thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. Despite over 15 plus years of progress, little has changed about the way we consume articles on the web since the internet started. 4) Easy Payments that Ensure Virality.

Product 141

Product Clickthrough RSS Venture Capital 141

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Folksonomy. Free product.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In a separate study done by viral content agency Fractl , they showed participants 30 of the top 100 images on Reddit, asking them to look at the image, then to the corresponding emotion on Robert Plutchik’s Wheel Of Emotion. 1999) – 300,000+ customers. image sources. image source. 1998) – 120,000+ customers.

Sales 126

Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

Venture Chronicles

JUNE 26, 2010

The point of this is obvious, in the online world where advertisers pay on actual pageviews rather than just a sampling (as is the case with print) the requirement to amplify online reach with sensationalized and dramatic opinion writing is absolute, it’s what gets linked to and spread virally.

Washington 32

Washington Viral Conversion Hiring 32

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. Consumer internet plays in Canada are rare, and finding a VC willing to give you the cash to scale is even more so.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 73

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We as marketers operate in an industry obsessed with content that is “buzzwothy”, “viral”, and all other sorts of names that aim to describe a single scenario: getting people to talk about your business. A tough task to accomplish, but one with a ton of viral potential.

Viral 72

Viral Oregon Salary SEO 72

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). You guessed it — straight up free money. A doughnut is one thing, cold-hard cash is even better.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82