Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A great product is always the foundation but a clear distribution strategy becomes essential to cut through the noise. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks. That unfortunate combination makes it rather difficult to reach the $100M mark.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. Luck, timing and social engineering are bigger components than most entrepreneurs care to imagine,” adds Werdelin. 3) Facebook. 6) Pinterest.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. They bought distribution and engineering talent. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. How do founder get “liquidity&# (e.g. uh, hello!

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2017

With technological advances and globalization on the rise, virtual companies, also known as “remote companies” or “distributed teams,” are becoming more mainstream. Key elements of the framework are online social networks, video chats, support systems, and the delivery of consistent core values. Create a buddy system.

Programming 196

Programming New York City Framework Social Network 196

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.

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 1, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). spray-and-pray?

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Due Diligence Cofounder Startup 123

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Initial investment in a company is among the first non-founder capital raised. Micro VCs will continue to come in many flavors with slightly different strategies, but there are a few distinctive defining characteristics: On a per partner basis, each investor is investing less than $25M in any given fund.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. Founders Didn’t Make Clean Break with Prior Employer. Trademark registration is optional, but has significant advantages if approved. Copyright.

Intellectual Property 233

Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 233

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. With three co-founders, what was decision making and roles and responsibilities like?

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. No risk, no innovation. New product process.

Intellectual Property 160

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 160

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2013

WineFamily also has a social network component called Grapevine that allows wine merchants to create their own social communities, allowing consumers to communicate directly with wine makers and distributors. “ We aim to become the world’s go-to source of wine,” Gerken said. .

Asia 222

Asia Singapore Social Network Community 222

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold. Normal distributions do not exist; standard deviations are meaningless. Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing.

Harvest 60

Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

Today, I went to an event in the city of Campbell to hear Matt Mickiewicz, Founder of SitePoint, Flippa, and 99Designs, talk about how he got started. A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel.

EC2 53

EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 261

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). What’s Next in 2012….

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

For what they bring to the table, startups are indeed changing the economic landscape in ways that extend to job generation, innovation of products and services, and equal distribution of opportunities among businesses. Professional Social Networking Sites. Things You Need to Know About Starting a Startup Business.

Private Equity 159

Private Equity Startup Incubator Social Network 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. No risk, no innovation. New product process.

Intellectual Property 161

Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 271

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Mexico China 271

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. billion views. think Apple.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. No risk, no innovation.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 120

Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Every introduction of new social media platforms chip away at current banner holders like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Everyone mistakenly thinks of Twitter as a distribution channel for witty snark and links to off-site content. For me, Twitter is still the #1 social network because it is (or can be) *truly social*.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Social Network Channel Social Media 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 223

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Folksonomy. Free product. Page 3: Competition.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea. You've done an excellent job refining the process and message.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers.

Advertising 284

Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders sharing their experiences of what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me this week at the Stanford University studio were: Wayne Sutton , co-founder of BUILDUP VC. Dave Kashen.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley North Carolina Cofounder Entrepreneur 120

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Brett Martin, founder of @sonar, has written a gut-wrenching post about the lessons he learned from the failure of his startup. Our mobile app buzzed in your pocket when friends were near and ushered in a new wave of “ Ambient Social Networking ” companies. This point generalises to distribution deals for just about any startup.

Incubator 116

Incubator Venture Capital Early Stage New York 116

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

Throughout the 20th Century, scientists around the world explored social networks and the influence of technological development on human connections. The opportunity space could potentially even make it logical for coffee producers to develop digital services and completely reconsider their distribution chains.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley United States Boston Cofounder 113

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This week's release of The Social Network, an interpretation of the rise of Facebook, and it's founder Mark Zuckerberg, is another corridor between these two worlds. The team who made The Social Network, like the talent behind the real Facebook, are among the brightest individuals in the industry. You will fail.

Silicon Valley 136

Silicon Valley Los Angeles San Francisco Angel Investor 136

Brandanew

JUNE 15, 2015

Storytelling as a Content Marketing technique that was introduced in 2012 by the co-founder of Contently, Shane Snow. The most popular growth hacking techniques include social media and viral marketing. Brands today are using this data to optimize their content and distribute it in such a way that it becomes a hit in their audience.

Viral 100

Viral Marketing Social Media SEO 100

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. I havent found any yet.

Distribution 74

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Hopefully we will see you there! Hopefully we will see you there! FutureStack.

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). spray-and-pray?

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few.

CTO 77

CTO Internet Illinois Cofounder 77