The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
Pinterest is going to be the website to watch, along with other image-based social networking, search and sales websites. Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections. Niche-Based Social Networks.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. – IPO-able in any normal market. There is a lot of pent-up demand.
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Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. June 5, 2011.
Rob Go
JUNE 7, 2012
There is a dark cloud over the internet sector due to the weak performance of the Facebook IPO. Our recent investment in Farmeron is leveraging the rising availability of data being produced in the farming and agricultural sector, and other companies are similarly aggregating and making accessible oceanographic data.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 21, 2010
I believe that many social networks confused this idea. They had previously all worked together at a very successful company in the “telecoms meets Internet&# space, CallWave, which IPO’d 5 years ago or so. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers. Perfect.
Rob Go
JANUARY 29, 2012
The entire Tech world is waiting with baited breath for the filing of Facebook’s IPO next week. Network fragmentation. Facebook’s success is largely based on its ability to aggregate the biggest audience on the internet and understand and monetize that audience. Here are the major vulnerabilities that I see: 1.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
Recently, hes been engaged in a customer validation exercise around a new concept for a political action-oriented social network. 2gov.org automatically routes your tweet (aggregating it with everyone else whos expressed a similar point of view) to the right legislator or agency.
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