thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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JUNE 23, 2008

This video is a very smart viral marketing initiative from Cardo Systems , a provider of bluetooth headsets and it reached more than 6m eyeballs (this number includes the different versions of the video as well as the videos of people trying the experience to show it is a scam!). Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., Great companies have been founded during downturns and Bessemer sees a lot of investment opportunity in the current market environment," said Ed Colloton, Chief Operating Officer of Bessemer Venture Partners. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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JULY 10, 2009

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

After Google buying Postini, the SaaS M&A market continues to be full of surprises. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. CornerstoneOnDemand.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing productivity. However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity. at 6:14 PM.

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MARCH 12, 2010

range where you would expect companies to start pumping more investment in sales and marketing to drive growth 3) Focus on profitability It is interesting to see that the improving sales and marketing productivity is not pushing companies to be more optimistic on their top line but on their bottom line. Europe Consumer. (1).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

As the first segment to emerge in scale and the most application oriented, SaaS has lead the market to date with the largest market size, highest gross margins, and highest per-seat pricing. 2 comments: Peter Cohen Managing Partner, SaaS Marketing Strategy Advisors. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

At some point, you need to aggressively come out of stealth mode and market and sell like crazy to win. In 2012, he left Bazaarvoice after spending a year as our head of marketing in Europe and around six years with us overall. I think Visual Sciences stayed in stealth too long, though?—?and And it worked?—?today

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

How are public SaaS companies doing in such a volatile market? To answer this question, I have created the SaaS 13 Index, defined as the sum of the market cap of the 13 pure SaaS vendors quoted on the Nasdaq. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. anecdotes. (13).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. The videos can be watched at Bessemer Online Marketing Portal (the other materials are not public). Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. on a scale of 1-4).

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JANUARY 5, 2007

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

So it warmed my heart when I heard that Cyril Ebersweiler and my long time friend Sean O’Sullivan were starting an accelerator in Shenzhen, China called HAXLR8R as part of their Chinaccelerator initiative, both which are part of the Global Accelerator Network. Upverter) and the natural viral effects of the social web.

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DECEMBER 16, 2006

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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DECEMBER 28, 2006

Here is the short list for your 2007 travel time: Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing: My daily starter - a five minutes overview of the latest technology news and trends plus a rundown on technology stocks on the move MarketWatch Morning Stock Talk : A 5mn snapshot of how the stock market is doing CNET Daily Tech News : The daily news from CNET.

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DECEMBER 7, 2006

Is the Zune going to dent Apples disproportionate share of the online music market? Labels: anecdotes , sales and marketing. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Thursday, December 07, 2006.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This drop in public valuations basically means that private companies lost half of their value in a comparable way and therefore the cost of capital doubled in the past month, pushing much higher the hurdle for any additional investment, be it in sales, marketing or R&D. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).

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JANUARY 28, 2008

Online marketing has revolutionized consumer marketing by providing a clear return on each dollar spent and making the marketer accountable for results. Online marketing changed it. Want to be the best marketer on earth? Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Watch this! CornerstoneOnDemand.

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DECEMBER 2, 2006

If you would ask me what part of the market is most underserved by technology companies today, Id tell you its small and medium sized business. Labels: sales and marketing , Small and medium businesses , software. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing. Zaki Usman Director of Marketing www.Severa.com. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. at 11:17 AM.

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DECEMBER 9, 2006

Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. anecdotes. (13).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With over one billion active users in more than 150 markets , TikTok Ads present a great opportunity to reach people who are interested in your product, even if your product is not marketed to Gen Z. While the majority of TikTok’s global audience are younger users, it’s a platform that’s aging up. TikTok users embrace ecommerce.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

I think he must have been biased by the infrastructure view of Mercury/HP, which admitedly will not be a SaaS early adopter market for many reasons. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. 8:37 PM. . CornerstoneOnDemand. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

by Justin Beegel, CEO of Infographic World and the author of “ Infographics For Dummies “ The evolution of technology and the rapidly changing landscape of social media has made life interesting and difficult for marketing and advertising executives. Here are five tips for creating an infographic that will go viral and global: 1.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Let me start with a few addresses: 1355 Market Street. My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. In addition, look at Facebook’s revenue per user growth globally over the past few quarters. 1 Hacker Way.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For those in SaaS, this event is a must attend in Europe, and as Algolia’s founder Nicolas told me during our board meeting the week before, I better “ get my game up because the level of the presentations at the Meetup is high, and I’d better be well prepared! Gates made his talk unforgettable and it went viral.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization. But this discipline also means that the product fit to market tends to be very good - you don't end up with solutions looking for problems. Photo by LotusHead.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. However, while the benefits are many (including more efficient communication and greater potential for collaboration), today’s digital age can put increased pressure on young businesses to expand globally — and to do so quickly.

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