Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. That said, the IMF (international monetary fund) is more bullish.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2013

has forecast that one in five High Street shops will close by 2018. Use Social Media And Special Offers. Social networking is an invaluable tool for retailers nowadays. However, simply marketing via social media is no longer cutting-edge enough to attract large numbers of consumers. But how to do it?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense. Failing to tailor the plan to your target audience. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Is your audience out walking in the park without technology or are they technology lovers who never parted with their BlackBerry or iPhone? Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Additionally, our products often use new technologies and require people to change their behavior, such as using a camera to talk with their friends. Back to Snap.

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Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion, according to recent figures released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB Europe and IHS Technology. MassMedia has also successfully utilized advertisements targeting mobile users of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. billion to $19.3 Gartner, Inc.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Groupon’s purchase of Whrrl suggests that Groupon will soon be leveraging location based social networking or "check-ins" on their popular group coupon site. Leave tips where your contacts go (maybe similar to what History Channel does on Foursquare). Track the competition.

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B2B Angel Investor Forecast Global 210

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link]. Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Predictions for 2012 (and beyond) – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2020

The secret is that solar is an exponential technology that follows Wright’s Law. His forecast was the most aggressive to date – and even he overestimated the 2020 cost by >2x. . But a complementary technology is almost ready to do the job: batteries. And even they underestimated just how much the price would fall!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. Players such as Foursquare , Tapulous and Bump Technologies are attracting huge investor attention not to mention the huge hype around augmented reality applications such as Layar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Panel: Cary Davis , Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, Moderator: Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer, Google, runs in-house technology. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references. Startup executives have three documents to guide their hiring and staffing; a business plan, a product development model and a revenue forecast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. It’s a bad risk to count only on word-of-mouth and viral social network buzz for marketing, as I see in many business plans today. Be aggressive in your forecasts. Plan to spend money on marketing.

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Forecast Viral Social Network Business Model 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2011

Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. It’s a bad risk to count only on word-of-mouth and viral social network buzz for marketing, as I see in many business plans today. Be aggressive in your forecasts. Plan to spend money on marketing.

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Founder Forecast Startup Viral 245

Gust

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. It’s a bad risk to count only on word-of-mouth and viral social network buzz for marketing, as I see in many business plans today. Be aggressive in your forecasts. Plan to spend money on marketing.

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Forecast Viral Social Network Business Model 188

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2010

Yet, new technology can quickly blindside you, and market dynamics change, plus you need to broaden your opportunity. It’s a bad risk to count only on word-of-mouth and viral social network buzz for marketing, as I see in many business plans today. Be aggressive in your forecasts. Take the strategic risk.

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Entrepreneur Forecast Viral Business Model 243

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

So with the metoric rise of Twitter now forecast at 45 million as of August 3rd, 2009 (and rising fast), has Twitter Killed the Blogger Star? Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. Suddenly it was about very frequent commentary in a bite-sized format. Now we could all sleep more. Or could we?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Even Sequoia.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter: You need to be the top of game in terms of the technology that you’re presenting. Number six is an interesting one and this mainly applies to technology companies or people who are building products is remaining stealth too long and with that is also being slow to launch. You need to be really ahead to your game.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

ISRAEL’S STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) forecasts 4% growth for 2010 based on data it accumulated over the first nine months of the year. growth forecast for 2010 exports. For previous editions, click here. The growth figure is largely based on a new 9.1%

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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