Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Over the past few months I’ve had a number of people ask me if I know of any TechStars like accelerator programs for people creating non-software / Internet products and services.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

When I invested in enterprise software in the late 1990′s, I saw a proliferation of “best of breed” solutions. These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Fast forward to 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. I wrote about how to give demos in a previous post.

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San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Route One: High LTV per user The exact definition of a “high” user LTV depends on the specific vertical, so it’s typically better to analyze the ratio between Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC) and the Life Time Value of the customer. That unfortunate combination makes it rather difficult to reach the $100M mark.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2018

Hackers are looking for all sorts of ways to penetrate your IoT gateway, including the exploitation of software, network, and physical vulnerabilities. Use Horizontal & Vertical Scaling. To add additional gateway devices to support scalability and redundancy, you can choose to implement either horizontal or vertical scaling.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

We wanted to learn more about the nuanced industry market forces before applying the same hands-on investing model we do with tech startups in other verticals. The seed ecosystem for health companies is much less robust than in traditional software. The third area we are focused on is new software-driven applications of health data.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. oDesk’s presence increases the number of first time software outsourcers. Some customers now use it as a second car alternative.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows that over 42% of internet users worldwide now use ad blockers to reduce how much advertising they see. While there’s nothing you can do about there being too many ads on the internet, ad irrelevance, intrusiveness, and size are all elements to consider. Ad blockers. Take The Economist.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. Business facing companies typically provide software or an online service for which their customers pay a fee. But B2B startups need to take a different tack.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s like I’ve spent the last almost 20 years of my life building social software, you know, making it so that whatever limited computation you have, you can kind of share something about your experience. Inworld AI (image credit: Techcrunch ). Industry reports. The post Take Five: The Metaverse appeared first on VC Cafe.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

While internet disruption has transformed most facets of everyday living, one of the last to really be redesigned has been the home. These are industries that have been relatively untouched by software until recently. Most home furnishings, CPG products, and renovation products are still bought at specialty or big-box stores.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

With a good article, you are more than likely to break the internet. All the platforms use the current software versions with up-to-date security measures and enhanced protection capabilities. Vertical Scalability. Vertical scaling websites are acquiring hardware with increased capabilities. At OpsWorks Co.,

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Vertical Hosting Bandwidth Security 121

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. They connect buyers and sellers in creative new verticals, helping merchants and non-profits interact with customers or donors. by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. At the time no one (including Apple) knew exactly what consumers were going to do with multimedia, it was still pre-Internet. The software was idiot proof.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

There’s still a long way to go to saturate – and potentially replace – software design on the client side. Because voice activation may require users to know both what they want and who provides it, today’s leading brands in any given vertical will have a huge advantage.

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Vertical Differentiation Internet SEO 120

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2016

At the same time, enterprises today can leverage the cloud to make faster, more efficient software changes; use social media to connect with customers; deploy predictive analytics to determine what their customers will want and connect and control devices via a central point with the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. However, the rise of the Internet equalized if not flipped the ratio as the web (and mobile) created a new product category and distribution platform.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Apple doesn’t really make money by selling software or even digital content, but they seamlessly integrate software and content to support a high margin hardware business. If you add up all the content, software, and services (e.g. 3) Vertically Integrate - Apple could also vertically integrate in more radical ways.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Never mind The first idea for our new company was a software product that looked something like Hypertext. Supercomputers get Personal Back in Sunnyvale my friend had not only been hired but had convinced the team that we should be building hardware – making a new class of computers not a software application.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. Every startup wanted to believe they could get acquired like YouTube for $1.4

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. Kiwi software deals were funded at a pre-money valuation of US1.4 For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Organization.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

BeyondVC

JULY 23, 2007

The Wall Street Journal announced another Nokia mobile internet purchase today of a company called Twango which allows users to share photos, video, and media. What is at stake is a bigger opportunity that will bring Apple, Nokia, RIM and others head-to-head with the large Internet players like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.

Internet 60

Internet Acquisition Vertical Software 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. Private Equity Software and Services Directory. 2) Raise capital.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As is the case in other countries with a relatively new, rapidly growing tech sector, e-commerce is Russia’s fastest growing vertical. This was closely followed by software, multimedia and games, which all grew at 22 percent. The FinTech sector also saw substantial growth at 12 percent. Russian tech: Sectors to watch.

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Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 27, 2014

Marc Andreesen famously said that “ software is eating the world.” Back in 2010, Mary Meeker and Morgan Stanley predicted that within the next five years, “more users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” Now it looks like mobile is eating the web. We’ve arrived at that milestone.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The growth of the Internet of Things gives us an interesting look at how the CIO’s role is changing. The Internet of Things forces us to look at the world – the technology world, at least – very differently. You own the hardware and the software, as well as the long term co-location, support and network contracts.

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Cloud API Vertical Cofounder 128

www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. For example, immediately after you confirm your email address, I’ll send you a link to watch a free 45 minute training video on improving the first run experience of your software. Greatest Hits.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If internet. (6). software. (10). at 2:58 PM.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

For example, according to Mona Elesseily , “conversions in the health vertical have the best ROI during work hours and into the evening on tablet devices.”. This means companies in the health vertical need to recognize that the majority of its users are coming from a mobile device. This, too, results in skewed data.

Mobile 48

Mobile Technical Review Software Review Metrics 48

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Just for reference, Slidebean is a SaaS presentation software where users can add content, and a finished presentation is designed automatically. It’s significantly easier to get a press mention from smaller bloggers or internet evangelists (Youtube, Scoop.it). Small press (cheap or free). Search ads are expensive, however.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? internet. (6). software. (10). Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transform. Cracking The Code. Thursday, November 13, 2008.

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Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This privacy-as-a-service API platform provides peace of mind to companies and the customers they serve in the world of AI and smart devices by building a new privacy infrastructure for the internet. I’m probably the biggest foodie you’ll ever meet and I literally eat almost anything. I used to be a globetrotter.

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San Jose Cofounder API Silicon Valley 75

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Yammer sreenshot “Going viral” is often the holy grail for Internet startups, who hope to quickly scale to hundreds of thousands of users (then hundreds of millions) with relatively low user acquisition costs. For example, in the legal world, lawyers from different firms often interact while working on a case for their respective clients.

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Viral Product Vertical Acquisition 149

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. Welcome to the Internet bubble.) Our business model changed as we realized that to become a large company, we needed to automate more than just a few marketers.

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 225

Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Our first thought was to spread the news ourselves, perhaps in a press release or a “white paper,” (remember this was pre-Internet.)

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