Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

BlinkTraffic will empower mobile users in developing markets (Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Delhi, etc.) By aggregating user-generated speed and location data, Blink will provide instantaneously generated traffic-enabled maps, optimal routing, estimated time-to-arrival and predictive itinerary services to personal and corporate users.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) business models.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

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? Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat.

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Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

You've deployed five, six or 15 web analytics tools on your website/mobile app. For our Facebook ads we will measure CPC and Social CTR and Gender and all that good stuff. and some people will click on that URL and come to our website (desktop or mobile). Number of downloads of our latest mobile app from Facebook visitors.

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Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

5 Years ago, the mobile web meant email on the blackberry or really lame on-deck applications on feature phones. And I intentionally use the phrase “ubiquitous” vs. “mobile” computing because I think the focus on “mobile” underestimates the promise of every human having access to the internet at every moment.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

2) Using advanced web and mobile data networks to track goods, aggregate usage, customer and product information, and strengthen customer intelligence. 4) Having offers, news, and recommendations transmitted primarily through the power of Word of Mouth, augmented by social networking services. 2) Use trials.

Social Network 178

Social Network Networking Aggregator Green 178

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

between them, making the aggregate exit value of these acqui-hires 4.2x, which tells us that if the investors on average had a 24% stake they would have broken even on these deals. The takeaways – Facebook is focused on mobile, and companies like to acquire close to home (nothing new there). Karma – a social, mobile gifting service.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Internet consumption is obviously growing massively on mobile devices. But we’re only in the first inning of mobile advertising. We’re looking at innovative companies that will enable new forms of mobile advertising.

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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. With the iPhone, Apple finally broke the hegemony that the telecom carriers had over mobile applications and that has stifled innovation for too many years. Seems an obvious fit.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They're going strong , and constantly adapting their platform to users' changing needs for information and social media aggregation. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. Web and mobile. And there's DailyMotion , which is eating into YouTube's market share and had a 70% jump in US traffic in 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

Starcount , he explains as he demonstrates the site via his laptop projected on a large TV screen, is a social media measurement engine that aggregates and measures social media popularity on a global and local scale across any genre. Thomson, bus man that he is, is already back on his mobile.

Social Media 187

Social Media Media Singapore Aggregator 187

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

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. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. And we’re sure Zuckerberg, who still looks and dresses like a college sophomore, is only just getting started.

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Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Nor is the knowledge loss limited to technical knowledge: It is not simply losing someone’s knowledge if they retire or leave the organization, it is also losing their social network, if you will, in terms of who they seek out for answers to questions in their domain. Internal social networks. The decision-making process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2013

Employ a combination of free and paid tools such as Google Alerts, Google Reader, HootSuite and SproutSocial to filter, aggregate, follow and monitor your online presence and establish a routine of processing, acting on and sharing this information on a daily basis. Month 9 – Address Social Integration.

Social Media 78

Social Media Mobile SMS Social Network 78

Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

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. Social networks should be incredibly robust because of network effects. Not natively mobile.

Advertising 59

Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2013

A growing number of people have also turned to RSS aggregator tools like Flipboard and Pulse that can spoon feed more visually appealing content based on chosen topics. With a little work you can turn NetVibes into a a full blown listening station for most of your social networking.

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RSS Aggregator Social Media Curation 64

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. Senior exec team is ex-QPass (mobile payments platform sold to Amdocs).

Stealth 285

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

77% of Users Believe Social Login Is A Good Registration Solution… … and should be offered by any website, according to the same aggregated research published by WebHostingBuzz. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Of course, I’m a total social login fan, but at least offering your users a choice between filling out a registration form and signing up using their social account IDs seems like straightforward business sense. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Then, marketers went a step further by using various calls-to-action to encourage brand conversation on the social networks themselves. What used to come across as a blatant advertisement is not just an aggregation of user testimony, or photos, or a participatory experience.

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Media Social Media Advertising Audience 62

VC Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

Vikido consists of a mobile app (iPod, iPad or smartphone) and a web app, which is essentially a browser for kids and parents. Targeting ages 3-12, Vikido was visually designed to work using the most basic skills, so kids who can’t read yet can also enjoy the product features.

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Social Network Networking Web Audio 99

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Betterview - Company Website. How do we do this?

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

APRIL 13, 2015

The data used comes not from your Google Analytics account/script, rather the data comes from the third-party DoubleClick cookie (for web traffic) and from anonymous identifiers for mobile apps (i.e., You don't see this in the above view, but I also added an advanced segment (separating out desktop and mobile).

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Analytics Web eCommerce Metrics 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. Soocial – A simple contact management app and address book.

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2012

There’s Muchbeta , a nicely named Web applications company that is building a nifty news aggregation app for the iPad called Niiiws. There’s Seedrs , a crowdfunding platform for startups that runs its operations from Lisbon.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. If it’s done right, feedback and postmortems are regular activities and reviews are just the official aggregation of such feedback.?. Your customer is growing up on social media. So, we pivoted from fabulis to Fab.?.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Steve Bennet. 7.5 - 10.5% April 12, 2012 6:15 PM.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. I’ve ranted for years about how bad an idea it is for startups to be mobile-carrier dependent. Company : Wesabe. Company : Lookery.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Yes, it’s a bonus that they’re free – I don’t know a marketer alive who doesn’t get the stink eye from their CFO for all the monthly tool subscriptions they use – and even better, they work flawlessly on my mobile phone. Alayna Frankenberry , Social Media Marketer, the Content Factory.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. According to the founders, Eyal Yair and Ron Hartman, the main benefit of the system is the ability for artists to distribute their music and charge for downloads, across social networks, but especially on Facebook.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2012

One of the services I believe marketers should provide their followers and community members these days is that of filtering and aggregating good, relevant content. The Buffer app is a tool that allows me to easily bookmark and schedule Tweets or Facebook updates from any browser or mobile device. Why I use it.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. . · Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc.

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