Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.] However, podcasts are not songs, of course, and therefore not subject ot the same licensing, restrictions, or scarcity. 2/ Big Consumer Tech Cares About Audio.

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Acquisition Media Audio Technical Review 134

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

We then captured this conversation again on camera. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. In that way, we see the value from both sides. Previously posted at Forbes.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Thats real money." Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Im constantly frustrated by conversations that take place in discussion groups that cant cross the border into the blog world. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

I had an interesting conversation with an entrepreneur last week about how he decided which VCs he was going to pitch. Reality is that we're probably connected in some way anyway through various social networks anyway and I'm very quick to figure out all of those connections to ask about you.

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Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence Venture Capital 121

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I don’t think it matters what the obligation is — but rather — it’s an opportunity for the founders to supply their most passionate early supporters with information and ammunition to infuse into our conversations with downstream investors, potential candidates, and potential angels and BD prospects. That’s fine.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Come share your journey capital and gain valuable insights at this meetup! March 10, 2018 9:30AM?—?11:30AM

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 18, 2020

When Mark Zuckerberg came up with the idea for a social network, it started by offering a way for college students to date and get to know each other without having to socialize in real life. By networking with other entrepreneurs, you’ll gain invaluable knowledge. Step Two: Identify Your Market.

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Angel Investor Social Network Networking Business Plan 94

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This is going to show you the dependency on several critical variables: Cost per lead Conversion rates at each stage of your sales process Level of touch required Then compare this to your expected monetization. Banks and wireless phone companies ignore this rule, but they have access to tons of capital.)

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

Leverage your local network and social network to figure out who the most active local angel investors are. Look for potential angel investors in your university alumni network or other associations you are part of. They tend to invest and negotiate as a group which makes them more objective and less emotional.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Los Angeles Seed Stage 59

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. Current round: $10mm in Series E from Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed, and Walden International. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Total raised: $30mm.

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San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Or even ways to optimize the conversion flow of a website sign up process. facepalm Spammed within an hour >> 2012/02/28 RT @mikeloukides : best customer may not be the 1 who buys the most, but who has the most influence on social networking. Social Networking (22). social networking. Education (6).

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Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2010

Last week I went to a Girls in Tech talk about women entrepreneurs and venture capital. There was a comment made in the crowd about why women seem to lag men when it comes to networking. Neither reached out, but both were aware that I was around and were either following me on various social networks or knew what I was up to.

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Networking New York City Venture Capital New York 100

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

For almost as long as I’ve been at First Round , we’ve been thinking a lot about the gap between the average experience of a local merchant and the huge marketing opportunity that the internet and social networks represent. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Social Network 104

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

Magazine calls it a “hybrid venture capital fund and business school”. Watsi - the first non-profit to receive venture backing from Y Combinator. Run an Adwords campaign targeting keywords that are relevant to your idea – make sure to set up conversion tracking or the whole exercise is pointless.

Startup 80

Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

I won’t get into the details of the presentation on mobile search and its impact on ecommerce, but rather, I want to share my quick insights on the atmosphere in Spain, based on my own observations and the conversations I had with both speakers and conference attendees. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding.

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Spain Silicon Valley Brazil Europe 108

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. At this stage of my career, I don''t get nearly as much out of going to a huge blowout event as I get when I have a great conversation with just a handful of people. It''s My Life Venture Capital & Technology'

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Community New York New York City Hosting 137

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Innovation Uncensored, is a two-day master class from the world’s most innovative companies for those who think of themselves as an innovative business leader in fields as various as technology, design, marketing, entertainment, venture capitalism, energy, infrastructure, non-profits and branding. InfusionCon. Inside BitCoins NYC.

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2011

” There’s a valid concern in here somewhere—that our youth is actually becoming less social—but the cause of this problem isn’t social networking. They'd rather just talk to their suitemates--and their online social networking behavior reflects this. that's right. It's not the tech.

Social Media 143

Social Media Media Social Network Internet 143

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). The conversation shouldn't end after conversion. What truth?

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Stanford List of Venture Capital and Private Equity Sources.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Eric Friedman: This is a great segue to something I was thinking about in preparation for this conversation.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 22, 2010

I can generally strike up at least a brief conversation with anyone—which helps a lot when your job is basically to talk to strangers. Hard to get into a deep product conversation about the iPad case when the lone Apple product you own was given to you by someone just to use for work.) Joshua has no idle conversation setting.

Private Equity 96

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Conversion 96

gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

The company has raised a $5 million in venture capital thus far from First Round Capital, IA Ventures, NEA, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin and Aaron Levie. Social Networks. Join the conversation. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro: Subscriber content.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. startupcto

Silicon Valley 46

Silicon Valley Semantic Social Network Cofounder 46

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. The Expanding Birthrate Of Web Startups - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 22, 2010 There is a general consensus that web startups are being created at a faster rate than ever.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Up and Running

JULY 29, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists. Finding an angel investor or a venture capital group to support your business idea isn’t easy. The platform allows for owners and investors to get to know each other and discuss funding, and all conversations and possible deals are tracked through the platform.

Angel Investor 60

Angel Investor Equity Small Business Delaware 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. has demonstrated both high user engagement and better than average conversion rates of 1%-3.5% (versus 0.05% for traditional display advertising) for February 2010.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them. social network & web portal companies… I have not experienced a slowdown at all. at 3:04 am [.] .] #2 at 3:47 pm [.]

Programming 30

Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. Analyzing each step of who comes to the website organic, paid, conversions etc [SB] Having a bottoms-up model is helpful. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time?

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

thebarefootvc

APRIL 28, 2010

It’s been a busy day of mobile tech news, including the HP acquisition of Palm, and a busy week of conversation around internet privacy, thanks to Facebook’s new privacy controls and Blippy’s credit card snafus.

Acquisition 45

Acquisition Database Mobile Search 45

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Veteran investor Timothy Draper says venture-capital firms are taking notice of Silicon Beach. Nick Smoot just leased offices in Venice for his social-networking app for businesses, Here On Biz, based on all the activity in the area. "I To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines. . . Advertisement.

Los Angeles 87

Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Just this week, entrepreneur and investor Tim O’Reilly wrote a powerful piece in which he challenged Hoffman’s blitzscaling strategy, which often encourages companies to grow as fast as possible by raising venture capital to dominate new markets, a strategy leveraged by Uber among other unicorns (i.e.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Social networks have their own switching costs. Followers are non-transferable capital that users store on the platform. For a network effect to take hold, the rate of growth for costs must stay constant as user growth accelerates. The network effect is a powerful moat. This is the moat-building that Musk bemoans.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Venture capital. Social media. Social networking. Social games. However, one of the advantages of Bing Fund investment is that Sood will set up a network of mentors for each startup, drawing from experts across Microsoft, including product experts, marketing experts, or scientists in Microsoft Research.

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Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69