Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Category leaders do very well, while the #2, 3, 4… players struggle to attract customers and financing. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks. Even beyond auctions and social networks, the web tends to prefer the category leader.

IP 163

IP Technical Review B2C Social Network 163

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Small startups rarely have a recruiting professional on their team — or even someone who has enough spare time to imitate a recruiting professional. One effective strategy is to recruit job seekers who already have their hearts set on working for a startup. The site grew out of Startup Digest , a mailing list of startup events.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? 3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. I have a couple of points and resources to add.

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. My blog was wiped out. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. Entrepreneur Connect Entrepreneur Media, the parent company of Entrepreneur Magazine , hosts this online network of entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

Morality aside, I’d say given the inherent riskiness of startups, I’m not sure this would be a great addition to your cap table. You don’t want to have to go into witness protection just because you couldn’t get your app to go viral.) I’m a straight white dude who grew up in NYC and worked in finance. Drug kingpin?

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Cap Table Cofounder Private Equity Finance 167

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here are four critical challenges of tech startup PR. Technology industry startups have to pay more attention to their image than most other companies do. The business side chronicles which startups locked down financing rounds, who are providing them, and what the money is earmarked to do.

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PR Startup Social Media Silicon Valley 107

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

There are, of course, millions of published articles and blog posts about entrepreneurship, business, finance, and management. Of particular note to small business owners are courses covering small business management and strategy, marketing, and finance. Fortunately, we live in the golden age of online learning. ” Khan Academy.

Programming 73

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 73

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. When making technical hires, we always reach out to our network of programmer friends and ask them to sit in on interviews and review resumes with us. Have an account?

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Top-line metrics are indicators of success, not the one bar to clear to raise funding for your startup. The main B2C benchmarks have to do with traction: growth in user acquisition, user retention/churn, monetisation, as well as the effectiveness of consumer marketing + virality. Benchmarks for deep tech startups.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. Nexus S Spotted Running Android 2.3 View More » Social Good Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Educati. 5 Creative Social Good Campaigns for. Celebs to Go Silent on Twitter and Fa. For the Person Who Has Everything, Go. How Online Classrooms Are Helping Hai.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2007

I've been reading or hearing quite a bit about how startups these days don't take nearly as much capital to create as they used to. Each of these is aimed at effectively providing earlier, smaller financing rounds. Sure, there are some fun things you can create quickly on platforms like Facebook that may get viral uptake.

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Viral Startup Incubator Early Stage 150

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

There are, of course, millions of published articles and blog posts about entrepreneurship, business, finance, and management. Of particular note to small business owners are courses covering small business management and strategy, marketing, and finance. Fortunately, we live in the golden age of online learning. ” Khan Academy.

Programming 48

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

You may have been solely focused on the finances of your emerging business, but your personal credit rating can have a detrimental effect on your business. Get proof of how your product can provide a solution, and you will be able to use this to push your business across different platforms – aim for a viral impact! Look the part.

Viral 124

Viral Social Media SEO Direct Marketing 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

There is no doubt that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Second, understand the broader financing climate. Today, I share the Series B deck with you, too.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

With a focus on seed investing in the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise and business models that harness the power of network effects, our entrepreneurs have successfully been able to raise over $200 million of financing following our initial seed investment. companies that harness the power of network effects”.

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Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

Last week, we explored the topic of startup boards of directors. The primary goal of this conversation was to explain how and why a great startup board can be a powerful tool to help the CEO make the company successful. One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network.

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Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

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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San Francisco China Asia Europe 133

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media.

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Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media.

Distribution 100

Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

We each independently fell in love with enterprise software 20+ years ago as seed investors (cos like gotomeeting/Citrix, greenplum/EMC, livperson/IPO LPSN) and founders (workmarket, onforce/Adecco, spinback/buddymedia/salesf0rce) and are now benefiting from the ecosystems, knowledge and network that we’ve collectively developed.

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Cap Table Cofounder Dividend Institutional Investors 60

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The crucial ones allow you to synchronize the wallet app with the blockchain networks to facilitate the transaction and make the process easier. There are increasing efforts in the industry to create MVPs to validate your app, make it go viral, and collect customer feedback with minimal investments.

API 158

API Java Ruby Software Developers 158

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup Advice. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. Other possibilities include programming conferences, business networking events , programming forums, Q & A sites like StackOverflow , and open source project contributors.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

It has never been so easy to get a startup up and off the ground these days. There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators. Are there not enough blogs out there about viral loops?

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Indiana Incubator EC2 Ukraine 107

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

That company, which now has a client list of more than 200 companies and additional offices in the Philippines and New York, takes on the startup projects that Kayweb Angels selects. In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. ); // Welcome to Mashable!

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That company was founded on filling a need Robert saw while living in San Francisco and working on a radio startup. "I Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68