Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Led by General Catalyst with participation by co-founders Steve Hafner & Paul English.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

I was formerly Founder/CEO of a domain name investment bank , and still own about a hundred domain names personally. Other non-semantic variables are important as well. A well-named site can thus easily rank 10-20% higher than a poorly named one on a purely non-semantic basis. Names with homophones will cause needless confusion.

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Naming Semantic Venture Capital Startup 114

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

ATI also works closely with MobileMondayAustin and Semantic Web Austin. The current portfolio ranges from 60 Ghz chip sets (Nitero) to enterprise 2.0 ( InXero ) to family media ( Famigo ) companies. The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Intellectual Property Incubator Due Diligence 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2022

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

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Semantic Technical Review Retention Distribution 342

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Over time, sentiment analysis enables startup founders and HR professionals to understand the evolution of employees’ feelings and depict trends over days, weeks, months, and years. The data of the employee communications pass through a neural network and only the semantic interpretation is presented to managers using analytics graphs. .

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Semantic Startup Analytics Social Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So Google launched Google AdWord and AdSense based in part on technology it acquired when it bought an LA-based company called Applied Semantics. The Founder & CEO of Ad.ly But it turns out that consumers didn’t think it sucked. Then came blogs. But 70% of my investment decision in early-stage companies is the team.

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Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at IBM, Endeca and Cambridge Semantics in senior product management roles. The following is a guest post by Rob Gonzalez.

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Semantic Syndicate Syndication Hiring 60

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”? While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Not only the bar for seed rounds has gotten higher (as less seed rounds get done) but also the founders prefer to build their company based on milestones.

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Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Yes, I disagree with aspects of their content policies (and occasionally wince at the arguments they make to defend said choices), but the company founders fundamentally want to see writers do their best work and make a great living in the process. Consider me a fan of Substack. Getting creatives paid is a mission I’ll always support.

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Semantic API Aggregator Partner 72

The Next Web

JULY 28, 2015

It’s a semantic trick, but a really important one. As founders of young organisations, we struggle to distinguish genuine guidance and support from the distracting pizzazz of the startup industry, where we’re just the product, not the customer. Hindsight is unfair and inaccurate, but I still enjoy its lessons. Here’s why.

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Semantic Startup Web Founder 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2019

by Ronald Dod, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-founder of Visiture. The evolution of semantic-based search results in search engines. Machine learning is predicted to change the world at a similar scale or greater than the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Semantic Cofounder 127

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

There’s Semantic Machines , one of the best collections of AI and ML minds in the world, led by serial entrepreneur Dan Roth. Want businesses with massive reach and international presence? How about Jana , which brings internet access to the developing world and boasts 30 million global users? Want hardcore futuristic technology?

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. Gil Elbaz from Applied Semantics has now created Factual. The result is that we’ve had a lot of innovation coming from LA in terms of monetization. You don’t.

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

Hunter Walker

APRIL 21, 2013

So it always surprises me when founders say “I raised money from [VC firm name]” and not “I raised money from [person] at [VC firm name].” ” “Semantics” you might say and “b t” I’d definitely reply. And total Ken doll down below. That is to say, COMPANIES ARE NOT PEOPLE.

Partner 94

Partner Semantic Naming Founder 94

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 10, 2012

For me the key section is his advice to CEOs and founders: Startup Employers/Founders – I know we’ve all had that one engineer who’s the only one that understands the middleware code and without him/her, everything could fall apart. Guess what?

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Employee Semantic Salary Acquisition 102

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 21, 2022

Mike i s the Co-founder and Analyst at Near Media where he researches and reports on reputation, reviews, and local search. He's the co-founder and analyst at near media, where he researches and reports on reputation reviews and local search. I think you need to think about it semantically. Mike Blumenthal (21:32): Well, right.

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Search Technical Review Clickthrough Canada 78

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

My particular POV is that piggy rounds, just like party rounds, are risky choices for most founders (and have my own obvious bias in this statement). Semantically, these funds might say they’re not doing seed rounds, instead taking the company ‘straight to A,’ but the motivation and implications are the same.

Later Stage 95

Later Stage Valuation Semantic Institutional Investors 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2019

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

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Semantic Technical Review Retention Distribution 235

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

How to Balance AI Magic with Human Expertise written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jeff Coyle, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for MarketMuse.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Differentiation Technical Review 59

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2011

Expo when Factual CEO and founder Gil Elbaz gave a talk on the challenges of big data. This open data model, he argues will move the web towards "information singularity," as will other efforts like data marketplaces, data search engines, semantic web mark-up, and better standards. Some of those issues were addressed today at Web 2.0

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Aggregator Semantic Startup API 118

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 11, 2010

OmniPACS - Francisco Parin, President & CEO RSVP: [link] Thursday, January 14th 6:00PM: Hackers & Founders NYC Meetup #8 + Demos This month, we'll be hosting a special format of "lightning demos" at Dogpatch Labs in Union Square before usual beer and burgers. January 2010 Presenters: 1. RSVP: [link] 6:30PM: What the RDF?

New York 60

New York Semantic Agile Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Hawaii Semantic 228

devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim is a serial entrepreneur currently working on using artificial intelligence and semantic analysis to extract knowledge from unstructured text found in social media. When founders or others in a company argue, which they need to do sometimes, don’t do it in front of everyone.

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CTO Hire Part-Time VPE Architecture Ruby 40

Austin Startup

MAY 6, 2010

They’ll also be having a special guest speaker, Susan Strausberg, co-founder of EDGAR Online. Carla is an evangelist in the semantic web community and just recently started Sharp Skirts , an online resource for women entrepreneurs. ATX Women in Tech was started by Carla Thompson and Stacey Higginbotham, both local tech all-stars.

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Semantic Cofounder Community Search 59

VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

Yosi Glick, Jinni’s CEO and Co-founder said: “Completing the Series B funding round allows us to focus on what we do best: Developing an innovative product that is designed to fundamentally improve the entertainment experience. Think of it as a search engine for video content that understands the semantic meaning behind the query.

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Video Semantic Strategic Investors Cofounder 79

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 5, 2012

I hear some form of the following question frequently from founders that are starting to have early success: “How do we hire a bunch of new people and grow the company quickly without losing the culture we’ve worked so hard to establish? Enjoy – and comment freely, especially if you disagree or have constructive feedback.

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Startup Semantic Hiring Employee 152

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

Semantic 261

Semantic Technical Review Retention Distribution 261

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2017

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

Semantic 154

Semantic Technical Review Retention Distribution 154

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This is John Jantsch and my guests, yes that’s plural, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute, and Robert Rose, the chief strategy advisor of the same. and of course I’ll always be the founder, I’ll always be a part of this thing. Check it out. And he is going to carry the torch the rest of the way.

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Cost Marketing Audience Media 37

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2013

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

Entrepreneur 254

Entrepreneur Semantic Technical Review Retention 254

www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. You must treat early hires like late founders, or you wont be able to hire until you get market traction," Ravikant warns. "If

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Hiring Startup Semantic Equity 49

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? Fair is a subjective evaluation made by each participant, so it's hard to really standardize.

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Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. He is currently Co-Founder of CapitalMarkets.com and Editor Of SaaSInsights. Next page: The transition from a founder who does all the sales to a scalable sales team is really, really hard.

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Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Front End Expertise: XHTML/CSS/JavaScript – Hand code, standards compliant, semantic, cross platform & cross device interfaces, jQuery, MooTools, Ext. I don’t have a technical co-founder on my team but am apt in graphics design and have a lot of ideas bursting out of my head. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices).

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# This is an interview you’re not going to want to miss, I promise.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302