of them represented in high-tech startups. So why is demographic diversity important?

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As many of you know, in the past I’ve done a series of posts deconstructing the S-1s of VC-backed internet startups going public. I thought I’d provide a little analysis of Twitter based on their S-1, but also strive to put it in a broader context of other consumer internet businesses and where we are in the current tech cycle.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

The 72 Israeli companies participating in the 2010 Mobile World Congress: Aerotel Medical Systems – a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet. A turnkey solution based on a fully telco-grade platform.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? Why don't we just put this plan on the internet? It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. And I guess as I'm talking about that, it really is a lot like the early days of the internet. BA : Yeah.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. This is true of most web application servers, caches like memcached, and all of the network infrastructure that connects them. what is your company web site or email address?

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Specifically, the “narrow network” typically aggregates those providers that are willing to accept lower prices for their services (theoretically you could have a “premium” narrow network, but they are typically used to create more affordable plans).

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

CDI Systems ’ NetIS is the first electronic publishing platform that integrates Digital Rights Management, Web Content Management, information retrieval, SEO and e-commerce tools into a single, seamless platform for the secure delivery and sale of digital content (textual, images, rich media etc’).

Media 145

Media Social Network Flash 145

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Search will remain big but stream is an increasing method of discovering information and therefore driving web traffic. Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers.

Advertising 284

Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Now that Im in a web based company Im finding a difficult match the framework, culturally. Perhaps thats a fallacy?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Amazon Web Services. Web Tools: Hereâ??s We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. the rise of CleanTech, and the next wave of web applications and services, with a hint to the potential of the baby boomers. Steve believes these baby boomers will become a large market of internet savvy people up for grab.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

Genuine VC

JULY 14, 2008

It’s been amazing to see Google (98% of its video traffic comprised of YouTube) steadily increase its market share for six months straight (see chart below where I aggregated the info from a few months of ComScore press releases). It seemed as though this juggernaut was defying a strong current internet trend – the deportalization of content.

Video 100

Video .Net Distribution Aggregator 100

Genuine VC

JULY 14, 2008

It’s been amazing to see Google (98% of its video traffic comprised of YouTube) steadily increase its market share for six months straight (see chart below where I aggregated the info from a few months of ComScore press releases). It seemed as though this juggernaut was defying a strong current internet trend – the deportalization of content.

Video 100

Video .Net Distribution Aggregator 100

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! If you don't stink completely, things on the the web always go up and to the right over time – the argument is simply about the slope of the line and short term fluctuations. See Page 269. :).

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Collaboration & Workgroups Homecourt – Homecourt is a Web-based collaboration tool. WorkflowPerfect – A Web-based business process tool that facilitates collaboration. 280Slides – A free online presentation software that allows you to import existing documents, download to PowerPoint, publish to the Web and more.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. RSS aggregator. web server. video distribution platform. Greenstone. www.greenstone.org. eLearning development environment. screenr.com.

Open Source 109

Open Source Software Phoenix Startup 109

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet. Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. During the first dot com era, marketplaces were all the rage – with eBay leading the charge. Leverage influencers for liquidity.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Aerotel Medical Systems is a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet. Flash Networks’ Harmony Content Control enables safer, more productive mobile use of the open Internet for consumer or business use.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

For much of the past five years academics, journalists, bloggers, and assorted mass-media-tag-alongs have been heralding the “ death of newspapers ,” the downfall of the publishing industry and the collapse of information distribution as we know it.

Small Business 88

Small Business Public Relations Social Media New York 88

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. RSS aggregator. web server. video distribution platform. Greenstone. www.greenstone.org. eLearning development environment. screenr.com.

Open Source 104

Open Source Software Phoenix Startup 104

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Attempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. RSS aggregator. web server. video distribution platform. Greenstone. www.greenstone.org. eLearning development environment. screenr.com.

Open Source 104

Open Source Software Phoenix Startup 104

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. RSS aggregator. web server. video distribution platform. Greenstone. www.greenstone.org. eLearning development environment. screenr.com.

Open Source 104

Open Source Software Phoenix Startup 104

Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

It’s truly THE pillar company since Google and it has completely transformed the web. Facebook’s success is largely based on its ability to aggregate the biggest audience on the internet and understand and monetize that audience. I think the mobile internet will further accelerate the trend of network fragmentation.

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

A group of seasoned Austin technology entrepreneurs and executives are announcing the formation of their new company, Mass Relevance , to help consumer brand use real-time social content to drive engagement on television, the web, and in the mobile world. A good analogy of the value of all this data is like web analytics.

Curation 118

Curation Austin Cofounder Ruby 118