Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In late 2011, Google announced an effort to make search behavior more secure. This encrypted their search queries from any prying eyes, and kept from being passed on to websites the users visits after seeing search results. In this post I want to share four angles on secure search: 1. want to protect user privacy.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Cleargraph (Distributed Systems) joined Coinbase to continue their work on human-friendly decentralized identity. We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! The post Q3 2018 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation. There doesn’t exist a web search API that has access to page content, parsed outlinks from the page, or even edit history.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before. Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! Drop us a line or slide into our DMs – we’re all ears!

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Startup Vertical 141

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

They matter in the sense that GPs only earn carried interest if they generate absolute gains on their portfolio, regardless of how their fund does relative to other VC funds or even other asset classes. Startup outcomes are a power law distribution rather than a standard distribution. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. As my partner Lee always says, fundraising isn’t about convincing skeptics, it’s a search for true believers.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Create interesting recruitment content and distribute it through all relevant social media networks. To pique the interest of such passive prospects, distribute recruitment-related content. When you don’t know what you’re searching for in a prospect, the recruitment process gets difficult.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. As my partner Lee always says, fundraising isn’t about convincing skeptics, it’s a search for true believers.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. You could then distribute flyers asking potential customers to contact you about the service, and find out how many are interested.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. As my partner Lee always says, fundraising isn’t about convincing skeptics, it’s a search for true believers.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many of our clients have expressed an interest in using video as part of their online marketing efforts, and we have seen firsthand the impact of videos on search engine results. With the increased demand for video content, a video marketing agency can offer a wide range of services, from video production to distribution and analysis.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 114

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. In this new model, the Horizon level of innovation is defined by whether the business model is being executed or searched for. Here’s how.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. So how does a company act like a startup in search of new business models while still continuing to successfully execute? Fourth and finally is disruptive innovation – this is the innovation we associate with startups.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

BeyondVC

JANUARY 28, 2005

There is obviously lots of innovation happening in the search space. Luckily, I have 2 portfolio companies that I respectively invested in during 1999 and 2000 which survived the nuclear winter and are having an opportunity to contribute to this innovation by helping make search better and easier for users.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

It helps you understand how reliant the company/client is on Search (too much is actually not good). Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Search is always big for everyone. Find high bounce rates for one segment (Paid Search) and look at other segments (Display) where pages have low bounce rates.

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Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2012

However unlike the intent oriented desktop Internet search, the mobile platform is about discovery. Lightspeed Portfolio Company. discovery distribution location mobile' The mobile applications are fast becoming the primary vehicle to access what I call “connected services” to discover people, information and entertainment.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

From our perspective, Facebook is both our friend (training hundreds of talented future entrepreneurs) and enemy (competing with our portfolio companies for top talent like Max.) You have an array of N unique numbers distributed uniformly at random. Max obtained approval from Facebook for the post below. Example Question #1.

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Engineer Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 138

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Years later Clavier's name now comes up all the time when one of his portfolio companies finds success; his exits include Mint, Tapulous, and UserPlane, other investments include Mashery (a ReadWriteWeb sponsor), Rapleaf, Fitbit, bitly, GroupOn, Twitter and many more. How to Hack the Investment World. You can also follow Kedrosky on Twitter.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

At its early stage, however, the company decided to examine those applications where it can bring real value from the start, including inspections of complex industry machineries, inspections of difficult-to- maintain infrastructures, and also security or search and rescue applications. Worksheet 3 – Designing your Agile Focus Strategy.

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Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As opposed to other dividends that are distributed on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, monthly dividends are paid out to shareholders each month. It follows a conservative policy by keeping its monthly payout low, thought it distributes a special dividend twice a year. Realty Income. Shaw Communications.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2018

Entering new markets can be a great way for your business to expand its portfolio and diversify its product offering. Identify Distribution Channels. Search engine optimization. The choice may seem simple; the ability to scale quickly and even boost profits in your existing market is enticing. Referral marketing.

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Jacksonville Due Diligence Exit Strategy Marketing 189

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. Initial investment in a company is among the first non-founder capital raised. The firm is solely focused on capital efficient business sectors, most frequently but certainly not always internet-enabled companies.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Probably too many to count; beverage giant Coca Cola has a portfolio of more than 3,500 beverages: diet, regular, sparkling, still, fruit juice, fruit drinks, waters, sports and energy drinks, soy-based beverages, etc. Review their web site, social media presence and, of course do a Google search. And that’s one company!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Highland Capital did a systematic search for who could build a stand-alone contextual ad search company and met with six or seven companies including Mike. A lot of the traffic comes from search.

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2011

Founded less than two years ago by Internet entrepreneur and former model/actor Keith Britton and his partner actress Zoe Saldana , MyFDB allows users to freely browse credited magazine covers, editorials, and ad campaigns, as well as search credited people and company profiles. Who says technology isn’t fashionable?

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Database Distribution .Net Analytics 157

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. Take search-oriented creative agency Rise at Seven. For example, let’s say you’re building a new tool for content marketers.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s an impressive portfolio. Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. I know we have to create something users find valuable (the two-way search, games?) Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. The threat is here; it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. This post offers a few days’ worth of thinking about what I saw. (If

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

All Things Distributed Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Seattle, WA, 98104 Syndication Subscribe to this weblogs atom feed or rss feed Search Powered by Movable Type 4.01. The CTO is in constant contact with keycustomers and is prominently involved in market research.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Monetate Mobile adds mobile-native navigation, search, GPS store location, cart access and more, to any site, overnight. One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

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. You can search for angel networks by area and platform type. Rationale for Startup Investments. Angel Networks.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. And of course then there is our own fund, 500 Startups.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How to facilitate the search and choose the optimal time and result option? At the first stage, it is necessary to analyze competitors, explore the market, develop a business plan, define prospects, correctly distribute tasks and available budget, create a «skeleton» with which the developer can already work. Where do you start?

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Hiring Developer Software Review Development Team Review 159

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I’m extremely excited about the portfolio of companies my partners and I have put together at Foundry Group which includes some great ad tech companies which you list above. Rather, I’d say that the one truly common trait across our portfolio of companies is the obsession these businesses have with their product.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital IPO 60

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 27, 2014

Distribution strategies are different. ” And many distribution strategies that worked on the web (like long-tail SEO), simply don’t work in an app ecosystem. ” And many distribution strategies that worked on the web (like long-tail SEO), simply don’t work in an app ecosystem. Related articles.

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Mobile Web SEO Distribution 161

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

VC’s start investing in technology-enabled “offline” businesses (distribution, services etc) – most of whom would never have gotten venture money 3 years ago. Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 84