Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. Ryan Chan, founder at UpKeep said, “We created an LLC at first, but after realizing that we wanted to take on venture capital, we decided to move to a Delaware C corp.”. venture capital. or even be a U.S.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Now more than ever, social media channels are increasingly the norm, so further investing in community activities like meet-ups and workshops can add a face-to-face element — one that is extremely valuable. Generally speaking, the European venture capital community is more likely to commit larger investments in more mature companies.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

There are dozens of sources to help you construct your business model, and a good example is a recent book by venture capital investor Elizabeth Edwards, simply named “ Startup ,” which is really designed as a handbook for launching a company for less. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives. Sales/Marketing.

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Business Model Distribution Viral Green 242

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

You’ll realize you’re ready to exit the Search step when you have customer validation: You’ve found a sales channel that matches how the customer wants to buy and the costs of using that channel are understood. Filed under: Family/Career/Culture , Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. How does it differ on the web versus other channels? Did anything change about Value Proposition or Customers/Users or Channel? Direct channels, indirect channels, OEM.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 316

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are dozens of sources to help you construct your business model, and a good example is a recent book by venture capital investor Elizabeth Edwards, simply named “ Startup ,” which is really designed as a handbook for launching a company for less. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives. Sales/Marketing.

Business Model 246

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 246

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Forget everything you learned about software channels. The internet is your new channel and Technology Enabled Service providers are among the few partners that actually care if you succeed (more.) Venture Capital. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital. internet. (6).

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Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

These elements of the business model– revenue (pricing, pricing strategy), distribution channel, How to Get/Keep/Grow customers, Key Activities, Resources and Costs – are other, critical parts your start up needs to understand and have in place. But great product and eager customers are just part of what makes a great business.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 13, 2011

Being in venture capital gives you the benefit of having seen a lot of patterns of success and failure—and unfortunately, there are some basic ones that new founders seem to miss. That’s totally fine and to be expected. Sometimes, technology changes and old ideas that were before their time can be successful.

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Viral Social Network Startup Early Stage 110

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 11, 2012

I concluded that this dynamic, which allowed a startup to take multiple “shots on goal” with a venture capital investment, was what had brought renewed investor interest to gaming, an industry that had largely been financed by publishing deals. As these channels became better policed, discovery moved to the feed.

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IP Distribution Viral Mobile 114

Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

So I switched careers into venture capital because I wanted to learn the ways of valuing private companies. That’s not representative of reality, but most regular people aren’t on social channels talking about how they vaccinate their children. This was before the Facebook IPO. They just do it.

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Social Media Campaign Media Marketing 81

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. What will you find here?

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Venture Capital. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 2011.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is a little harder to do for channel sales, but still extremely valuable. Like you I believe, that businesses who deliver information rich (highly configurable OR customizable) products & services via online channels REQUIRE the understanding of their KEY LEVERs if they are going to be successful.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

On many boards, both the CEO and CFO have direct channels with the board so that they can provide the yin and yang (in a well-coordinated way). I (and many others) have spent our fair share of time criticizing venture capitalists. But venture capital is the only profession whose members get lots of repeat practice being board members.

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Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. In addition, although compensating sales reps for cash flow may seem a bit unusual, it’s actually very logical. Philippe Botteri.

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Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Channels are very hard for SaaS companies to build, so don’t base your plan on SI’s and traditional ISV’s. There is some good advice here; channels are indeed very hard, and on-premise deployments are indeed a no-no. Venture Capital. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Stay local.

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Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

The show airs on SiriusXM Channel 111 (weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Someone else in the office just made a video of it, and it went viral on Facebook. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. . How the U.S. OK, back to the beginning. Want to be a guest on the show?

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Washington Government 120

BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  More importantly, will there be any grand slam venture capital opportunities in wireless?    It raised an additional $30mm of venture capital after we invested and subsequently was long on buzz but short on customer adoption.    I learned a lot from that investment. 

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The landing page for Bonds viral, social game, Spymaster. There are rare cases where an apps mind-blowing functionality can override any other concerns but otherwise users tend to make a decision about an applications usefulness to them within the first few moments of using it. Aesthetics play a major part in that decision."

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Web Design Startup Flash 42

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

If that’s the case, it’s essential that that founder and the CEO have a very tight relationship and coordinate closely to avoid allowing members of the organization to use that alternate channel to the board to get around the CEO’s decisions. David helped make LinkedIn a better product and company.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. How has the viral coefficient been for you? Gregg gave us specifics on how viral adoption has worked. The viral adoption went to 15-20 per share action.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). You guessed it — straight up free money. A doughnut is one thing, cold-hard cash is even better.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82