Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Team Pip.io

San Francisco 254

San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. aggregates resources from all the VCs. Sign up as a client for an expert network , and offer your companies access to their network.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. But in the early stages, this friction slows your roll-out and increases the costs associated with supplier aggregation.

Aggregator 101

Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

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. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

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. Pinterest and Visual Search.

API 157

API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Great by Cliff Allen Business Networking Online who I had blogged about previously in Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. In this post, Cliff provides some feedback on what works when you move towards doing business networking online. Right now the conversation is about visible networking.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Southern California Aggregator 150

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Network for Good, Global Giving, Mission Fish (behind ebay’s GivingWorks). Aggregate America’s startups. Provide free pro bono services (law, accounting, software, AmEx, Cooley, Pillsbury, Google).

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

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. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

We can see a future where every developer will use a “negative emission access” LEGO block to build software. We also believe that defensibility comes with the aggregation and “digitization” of quality supply. For example, a company might choose their sustainability legacy to be linked with forestry or mineralization projects.

API 180

API Aggregator Cofounder Demand 180

Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

PernixData introduces a software-defined “Flash Virtualization Platform” that aggregates and virtualizes flash storage distributed across servers into a scale-out data tier for enterprise data centers to provide low cost, deterministic high performance to any out-of-box application.

Software 104

Software Flash Architecture Aggregator 104

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. The aggregate computing power of the project is more than 960 TFLOPS. million CPUs.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. 2) Raise capital. These same tools are used by companies raising capital.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. Each presenter had small demo booths where investors could ask questions about the venture and see the software in operation. Two events this week in St.

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St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Kansas 127

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2011

1) Dealery , the daily deal aggregator gets on the evening news. 8) Fellowup , a personal virtual assistant to manage your unmanageably large network. 9) Soluto , anti frustration software – a good example of a video update, versus just a product overview (a lot has happened since we won Techcrunch Disrupt).

Video 90

Video Media Viral Startup 90

The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. And yet when they started startups, they decided to build recipe sites, or aggregators for local events.”

Startup 130

Startup SCRUM Cofounder Aggregator 130

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. Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

So Westlaw created Peer Monitor, which aggregates anonymized data on firms’ financial and operational performance, collected from participating clients with their permission — and this turned into a lucrative new business. SAS software was doing an excellent job of keeping up with customer needs.

Customer 168

Customer Social Media Retention Canada 168

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. Startups can submit their projects to Fing, which provides support to over 200 projects a year through events, programs, and access to a large network of resources.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2019

They’ve also expedited the process by creating a network of lenders that they work with to secure people the money they need to help their company take the next step! Network Capital Funding. Network Capital Funding is known as being digitally and technologically forward among the millennial generation. Kabbage.

Finance 149

Finance Artificial Inteligence Aggregator Security 149

eranki.tumblr.com

JULY 13, 2012

Another thing that became increasingly useful was to have thousands of custom stats aggregated over thousands of servers graphed. Randomly take that server off the network and make sure the failover works, because a couple things can happen: Since the last failover, increased load means the failover process now causes a cascade.

Software Review 94

Software Review Database SQL Security 94

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We collect the complete narrative of what they discovered talking to customers as well as aggregate interviews, hypotheses to test, invalidated hypotheses and mentor and instructor engagements. T he software rolls all the data into an Investment Readiness Level score.

Incubator 315

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 315

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." " "Hit it."

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

There are 3 steps marketers can follow to start connecting specific users’ mobile and desktop behavior: Aggregate audience data. Aggregate Audience Data. Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) : A unique ID for each iOS device that mobile ad networks typically use to serve targeted ads. Retargeting with a DSP. Conclusion.

Mobile 48

Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09!

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

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.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2010

For as long as I can remember, computer users have been complaining about the array of names and passwords required to get work done – a different unique user identification name and password are required to start the computer, email, social networks, banking, read online news, connect to the office, or check your phone bill.

Startup 199

Startup Non-Compete Aggregator Security 199

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. From the results fo the aggregate behaviours, real time videos and heatmaps you can mend any deficiencies and make it easier for visitors to your site to become buyers. #4 3 Dan on 01.12.10 at 9:32 pm [.]

Software Review 55

Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs. Some prefer to get in, buy cheap and show a big multiple.

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

David Teten

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Finally, companies like Voxy * have shown that educational software can be run on smartphones and used to teach anytime, anywhere. Networking. Personal networks are a major source of employment and business opportunities. Universities offer their students extensive alumni networks and access to similarly talented peers.

Jordan 60

Jordan Aggregator Networking Distribution 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 29, 2013

In a face to face networking situation, this would be how you enter the conversation. When you compare the value per customer with Dan Zarrella’s aggregate Click Through Data, you see a very revealing story. image credit. From here, determine a lead magnet that would best match the intent of the page. Why is that?

Campaign 130

Campaign Email Framework Clickthrough 130

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. HW: You recently launched Coalition Operators, a venture firm + operator/advisor network to really help startups with more than just capital.

IPO 91

IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I went to excellent public schools (so-called science magnets) that had computer classes, which meant they had networked computers that I could use. MUDs made the essential truth about software into a powerful metaphor: that code is magic, giving those who wield it the ability to create new forms of value literally out of thin air.

Programming 143

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

Growthink Blog

JULY 2, 2014

To apply a form of Moneyball to the gigantic Old Economy backbone of our modern world and “eek out” 1%, 2%, and 3% efficiency gains that in their aggregate represent trillions of dollars of increased productivity and profitability. Its decidedly low glamour goal?

Internet 101

Internet Silicon Valley Aggregator America 101

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and online gaming companies and 2/3 looking at the software and SaaS industry. Intego is the leading Security Software Suite for Mac. software. (10). Cracking The Code. Monday, January 28, 2008.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 233

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 233

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2012

Good stuff I found this week: Ming.ly – A personal relationship manager that aggregates your contacts from Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter into a searchable merged address book that allows you to update and communicate on social networks without leaving your Gmail inbox.

Aggregator 59

Aggregator Social Network Networking Software 59