Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Instead, it’s more of a Manifesto about the core beliefs that shape our strategy. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

For me, I have at least two years of active board and observer commitments to roll off of and far more time before all the founders I’ve backed hit (or miss, I suppose) their ultimate goal of returning lots of money to their investors. No more founder pitch meetings. It has been a career that fits my personality well.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

I think our POV comes through in this discussion and hopefully it helps any founders decide if we’re the type of seed fund they’d enjoy working with. They have to build a product, distribute that product, and build a team. IMO, VC firms should have a reason for existing beyond their capital. – Me! – Satya.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Incubator 105

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

by Rhonda Adams, president and founder of PlanningShop and author of “ Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies “ Small business owners never seem to have enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks on our to-do lists — developing new products, searching for new customers, training employees, closing the sale.

Bootstrapping 140

Bootstrapping Syndicate Syndication Small Business 140

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Josh Brooks, who ran marketing for MySpace for three years, is the founder of a company that lets users take photos form their phones, and then use those photos to send postcards in the real world to their friends and family. The company has made $95k in profit so far, after the two founders paid themselves $3k/mth each in distributions.

Pre-Money Valuation 167

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 167

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

All Things Distributed Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. When John Brockman ,founder of Edge , interviewed NathanMyhrvold his first question was “ What’s a CTO ”,to which Nathan replied: “Hell if I know. I am posting it here as it might be of generalinterest.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

View from Seed

JUNE 30, 2015

The cliff notes behind the idea is that what used to be considered a series A is now actually a seed round because… Capital efficiency allows founders to get further with less. Very experienced founders and founders working on really audacious companies can get funded earlier. Institutional seed rounds are getting bigger.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Dilution 120

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. The necessary, but not sufficient, criteria are: Technical Founders : Founders with the ability to build their own product and have the potential/inclination to lead the business. You all know who you are — thank you.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. The necessary, but not sufficient, criteria are: Technical Founders : Founders with the ability to build their own product and have the potential/inclination to lead the business. You all know who you are — thank you.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) Joe Lonsdale.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg. It’s a tactic used to great effect by SaaS founders like Noah Kagan , who has used his YouTube channel and guest blogging to grow AppSumo. Word-of-mouth interactions (e.g., text messages, DMs, video calls, etc.)

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

“I have been very surprised at Austin’s strength in “IT consumerization&# – ideas that combine business software value with consumer internet distribution ideas,&# he said. Q: Your co-founders have been working on some technology in their spare time. We asked Mike Maples about his investments in Austin.

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Curation Austin Cofounder Ruby 118

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This is John Jantsch and my guests, yes that’s plural, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute, and Robert Rose, the chief strategy advisor of the same. and of course I’ll always be the founder, I’ll always be a part of this thing. Check it out. And he is going to carry the torch the rest of the way.

Cost 36

Cost Marketing Audience Media 36

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand? How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? Paul Ferri @ Matrix) though the vast majority had multiple co-founders.

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising.

Video 292

Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Each one leads with a benefit that starts with an action word: Generate leads with a free podcast; Monetize your podcast; Distribute your podcasts; Import your existing podcasts into Kajabi. The majority of these interactions are self-guided from sources including social media, syndicated content, and industry-specific resources.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

They also did a lot of self-directed research checking all sorts of sources, from social media to syndicated content to category- or industry-specific resources.” – Beth Caplow, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester [via Forrester ]. This, when done correctly, leads to trust, which 89% of buyers agree is an important buying factor.

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. Is the founder coachable?

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Some businesses can service all four cities with a single distribution hub in one of the cities, making it a unique market for launching new businesses. Steve Case , co-founder of AOL, chairman and CEO of investment firm Revolution , created the Rise of the Rest platform to promotes startup hubs outside of Silicon Valley.

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

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United Kingdom Austria Global 96

Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

This is most clearly highlighted in the “unicorn” boom we all saw over the past few years, where founders raised very large rounds, with terms very onerous to the underlying common stock, hoping they could eventually justify billion dollar valuations to skeptical acquirers or public market investors.

Liquidation Preference 48

Liquidation Preference Common Stock Valuation Silicon Valley 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. million in venture financing. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. startupcto

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Both are building on top of the existing credit card infrastructure because as Swipely Founder/CEO Angus Davis points out, millions of people are walking around with a mobile payment device in their pocket… it’s called a credit card. But again the store of value in prepaid minutes was the key. FAQ A: What about Square?

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Imagine this: with the push of a button, your show instantly syndicates to iTunes, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, and a number of other directories where they can be downloaded by eager listeners around the world. What’s more is that with podcasting you have an established platform to distribute your podcast to the world. image credit.

Software 100

Software eCommerce Audio Hosting 100

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2013

Content distribution is equally as important as content creation. For content distribution, use a combination of email, social media, SEO, PPC, content syndication, trade shows, sales reps, PR, and partners. 67% say content targeted to their job function is more valuable.

Demand 64

Demand Tampa Marketing B2B 64

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

The content is ready and now post-publishing you’re on to emailing your list, reaching out to influencers, and distributing on your social channels. Sometimes, paid advertising tools and platforms can be a great supplement to these more traditional means of distribution. Outbrain. . . Content.ad. LinkedIn Ads.

Advertising 100

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. What does that mean? million followers).

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Tunisia Syndicate 307