View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Be founder driven. Investment Strategy.

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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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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

They function very similar to an Ad Network but with the main purpose of helping publishers and content owners get their posts in front of audiences on well-known websites. Revcontent claims to be the #1 fastest growing content recommendation network in the world with now over 200 billion content recommendations per month. Content.ad.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

From understanding the ‘dark web’ to proven strategies in repurposing content. We know that there are fundamentals, like Google is looking for unique content, something called information gain, which is when you are adding content to the web, you're adding information that wasn't there before.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. conference happened at the end of 2004).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INFOGRAPHIC] Social Media Marketing By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms Stack Up [INFOGRAPHIC] The Rise of the Mobile Workforce [INFOGRAPHIC] Computer Vision Syndrome: Do Your Eyes Have It? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Entrepreneurs can find people with whom they want to collaborate through networking possibilities. Today she is the ex-host of one of the most successful syndicated television shows in history (The Oprah Winfrey Show), a producer and actress in her own television specials, a philanthropist, and an author. They may also communicate.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg. Start by looking at quantitative data from your Google Analytics to find out how your web pages are performing, as well as how much traffic and how many conversions they get. Word-of-mouth interactions (e.g.,

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides. But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent.

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

If you always wanted to create your own live web-based radio show but have no idea how to do it, here’s a simple and elegant solution for you – Spreaker ( www.spreaker.com ) is an audio platform that allows anyone to create, broadcast and share audio across the Internet easily. Are you an aspiring DJ?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Naming on the web is difficult because it’s a multiple-step process that’s a mix of art, science and pure perseverance. A few weeks of organized effort should be enough time to develop a name and gain consensus among your co-founders, but if you’re on a tight schedule, it’s also possible to do in just a few days. Web Video Roundup.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The angel investor groups such as the Central Texas Angel Network and Houston Angel Network syndicate deals with each other but it’s still the exception not the norm for an Austin startup to have investors from Dallas or Houston, even thought that’s where much of the wealth in Texas is.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution.

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blogs.hbr.org

OCTOBER 24, 2012

HBR Blog Network. Never Say No to Networking. When new entrepreneurs ask me for advice, I sometimes tell them to NYFO — Network Your Face Off. million users in less than a year, can be directly traced back to connections Ive made and help Ive received from a network that is vast, diverse, and active. The Magazine.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Google bought web 2.0 Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. ITA Software.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Web Video Roundup. Programming and Web Development Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Networking.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. instead of having to travel home. . “But that seems more of a luxury than a necessity.&#

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. If you are a totally new site with zero web presence what can you do to even get people there?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 That’s why i haven chosen to start working in Network marketing and MLM. And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. million in venture financing. Starting a business can be very expensive.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

He’s the founder of four companies, most recently WPEngine , and blogs weekly about startups and geekery. routes to customers which are more under your control and more likely to stand out from the background noise on the web. And no, putting retweet buttons on web pages doesn’t count.) But there are others.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Web Summit. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo! Co-founder discontent. What would this founder do if he got an offer to be acquihired quickly by Facebook? And there’s conferences.

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Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. 1/ Bottoms-Up Competition – Seed funds are getting scooped by the well-heeled alumni of today’s web scale companies. You lose way more than you win.

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Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

We’re increasingly comfortable overlapping our online and real lives, and web services that figure out how to make our real lives easier will do well. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Just about fifteen years ago, Josh Schanker and I, along with our co-founders Elliot Shmukler and Tammy O’Neil Bolduc started Sombasa Media together. Back in those Web 1.0 Our company offered a series of consumer-facing properties, including our flagship property BargainDog, which was an early e-commerce daily deals email newsletter.

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Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Social Network 118

Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

start-up databases/networks like CrunchBase and AngelList ) has led to unparalleled access to investment capital as more seed funds, angels, and syndicates emerge on the scene. In just a few clicks, you can find everything from the company’s tagline to information on founders and investors, number of employees, funding rounds, etc.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. And of course email, CRM, and other tools for managing your network of contacts are far older.

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

” If you can’t think of a compelling format, go with something like, “I noticed you’ve covered location-based networks quite a bit at Publication X, and I think you’d be interested in learning about how my startup is changing that space by [fill in blank].” Web Video Roundup. Social Network Lists.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

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Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

The European Business Angel Network (EBAN), and similar organizations in other countries including Canada, all have web sites with directories of angel groups that are local to you. If you are starting a virtual company with your employees working from home locations, as many startups do, it should be the location of the founder.

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Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter as a company has encouraged this by granting DataSift “re-syndication rights,” which means that the company can ingest the full Twitter fire hose and resell subsets of it to other parties who want to consume a smaller stream, which is more cost effective in data licenses and in IT resources needed to consume the data.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

Audio 60

Audio Curation Silicon Valley Media 60

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Opportunistic VC investors focus less on developing very specific theses and more on cultivating a deep, rich network around the entire firm. Also really great opportunistic VCs are highly intentional about how they build their sourcing network and brand. Two firms I respect in this regard are Greylock and Andreesen Horowitz.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Founder Profile: 1/3 First Time Founders, 1/3 Repeat Founders, 1/3 “ Tom Brady ” entrepreneurs. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

I also have to include this caveat: we werent purely a software company - we built telecom network devices, hw and sw. In indubitably, the project will be saddled with a set of business analysts whose richest experience with an advanced system has been to browse some web pages or order something online. Software Eng. Expo SF (May. .

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Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

That sounds like a lot of responsibility for someone fresh out of undergrad as I was then, but in reality both of these were peripheral elements of PayPal’s core web-based payment product which was still heavily concentrated on eBay auctions at the time. But again the store of value in prepaid minutes was the key.

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This article is a guest post by Dan Norris, founder of Informly. A few months ago I started a podcast called Web Domination. I started out doing a video series called 5 Minute Friday which was supposed to be a 5 minute video with some insights about marketing on the web. Podcasting. Early days but I think this is a good start.

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