BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

" I first started using Phanfare in late 2004 and have been a fan since.  As you know, seasoned entrepreneurs know how to be flexible and make course corrections in their business model and distribution strategy as the market evolves.

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Caching Software Review Mobile Distribution 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

Todd is the CEO of Blubrry Podcasting – a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004.

Audio 85

Audio SMS Technical Review Advertising 85

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). Always compare data between segments and distributions. Nate Silver become famous for predicting Obama’s wins in the last 2 elections based on his analysis of polling data. So this is the past. This is nothing compared to 2014 and beyond.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

However, a paper published a while back by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – the group devoted to fostering entrepreneurship around the world – suggests that the age distribution among company founders is much broader than we might have imagined. First of all, we all know that the age distribution in the U.S. is inching higher.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

And I’m sure everyone remembers the video that put them on the map – the one I first saw – which was the Bush/Kerry video This Land is Your Land (“you have more waffles than a house of pancakes), which was part of the 2004 elections and both candidates were asked about while they were campaigning.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. The solution: build a brand.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included).

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Feld Thoughts

MAY 21, 2019

The modern computer science education movement, commonly referred to as Computer Science for All or #CSforALL , has been gaining momentum nationwide since 2004 and is poised to be the most significant upgrade to the US education system in history.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Brighter has rapidly achieved national scale with distribution to tens of millions of insured patients and over 100,000 providers. Also like high deductibles, coinsurance usage in on the rise.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

This is a huge distribution deal for GLG, and it may very well take the company to the next level. Disclaimer: I used to work for Gerson Lehrman Group in New York 2004-2007 as product manager and am a member of the GLG Councils. The GLG-Bloomberg partnership will certainly not make it any easier for them.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2011

Very cool service from HP that allows you to upload PDFs or publications and print them for distribution. (HP Good stuff I found this week: HP MagCloud – publish, print and ship anywhere in the world. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media RSS 76

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 2004, you’d raise $500k with just an idea. You had to do crazy stuff like put machines into a datacenter, at this point. Then you’d raise a Series B to scale the marketing. The qualitative bar for the team, idea, and market was high. Then you’d build the product and spend $5M to market it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 29, 2011

This could be a great way for a business group to highlight, distribute and discuss important industry news, research or competitive analysis. Sparks This is the Google+ sharing function that let’s users identify and share stuff related to topics they care about.

Small Business 78

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2022

While all these systems made it easier to create and distribute content, society as a whole never said, “Okay, that’s too much content!” Very quickly, it’s going to become increasingly essential for all visual creatives, a primary driver for new opportunities, new jobs, and new ways of expressing human creativity.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 20, 2014

ICANN introduced the safety measure of domain locking, also known as registrar-lock, in 2004. Always have the information distributed to more than one person in case something happens to the person or their job. When you set the lock it prevents accidental modifications, such as transfers, from happening. Protect thy name.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 1, 2011

Godin and Amazon are attempting to change the way books are published much like CDBaby changed the way music was published and distributed. Anything You Want is another The Domino Project publication and a fitting one I think.

Small Business 73

Small Business RSS Marketing Social Media 73

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

Coupon distribution Creating membership type levels where people can get special treatment or special announcements is a great way to build community. You ask a question and then offer the responses via short code and watch the results populate your PowerPoint slide.

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SMS Marketing Mobile Social Media 78

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

That blog post – which turned into one of my most read posts ever – grew out of a study done by Correlation Ventures showing the distribution of outcomes across over 21,000 financings during the years 2004-2013 as well as some of my own observations.

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Marketing Venture Capital Finance Distribution 91

BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

In addition, imagine the competition to get distribution from the carriers-there are lots of little guys knocking on the door. Just look at Jamdat’s numbers: $90k revenue in 2001 with a $5mm loss and $7mm revenue in Q1 2004 with $740k profit which is an annualized revenue runrate of $28mm-not too bad in a few years.

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IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 78

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Personal Technology. What They Know. All Things Digital.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2006

For more background, I suggest reading a recent Red Herring article and one of my posts from Oct 2004 about goffice and specifically about a Google/Salesforce partnership. This would allow Google to leverage its strength – online distribution and a huge user community.

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BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

In addition, imagine the competition to get distribution from the carriers-there are lots of little guys knocking on the door. Just look at Jamdat’s numbers: $90k revenue in 2001 with a $5mm loss and $7mm revenue in Q1 2004 with $740k profit which is an annualized revenue runrate of $28mm-not too bad in a few years.

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IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 60

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

People Distribute Content If you’re creating online content, you’ve got to get the word out about it for people to share it far and wide with others. Beyond the creation of content itself, online content distribution begins with key relationships with others in your subject matter arena. It’s not called social media for nothing.

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Social Media Social Network Small Business Matching 48

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2012

Throughout our evolution, from privately held start-up to large, publicly listed company, we have managed Google for the long term — enjoying tremendous success as a result, especially since our IPO in 2004. I wanted to quote all that because these were the clear, well-publicized expectations we established for investors in 2004.

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Dilution Stock Government SEC 87

A Crowded Space

APRIL 5, 2012

In the early days of 2004 at oDesk, we had no feedback system. Take a look at rating distribution charts on Yelp. Unfortunately, that means that the simple average of these distributions pretty much always equals 4.0 I examined the scores at Amazon, Yelp, and oDesk and display the distribution of feedback scores below.

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2006

For more background, I suggest reading a recent Red Herring article and one of my posts from Oct 2004 about goffice and specifically about a Google/Salesforce partnership. This would allow Google to leverage its strength – online distribution and a huge user community.

Widget 60

Widget API Vertical Hosting 60

thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. As a VC who has built a fund focused on distributed connectivity and data analytics as a thesis, I am realistic about the current status of investment opportunities in the sector. We’ve been using simplistic robots for years, often without knowing it.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 84

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Case studies. Image credit. Case #1 – Appsumo. Case study #3 - Noritz.

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Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

A Crowded Space

MAY 8, 2017

When I first started my journey of learning in marketplaces it was 2004 and I was on the founding team at oDesk. Once you can clearly identify these distributions, you should think about putting different tiers of users in place. As an example, let’s assume we have a marketplace for used auto parts.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

After Amazon acquired that site, called Joyo, in 2004, Wang went on to build a new e-commerce site, DHGate. million buyers and distributes goods to 224 countries, with North America and Europe among its largest markets. It boasts 5.5

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