Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

With IPO Hopes Fading, Square And Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1rWbako. Unfortunately, SaaS Start-Up Valuations Are About To Fall by 50% | saastr – crowdspring.co/1j3n4bO. businesses are being destroyed faster than they’re being created – crowdspring.co/Rr3vPY.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Interesting perspective on LinkedIn’s IPO – arguing that the IPO price was reasonable – [link]. And here’s another side – suggesting that LinkedIn shareholders might have been scammed in the IPO – [link]. Excellent tips for startups on hiring product managers – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 86

Social Media Small Business Design Media 86

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

Mark Cuban Says Dead IPO Market for Small Firms Hurts Competition – [link]. These VC funds are pouring millions into the Midwest – [link]. We’re All Too Busy…Missing Amazing Opportunities | by Daniel Burrus – [link]. Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2019

He is a Digital PR Strategist & Inbound Marketeer who passionately champions the future of collaborative spaces at Campfire.work. Previously, he was the Head of Public Relations at various successful startups like Dropmysite (reverse-IPO) and Folr (multi-million dollar acquisition).

Singapore 134

Singapore IPO Public Relations PR 134

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

They’re the PR and the security. This may include planning for an IPO, a strategic acquisition or for management buyout. Investors are just as the title suggests – investors. They’re the deep-pockets with the connections that we turn to when we want helping launching and growing our business. They’re the step ladder.

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Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. We spend hours with them discussing and negotiating the details of the company. Our lives are intertwined. So it doesn’t have to be a small firm.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? Human Resources Play Video Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2014

4/11 and @pmarca on why the IPO is not what it used to be – [link]. ” I read the summary, which is kind of the “PR piece” for the article, but I didn’t find it satisfying. ” Also, success was defined as a company having an IPO (the data range for the study was 1975 – 2003).

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Venture Capital IPO Syndicate Syndication 139

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2011

The rest of the session was totally casual, no scoops (unfortunately), and no hard-sell PR bullshit (thumbs-up go out to the folks at Edelman for an event well done). With the foundation established, there are many options available like IPO , expansion and even acquiring other businesses.

Singapore 187

Singapore Asia Entrepreneur Acquisition 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

A cautious person wouldn’t try to pry people out of Twitter right before their IPO to” join my cause!!” In the startup journey if you have success in your early product launches, fund raising and PR you’re likely to get “inbound interest” from likely acquirers.

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Startup Dilution San Diego Stock Options 417

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Aside from their bungled IPO I think they’ve had a very positive influence on the world. Another explanation is that they think the PR benefits from being privacy friendly will outweigh the negative of reduced traffic that will inevitably follow reduced sharing.

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IPO PR Social Media Matching 118

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Will you get the TechCrunch bump, the tier-1 VC anointment, followed by great PR firm support and then the NY Times or WSJ story that follows? Why had it endured though market machinations and become this year’s darling IPO? The challenge that many startups face today is: Are you really providing enough value?

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Churn Rate IPO Open Source PR 309

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up - [link]. Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link]. Billion Raised | TechCrunch - [link]. Zero notifications (by Joel Gascoigne) - [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2014

4/11 and @pmarca on why the IPO is not what it used to be – [link]. ” I read the summary, which is kind of the “PR piece” for the article, but I didn’t find it satisfying. ” Also, success was defined as a company having an IPO (the data range for the study was 1975 – 2003).

Venture Capital 111

Venture Capital IPO Syndicate Syndication 111

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

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San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – [link]. Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – [link]. 5 Leadership Lessons From Tim Cook | Business Insider – [link]. Customer Service on Twitter: Top Brands Respond To Only 14% Of Tweets | The Realtime Report – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn (Nasdaq: LOG. Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Facebook Handled their IPO Exactly Right – [link]. Why you should continue working on your bad idea – [link]. Making Money While Keeping Prices Low: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Explains It All (Mostly) – [link]. Do Older Or Younger Entrepreneurs Have The Greater Advantage? – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Groupon’s Andrew Mason Talking About Daily Deals Site’s Stock Smack, Future Plans and IPO Regrets (Or Lack Thereof) – [link]. Payment Data Is More Valuable Than Payment Fees – [link]. Facebook adds 500 terabytes of new data to its databased every day – [link]. 7 Habits of Remarkably Charismatic Marketers – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.” I’d be happy to meet with you.

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SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 142

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

He was previously VP Product at Runkeeper (sold to Asics), a General Manager and Director of Product at Zynga (IPO), and Director of Product at Conduit Labs (sold to Zynga). Responsibilities included TV advertising, consumer media channels, creative, PR, research, UI/UX, photography, and brand strategy. Back to Top).

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Consultant.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. Later, I discovered you could get paid to program computers, and really never looked back. Thanks to the anonymity of the internet , I landed a few jobs, and did quite a bit of writing.

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies (by @fredwilson) – [link]. The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives – [link]. My advice to startups pitching the media – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Mega VC has focused on the challenges of the post-SarbOx IPO market in the US, and has discovered opportunity in offering larger amounts of growth capital ($10-100M+) to private companies with reduced access to public markets. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). and no, we didn’t.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1995 Netscape IPO’d and browsers started to become more prevalent. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. That gave Google a huge cost advantage. they can build teams that really focus on building & marketing great products.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Marketing starts to build a sales demo, writes sales materials (presentations, data sheets), and hires a PR agency. The PR agency polishes the positioning and starts contacting the long lead-time press while Marketing starts the branding activities. Building the sales channel and supporting the marketing can burn a lot of cash.

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2020

2- A business I built IPO’ed. A business that I built just IPO’ed (yesterday actually and I am still smiling). I have been running a PR Firm, Whitegate PRINC since 2007. All in all, 2020 was a great year at Hill Law Firm. Thanks to Justin A. Hill, Hill Law Firm ! #2- Photo Credit: Steve Keighery.

Connecticut 146

Connecticut Entrepreneur Technical Review Florida 146

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

As for Google a decade later, after an IPO and billions upon billions in ad revenue later Google is one of the largest companies in the world. Business Interest Business Planning PR and Communications Productivity Technology Adam Zweibel Ashley Mooney Google Glass Robert Scoble Google Glass Ryan Holmes zack price zackonomics'

Michigan 96

Michigan Boston Jordan Austin 96

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. And companies crave positive PR and control over their message – all for rational reasons. The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. It sells newspapers and magazines.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Metrics PR 167

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Avoid the latest fads, trends or PR announcements. Andersen Consulting won an international artibitration case against its sister company Arthur Andersen and rebranded themselves as Accenture.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

In the meantime, I think we have a good explanation for what all those PR dollars are being spent trying to obscure. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Great post!

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. Their stories would not have been possible without access to sympathetic adults with the necessary equipment and knowledge to get started.

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Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143