VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. Trend to watch : an equivalent to MCNs (Multi Channel Networks) on the early days of YouTube where creators band together to generate economies of scale (and share revenue). ” Eric Feng. Gen Z and the 1% rule.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 13, 2020

. – – – Distribution is everything: It’s more important than the product. There is nothing more common than market-leading businesses who don’t have the best product, yet are still more widely distributed. I’d much rather invest in an average product with incredible distribution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2013

Evernote makes a great software product and distributes it through a free to upgrade approach. Products and services can be packaged and distributed through a multitude of channels and delivered in physical form, digital form and as one time purchases or ongoing subscriptions. This is probably the most common approach. Clarity.fm

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). 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.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. Consequently, you’ve decided to utilize this passion and expertise to collect and aggregate social media data from some of the popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, CrunchBase, and LinkedIn.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

For about the past year my partners have been pushing me to write up some thoughts on AdTech investing. Everyone who plays in and around AdTech understands the concept of gross vs net revenue. And for a while that worked pretty well. The landscape of online advertising is a confusing one.

Disintermediation 82

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 82

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? Distribution. For product companies, a distribution plan is an important part of the complete business plan. Distribution is how you will get your product into the hands of your customers. Retail Distribution. Are you an LLC ? An S-corp ?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

“I have been very surprised at Austin’s strength in “IT consumerization&# – ideas that combine business software value with consumer internet distribution ideas,&# he said. revenue) and innovation that large entertainment, media and retail clients will buy. We asked Mike Maples about his investments in Austin.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

For about the past year my partners have been pushing me to write up some thoughts on AdTech investing. Everyone who plays in and around AdTech understands the concept of gross vs net revenue. ” And for a while that worked pretty well. The landscape of online advertising is a confusing one.

Disintermediation 48

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. Maybe Micro VCs will get larger and emulate a multiple-partner strategy like True Ventures or First Round Capital. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.” And it’s not about aggregating traffic better. Online technology company that distributes video. They will partner with every producer of online video software. Most will fail. I repeat the same mantra to every one I see. I hate weightism.

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Video Curation Distribution Silicon Valley 150

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. We were obviously wrong about Untitled Partners’ ability to grow through the subsequent downturn. #19

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. Now your SD content can be turned into True HD.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

He is a venture partner at True Ventures. We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. Om Malik is the founder of GigaOM.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2016

NPS is a valuable customer experience tool, and companies everywhere are using it to improve their experience and boost revenue. Instead of distributing bulky customer satisfaction surveys, where even your managers don’t know what to do with the results, you have only one question, one metric to deal with. Image Source. Image Source.

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.Net Metrics Retention Aggregator 48

ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2019

You’re hitting the goal, but the steady increase in list size isn’t growing revenue—a fact that’s been overlooked and gone unreported. Following the inverted pyramid guidelines, you can show high-level, aggregate performance with one chart, and break out performance with another. Here’s a chart showing revenue and spend year to date.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. For many locally focused marketplaces, its significantly more valuable to dominate a single DMA than thinly penetrate multiple DMA’s given the same revenue traction. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses.

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B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

Here's my proposal: If you are pushed to have a single golden metric, give it a partner. I wonder what the distribution looks like? Conversion Rate is money, sometimes directly as revenue and other times indirectly via Leads collected. The purists amongst you might notice that I'm really using Revenue as the BFF.

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Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Trust me, once you’ve launched and achieved traction, you’ll have your pick of mentors, VCs, partners and all the legal expenses you need. No phone system. No legal muck.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Content, including articles, guides, and case studies, can still generate prospects and customers consistently—you just need to approach distribution from a different angle. Most businesses have a handful of target accounts they dream of closing—big, prestigious companies that could generate a whole lot of revenue in a single deal.

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B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2011

As you improve the user experience, information architecture and relevancy of content on your site, it is important to keep an eye not on the rather useless metric of Average Page Views per Visit or Average Time on Site but rather on the distribution of page depth. And optimizing for that will ensure you win HUGE. Where is it?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

VC Café is privileged to support the event as the main media partner. Celeno is a leading vendor of standard-based WiFi silicon solutions capable of distributing up to 4 HD video streams, with full home coverage (over 500 sqm) and carrier grade robustness. Virtual Web provides innovative social network marketing solutions.

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Media Social Network Flash 145

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Craze Productions. GoNet Systems. Logia Group. Mce Systems.

Mobile 103

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In this case, a simple distribution of overall search traffic and the amount that is coming via paid search. For each category, you need to partner with your creative teams on ad content, with your marketing team for ad targeting. It shows Traffic Share and distribution of the share. That is how you avoid spray and pray.

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Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

For example… Let’s say they end up looking at Visitors, Conversion Rates, and Revenue. Why not build in a model where the decision maker can change Conversion Rates, to see the impact on Revenue? Show impact on Revenue and Profit. That’s what you are seeing in the distribution above. Move it from 1% to 1.5%

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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. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast. November 29, 2012.

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