Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2012

We are giving a version of our product to a team in Europe who will start selling our product internationally. We are signing up a channel partner to sell our product since we haven’t scaled our internal telesales team yet [yes, we know that they don't have experience selling IT, but they have customer relationships].

Bandwidth 415

Bandwidth Management Startup Channel 415

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe. We told Andy we’d talk further when he got back from Europe. He was my role model at Convergent, mentor at Ardent and partner at E.piphany. Glad you two called, we were trying to get a hold of you guys. We’re building a supercomputer.”

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Richard De Silva is based in Menlo Park with three other partners, there and 5 partners in Boston. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). My SaaS focus at Accel Partners is the natural continuity of this path.

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Collectively, the team has research and work experience with numerous leading academic institutions and technology and business corporations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, including NASA, Airbus, Google, BMW, IBM, McKinsey & Co., Pick your partners wisely. Georgia Tech and Stanford. Self-motivation.

San Francisco 65

San Francisco Cofounder Georgia B2B 65

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

And by doing so, you build a vertically integrated marketplace with a much deeper value stack. The small domestic market in Estonia and the fragmented nature of the market in Europe changed from a disadvantage to an advantage for launching Skype. The same holds true for payments.

Chile 36

Chile Global Silicon Valley Estonia 36

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. CarRentalBookers.com.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Software 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 1949, with the detection of the first Soviet nuclear weapons test, the Iron Curtain falling across Europe and the fall of China to the Communists, Cold War paranoia drove the U.S. The second was when a Southern Californian aircraft company decided to break into the missiles and space field by partnering with Stanford electronics expertise.

Silicon Valley 142

Silicon Valley RSS California Government 142

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Europe Consumer. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Is Government a good idea? Appreciate your thoughts, and your posts. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation. or Europe-based medical device companies that are tapping into this trend. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

Baltimore 62

Baltimore Africa South Africa Michigan 62

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

The two friendly giant of Coles and Woolworth s are no longer partners of their suppliers – they are now their biggest competitors. But what is happening in Australia, is a sample of what is to come in larger markets such as the USA, Europe and Asia. The traditional brand building media, such as TV, are becoming less effective.

Australia 93

Australia Distribution Asia Channel 93

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Jenny Lee, a partner at venture capital firm GGV Capital which has a presence in both the US and China, also observes that in the US, the willingness to pay for an app is pretty high — especially for a utility tool, which is what CooTek’s TouchPal X Keyboard essentially is. But on the other hand they have more time.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). Booking.com is the unquestioned leader in online travel in Europe, and represents a substantial portion of TPG’s astounding $35B market capitalization.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For example, to drive awareness and increase engagement around its sustainability efforts, HP partnered with creators to run a branded hashtag challenge where users were invited to create and share content. To drive initial awareness, Indomilk partnered with Creators and ran In-Feed ads to help the Branded Effect go viral.

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Customer Viral Audience Campaign 102

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally.

Iran 39

Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 39

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

SBA 124

SBA Technical Review Startup 124

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Your brand promise talks to your employees, investors, partners, and customers. We created Lemonade as a purpose-built, technology-first, vertically integrated and legacy-free insurance carrier. If you’re unsure about where to position yourself, do some competitive analysis to identify gaps in the market and carve out your place.

Campaign 109

Campaign Social Media Audience Channel 109

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

AI Vertical SaaS – As mentioned by Index Ventures in a recent post , there’s a rise in AI native SaaS companies, building automations for specific industries. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals. Will startups reap the fruits of this new trend, or is it the battle of giants?

Generative AI 88

Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. The European cloud ecosystem is growing much faster than anyone could have anticipated: last year, we predicted that it would take another three years for Europe to generate its first decacorn.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

The Equity Kicker

JULY 13, 2016

Forward Partners (and others) have been investing on this thesis for a bit now with two broad strategies: Multi-brand retailers who build a loyal audience through recommendation and/or curation across a large range of SKUs. Vertically integrated single brand retailers who build an audience loyal to their small range of products.

Curation 60

Curation Product eCommerce Vertical 60

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

When looking closely at the verticals above, they found that two forces were at play—instant gratification and customization. Before 2007, O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica Europe , had a ton of disparate data and very little insight as to what it all meant. The Execution. image source. How Zendesk Reduced Churn With Human Touch.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. When I ran Rocket Science our corporate partners were in Japan (Sega), Germany (Bertelsmann) and Italy (Mondadori) and some travel was unavoidable. Thanks to my wife for being a great partner. Never miss an event. Document every step.

Entrepreneur 331

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley RSS Customer Development 331

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. It’s like arguing against vertical software. DirectX uses a left-hand coordinate system because it was originally written in Europe and called Rendermorphics. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. It covers both Europe ant the US, it is easy, fast and free. It should be added to this great list.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110