VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Loads of PPC platforms ( Google Ads included) allow you to blacklist IP addresses. . Competing businesses.

PPC 121

PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology. Pioneering Better Ag through Big Data.

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” Intellectual Property.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2016

Software defined networking (SDN) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are key technology trends sure to affect the future of networking. And adoption will likely continue to be slow — mostly due to costs associated with making the switch. Wireless is as a mature technology as they come. By Leon Adato, Head Geek, SolarWinds.

Networking 100

Networking IP Bandwidth Technical Review 100

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. was selected due to its ranking for evergreen queries, such as “things to do in Canada.”

SEO 122

SEO HTML Technical Review Caching 122

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Tell us about your previous experience with pitch events and tech conferences.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Often, marketing creativity encounters technical limitations. Mobile sites get more visitors, but apps fare better for engagement and conversion rates: comScore Mobile Metrix, U.S, In any case, you need to see past the shiny objects in web design pitches and know how PWA technology will (or won’t) help you achieve your marketing goals.

Web 103

Web Caching HTML Marketing 103

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

This is due to businesses adhering to the General Data Protection Regulation standards. Some of these tools include a Code of Conduct or a formal certification from an accredited body. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Data Breaches Must Be Formally Reported.

Europe 100

Europe Software Review IP Affiliate 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.

Burn Rate 383

Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To do that, you have two options: Google Analytics Tracking Code —This is the traditional method. Copy and paste the tracking code on your site. With it, you won’t have to rely on a developer or someone more tech-savvy. The Google Tag Manager code is on the page and the Pageview tag is setup correctly.?”.

Analytics 70

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 70

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Plug the marketing funnel.

Acquisition 53

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Pretend that you are the investor.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Conversions: what do we define as a quality conversion. The actual performance of impressions is the impact on visits/conversions that have seen impressions vs. visits/conversions that have not. You need to have visibility of every impression and how much it influenced your actual conversions. Conversion rate?

Agile 90

Agile Analytics Algorithm Software Review 90

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Girls in Tech. IP Location Tools. Code Igniter.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

ConversionXL

JANUARY 12, 2016

Is the office IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of your affiliates filtered out (agencies, freelancers, etc.)? Is your home IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of remote employees filtered out? Solution: Add your Google Analytics code to 404 and 500 pages. Are they tracking conversions?

Analytics 48

Analytics Software Review eCommerce PPC 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. The youngest of the litter has been busy tuning a very attractive general idea into a very specific and more IP-based product offering. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. Do the math.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2015

For 71% it became more important over the past five years due to an increase in the time spent using applications, coupled with an increase in their workload and more demanding deadlines. Why: Small, portable versions of full-blown applications allow users to run software on otherwise-locked- down Citrix desktops or library computers.

Networking 100

Networking Bandwidth Software Review Security 100

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. More complicated enterprise software applications are a good example of that.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

You’d think conversion optimization and SEO should play together nicely, right? In theory, conversion optimization aims to improve the user experience, which, conveniently, is what Google wants to do as well with their top search results. How do you balance traffic acquisition with conversion optimization?

SEO 48

SEO Technical Review Algorithm Jacksonville 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations. To maximize impact and ensure correct prioritization, the team reviewed the top 10 accounts quarterly. Tools for IP-targeted ads: MRP ; Terminus. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Today, our 16-person team has innovated new technologies to transform microbes into meat, patented our technology, built a state-of-the-art pilot plant and partnered with major food companies to bring this planet-saving food to the masses. I started this business to provide innovative software solutions to our customers.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur Technical Review Restful Colorado 128

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

It’s been saying this all along, but people only seem to take notice when their analytics look something like this: While Penguin was technically an algorithm update, it wasn’t really a change in how Google factors ranking; it was just the official word that Google is taking action against people trying to game the search system. Like Tweet.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Our conversation shifted toward discussing the problems within the podcast industry, specifically podcast apps, and how we might solve those issues. Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. Thanks to Robert Brill, BrillMedia.co ! #4- 4- Short form of two words. It was 2016.

Naming 147

Naming Entrepreneur New Hampshire LLC 147

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Analytic: A measure software can track. Conversion rate is a ratio and ratios are a huge problem. We don’t know how the systems we use calculate conversion rate. Crappy or outdated technology. Inject code to create popup offers. Insert line of code. Changing the conversation. 10K / 1M = 1%.

San Antonio 86

San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

That little bit of extra intent, when compared to other visitor segments, is the reason that conversion numbers (on ecommerce or non-ecommerce sites) for clean direct traffic usually look like these. If you are a little bit tech savvy then go get REL Software's Web Link Validator, it's pretty good.

Analytics 122

Analytics Software Review Campaign Flash 122

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In 1999, David Weinberger, a technologist and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto , wrote, “Personalization: the automatic tailoring of sites and messages to the individuals viewing them so that we can feel that somewhere there’s a piece of software that loves us for who we are.” Does it actually impact conversion rates?

Web 48

Web Software Review Jordan Technical Review 48

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2016

To do that, you have two options: Google Analytics Tracking Code – This is the traditional method. Copy and paste the tracking code on your site. With it, you won’t have to rely on a developer or someone more tech-savvy. The Google Tag Manager code is on the page and the Pageview tag is setup correctly.
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Analytics 48

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 48

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to hear a really tough conversation about refining a cool idea into a profit-making business. So it’s property management software? I’ve had about four conversations.

API 220

API Software Review Hosting Technical Review 220

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! They share stories with world-class marketers who use technology to generate growth and achieve business and career success. So I use one of the examples in the mission chapter about Intuit, which we know makes accounting software, but their mission is power prosperity.

Customer 100

Customer .Net Arizona Networking 100

eranki.tumblr.com

JULY 13, 2012

If there is a way to do this, it would also be cool to have markings on the graph that point to events you can annotate such as code push, or AWS outage. It’s almost a way of randomly tracing your code. If you can afford to push code through the infrequent code paths more often it’ll save some headaches.

Software Review 94

Software Review Database SQL Security 94

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

Additionally, our products often use new technologies and require people to change their behavior, such as using a camera to talk with their friends. Many tech pundits think the market opportunity in AR could be even larger than that. I get excited because of the things that could be done that could improve a lot of lives.”

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Occam's Razor

JUNE 25, 2012

Information like IP address, the page requested, time stamps, browser ids and more are stored. These server logs can then be used to do basic reporting using off the shelf software. Please reach out to a local technology lawyer who can help you navigate those issues. This is quite inadvisable.

Analytics 130

Analytics IP Web Metrics 130

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! They love, they look their kind of seat buds with stove, but then thorn strategy is interesting because that's using all legal protections, for example, to protect your IP and really you're turf, you're really protecting your turf and the weeds do that. StuHeinecke.com.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Naming Networking Washington 74