Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

It doesn’t make any sense to pitch a later stage, “growth” investor with your seed stage idea just like it doesn’t make much sense to pitch a new tech startup to an investor who only does oil & gas. Leverage your local network and social network to figure out who the most active local angel investors are.

Angel Investor 59

Angel Investor Technical Review Los Angeles Seed Stage 59

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Facebook was too frightening to Chinese censors, so Renren is the leading social media player. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7 Lessons Learned.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Also the proportion of email subscribers who’ve bought a Groupon has held up reasonably well. Headquarters: Chicago, IL. Read More ».

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’ve managed to contact two serial entrepreneurs by email, give them the pitch, and both of them agreed with me but commented that it would be a challenge to set up. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. None of my friends and I are able to do this ourselves.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Facebook was too frightening to Chinese censors, so Renren is the leading social media player. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7 Lessons Learned.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Email Integration. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Email marketing. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? They make sure that your emails never to go spam folders.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Email This BlogThis! I strongly believe at least for very early stage technology ventures that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

VC Cafe

JULY 8, 2012

If there’s a fit, Chris McCann from StartupDigest will personally introduce you via email to the person who makes the hiring decisions there – no dealing with nameless email addresses, resumes, or recruiting bs. From “napkin” (seed stage) to profitable startups, this site will give you a good set of options.

Cofounder 149

Cofounder Founder Startup Seed Stage 149

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Below is a short description of their philosophy: "The part of our philosophy that makes us most different from other startup investors is that we dont believe gut feel is a reliable indicator of potential at the seed stage. Email This BlogThis! Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference.

IPO 150

IPO Venture Capital LP SEC 150

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Posted by Adam MacBeth at 1:50 PM Email This BlogThis! Adamac Attack!

Technical Review 41

Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup 41

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

It’s just getting easier to raise early rounds and harder to raise later rounds,” says Y Combinator’s Paul Graham over email, hewing to the latter view that this has merely become startup life in the Valley. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Cloud emailing service MailJet raises $3.3

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

A few years ago, a friend asked me if I could forward an email to Abc VC. And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. But outcome-differentiation is probably lacking – people who use Mailchimp use it to increase revenue by selling more products / services via their emails. Basically zero.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

A few years ago, a friend asked me if I could forward an email to Abc VC. And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. But outcome-differentiation is probably lacking – people who use Mailchimp use it to increase revenue by selling more products / services via their emails. Basically zero.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I know there are at least a few of you as I received several emails this week along the lines of "no new posts since November???" They have raised a fund to provide seed funding of $50-$250K to 100-200 start-ups. Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea. Email This BlogThis!

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28