Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

For the second startup, we chose a year-old web/mobile startup whose market is college bound teens, with a founder who had skipped the initial customer validation process. Sharks, in turn, argued with one another and even attempted to form syndication in one instance. The semester concluded with pizza and ice cream.

Lean 334

Lean Customer Development Startup Silicon Valley 334

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Seed Stage 185

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

Windows Mobile has been a disappointment to date but Azure (an outgrowth of the.NET framework) is growing as a force on the cloud/server side. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Innovations in social media and mobile have cultivated an ongoing dialogue and education between consumers and businesses. Since the marketing industry is so vast, there are many areas of expertise that a professional can become familiar with and really own—like wearable tech, social media marketing, mobile advertising and more.

Leadership 146

Leadership Marketing Social Media Audience 146

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. In 2008, famed digital trends and internet analyst Mary Meeker predicted that mobile web traffic would overtake desktop traffic by 2014. You aren’t getting the results you want. You want more effective content.

Mobile 48

Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, I presented an initial map of Austin’s mobile scene and wrote about how mobile tech has fast become the hottest area in the industry. In his post, Weintraub talks about how both the cost and price of mobile devices have the potential to be dramatically lower a year from now. The apps are the economy.

Mobile 74

Mobile Syndicate Syndication Austin 74

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. Have an account? Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

But in the next 5 years the web and mobile app stores will increasingly be a force in selling and customer acquisition for busines software. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Startups to global software companies have used the uTest marketplace to get their web, desktop and mobile applications tested. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6 million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

Azure 74

Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

They also couldn’t have asked for a better syndicate of investors. They showed me a very lightweight HTML5 mobile site that enabled you to start a group chat that fell back to just text messages when you logged off the web. I was actually at the Hackathon, too… but had missed Steve’s presentation.

Part-Time VPE 109

Part-Time VPE New York City SMS Syndicate 109

Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Today Evangelos invests in early- and growth-stage companies focusing on the enterprise in the areas of data and analytics, SaaS applications, and mobility. This is (why it’s important to have) a cohesive board and a cohesive investors’ syndicate because the investors sit on the board of the company and make the company work.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Analytics 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It’s pretty simple to record and syndicate audio content from your desktop or mobile device and broadcast it live – or recorded as audio podcasts – across social networks. Mobile apps available for iPhone, iPod and iPad (support for Android and other platforms are in the works) even takes your broadcasts mobile.

Internet 223

Internet San Francisco Audio Italy 223

David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. Though these tools can be helpful to the syndication process, I believe it will largely remain a relationship-based process for some time to come. . – Drop Technologies *: The fastest-growing mobile rewards program.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndicate Syndication 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

a production company that produced Phat TV for Canadian broadcaster CFMT Television, as well as a year-end television special, “Phat TV 97”, that was syndicated nationally in the U.S. Games On Wheels is the largest mobile video game truck business in the country. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

Media 113

Media Los Angeles Artificial Inteligence New York City 113

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. [link] Terence Donnelly. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc.,

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I recently started using BufferApp both on my phone and my browser to syndicate content to my other networks. Buffer is a web service that takes content from you or others, and syndicates it via a shortened URL across multiple services. I currently have the free account and have connected Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and App.net.

Syndicate 98

Syndicate Syndication Viral .Net 98

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Note: Today, I am pleased to announce the “soft launch&# of a new channel of original and curated content of best practices, profiles, features, and commentary, covering the rapid transition to the mobile, app-based economy, aka, the appconomy. This interview is cross-posted from The Appconomy channel.

Angel Investor 77

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Curation 77

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

Those employees and operators, who often have some book wealth now (or are running syndicates on AngelList or acting as a scout for another fund) can easily dump $50K-$100K into one of their ex-colleague’s new startups, or put this money into their friend’s new startup, or their friend’s new hot deal.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

Microsoft has two massive platforms in Windows and Xbox, and has been thrashing about for a decade trying to build one in mobile. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A similar revolution is occurring on the distribution side, both for users – who are now surrounded by countless screens that make videos more accessible than ever – as well as for content owners who are now syndicating their content in order to reach their audiences and stand out in this highly fragmented market. Not anymore. The future.

Advertising 138

Advertising Video United States Syndicate 138

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2010

The company announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. This kind of investment, the amount, and the strength of this syndicate is a strong endorsement for the innovation we are bringing to market,” said Smooth-Stone CEO Barry Evans.

Syndicate 54

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Texas 54

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Two doctor brothers have an alpha version of a mobile app to allow patients and doctors to communicate with each other securely, and for patients to find doctors through search. But eventually two syndicates emerged. Both syndicates competed on the distribution and marketing that they could bring to the table.

Pre-Money Valuation 161

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 161

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. Highly entrepreneurial, well-educated, upwardly mobile?—?a The tour starts in Dallas on June 4 and ends in Austin on June 6 with an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! Who should come on the bus?

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Mari Holds a B.A. They invest alongside financial VCs. Some corporate funds now lead rounds.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60