YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2013

Boyd Au is the co-founder of Enzer Corporation and served as the CEO from 1984 to 2007. After stepping down and selling all of his shares in 2007, he is now an investor at 7 Notes Capital. All investors have the same objectives that are: good return on the money invested, capable management team, and money in safe hands.

Singapore 196

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2019

As a case in point, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta published a graphic indicating that stock prices plunged 50% from the high to low between October 2007-March 2009. We’ve seen significantly fewer IPOs pre-and post the financial crisis ( 213 in 2007, 31 in 2008, and 222 in 2013).

Detroit 113

Detroit Stock Atlanta Chicago 113

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In June of 2013, as I was putting together my thoughts for the K9 Ventures annual meeting, I decided to sit back and reflect on what I thought was happening in “Venture Land”. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. It is published here in relatively raw form. Comments and feedback are always welcome.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2014

In the fall of 2013, we raised a similar type of fund called Foundry Group Select. It was a $225 million fund, just like our other three $225 million funds raised in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Our goal is to make about 30 investments in each fund (2007 has 28, 2010 had 31) that range between $5m and $15m over the life of the company.

Early Stage 147

Early Stage Later Stage Syndicate Syndication 147

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Likely encouraged by various government schemes to grow the games and animation sector , the Singapore video games industry in recent years have expanded rapidly, growing from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007. “Mobile games are the fastest-growing segment, with revenue set to nearly double between 2013 and 2015 from US$13.2

Singapore 145

Singapore Mobile Malaysia Thailand 145

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

By Carla Freberg, Sales Manager – Vendor Services Group, Balboa Capital. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that 90 million shoppers descended upon shopping malls, strip malls and freestanding retail outlets on Black Friday in 2013. increase over 2013’s actual sales numbers. Determine Your Sales Goals.

PPC 193

PPC Advertising Louisiana Sales 193

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2013, everything changed. I partnered up with Harrison Woods, then-Managing Director of Primal Parking. One of our customer service executives recently discovered a space owner who’s been using the platform since 2007. But so many managers seemed to switch off at the first mention of ‘commission’.

Cofounder 127

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

This last project was created in 2005 and it has managed to discover more than 50 pulsar and about 20 previously unknown gamma-ray pulsars. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation. million CPUs.

Search 179

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2014

In the fall of 2013, we raised a similar type of fund called Foundry Group Select. It was a $225 million fund, just like our other three $225 million funds raised in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Our goal is to make about 30 investments in each fund (2007 has 28, 2010 had 31) that range between $5m and $15m over the life of the company.

Early Stage 108

Early Stage Later Stage Syndicate Syndication 108

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Agrawal, Catalini, and Goldfarb (2013) examined the types of risks that donors encounter in crowdfunding. If you help manage a crowdfunding platform, consider publicizing the names of people who show interest in a campaign. Harms (2007) found that economic value was one of the strongest motivators for crowdfunding supporters.

Campaign 48

Campaign Reputation Metrics Naming 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

So the reality is that yesterday’s winners are no guarantee of tomorrow’s success and today’s emerging managers might just be tomorrow’s best investors. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. Neither did Andreessen Horowitz. It is changing.

LP 374

LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

Hunter Walker

JUNE 30, 2017

I worked at Google from 2003-2013 and at YouTube 2007-2013. Apple approached YouTube abt being default app on 1st iPhone.

API 48

API Mobile Video Operations 48

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. Jon and Pierre working on the first business plan in 2007 A few brainstorming sessions later, and a new strategy was born.

Software 48

Software France Germany New York 48

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

I was one of the day one execs of LVLT, as well as an early member of the management team of MFS Communications. By the time we sold to Level 3, our total proceeds to equity owners and management were $225M. By 2007, they were doing quite well. Circa 2007, this was considered a ridiculous approach. We paid them $8.7M

Bandwidth 147

Bandwidth Colorado Startup IRR 147

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2015

.” Each of our funds is $225 million, we have four partners and no other investment staff, and we work out of the same office we’ve worked out of since we started in 2007. We’ve had opportunities to raise much larger funds and have considered it in the past given a variety of factors.

Syndicate 70

Syndicate Syndication Limited Partner Finance 70

ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2014

For example, I once had a client that sold law office practice management software. When surveying the competition, their customers, and the market at large, I learned that most law offices wouldn’t even consider purchasing a practice management software unless they knew: That it was being used by real lawyers. image source.

Software Review 72

Software Review Lead Generation Design Campaign 72

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

During Techstars 2013 Boulder Demo Day, led by Managing Director Luke Beatty – who skillfully took the baton from Nicole Glaros – it occurred to me that reflection is now warranted. The first Techstars class matriculated in 2007. Looking forward – not back – is the Boulder startup community’s natural disposition.

Colorado 141

Colorado Seattle Silicon Valley Warrant 141

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

When I first heard about VC firms in the late 1980s, and my first company (Feld Technologies) started writing portfolio management software for some Boston-based VC firms, many of them had funds with SBIC leverage, although even by the late 1980s this was changing and many of them had shifted away from the SBIC. .”

SBIC 142

SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 142

NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

Personality styles – these include models such as DiSC , (Wiley, 2007) Myers and Briggs and our own Circles of Empowerment Interaction Styles at EnQPractice (Geyer, 2013), designed to understand what drives the behavior of individuals. NZ Sales Manager. (Kolb & Wagner, 2015).The NZ Entrepreneur. Australian Sales Leader.

South Africa 52

South Africa Entrepreneur New Zealand Leadership 52

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2018

In 2013 she was announced as one of the greatest thinkers in the Nordic by Nordic Business Forum. I opened my office in Copenhagen in 2007, Austin, TX in 2015, and in 2018 I will be opening my next office in Palo Alto. Women in business are on the rise. Soulaima Gourani is a lecturer, corporate advisor, and author.

Global 70

Global India Networking Cofounder 70

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Letting Developers Manage Transactional Emails. But the reality is very different—according to ReturnPath’s 2013 Email Intelligence report, 22% of opt-in emails never make it to the inbox. Whoever manages your DNS can help you publish your authentication records. Where Transactional Emails Go Wrong. Is this timely?

Email 48

Email Canada Technical Review Software Review 48

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2014

explained Flint McGlaughlin, Managing Director and CEO of MECLABS. “ As of May, 2013, they attained 3,000 new customers and a total of more than $3.6 Taylor Kennedy, Senior Research Manager, MECLABS, who led the project, observed that Sierra Tucson buried the value of what they provided clientele in their navigation.

Clickthrough 100

Clickthrough Cost Tucson Customer 100

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Secondly, because he had single-handedly managed to achieve something that my adopted startup hometown of London (despite a fair amount of wailing and hand-wringing) has not yet achieved; namely, an incredibly successful public flotation of a homegrown tech company listing on the local market. and RealEstate.com.au BigCommerce.

Australia 146

Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

January 14th, 2013. Prior to the iPhone’s introduction in mid-2007, designers could rely on windows at least 700 pixels wide (if they ignored accessibility). January 14th, 2013 6:40 am. It seems that designing for the future is as much a technical issue as it is one of content management (or content understanding).

Mobile 101

Mobile HTML Flash Software Review 101

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2015

Since its launch in 2007, Facebook’s Pages have promised businesses a free online presence with which to connect to customers, offering the opportunity to publish updates and promotional content directly into their news feeds. In fact, Facebook has been slashing organic reach for years. Small Business.

Social Media 28

Social Media Algorithm Social Network SEO 28

Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

. | A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited » July 16, 2007. Through managing expenses and getting paid for added value, the business has some positive cash flow. Through managing expenses and getting paid for added value, the business has some positive cash flow. April 2013. January 2013. October 2012.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 60

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

» October 02, 2007. And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum. And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum. April 2013. January 2013. October 2012.

Business Model 60

Business Model Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 60

Tim Keane

JULY 6, 2007

» July 06, 2007. Heres a great comment from Ryan that I just posted: "My fellow angel network managers say that they usually wont talk to inventors because the company anticipated is usually not ready for angel investment. April 2013. January 2013. Managing Company Growth. When is the time? October 2012.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 60

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Build a true, peer-to-peer management culture. It also helps weed out the weak links without much management interference. I was also pretty convinced that we would live in a world where online video would be pervasive and so we started NewTeeVee in 2007. It also turns us into micro-managers. These are not stratagems.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. There’s no way to manage the risk. Dan has a B.A. On Sushi and VC. That makes it scary to me.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Investing in Groups - best practices of Angels » October 30, 2007. In another company, the finance manger decided to cancel the software maintenance fee for the company management system since the company never called the help desk. April 2013. January 2013. Managing Company Growth. God is in the details."

Wisconsin 68

Wisconsin Architecture Startup Angel Investor 68

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

" Mies van der Rohe » October 03, 2007. April 2013. January 2013. Managing Company Growth. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? Main. | "God is in the details." We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! Enter your Email.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Marketing Business Model Angel Investor 60

Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

» July 20, 2007. April 2013. January 2013. Managing Company Growth. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited | Main. | Is Business Model Analysis Important To You? Thoughts for New Angels. Enter your Email. Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz.

Italy 60

Italy Angel Investor Wisconsin Harvest 60

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Kik Interactive, Inc (@Kik) September 16, 2013. In my third co-op term I got a job at RIM (now BlackBerry), I started in May 2007, about a month before the iPhone initially came out. Livingston returned for his fourth and fifth intern spells with RIM, occupying a “really amazing” position within the consumer product management team.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

When they met to discuss and attempt to address the issue in January 2013, they realized they had little insight into exactly why customers were leaving. Before 2007, O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica Europe , had a ton of disparate data and very little insight as to what it all meant. Think project management (eg. The Execution.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. VIPKid , which was founded in 2013 by Cindy Mi , is a truly amazing story. Hipcamp (*) was founded in 2013 by Alyssa Ravasio as an engine to search across the dozens and dozens of State and National park websites for campsite availability.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

I n this 2007 interview with Martin White of IntranetFocus , he says: “Recognize synonyms and different international terms. For sites with large inventory, that might mean narrowing down 3,000 results to something more manageable like 489 – helping your visitor to get to the product they want faster & with fewer clicks.

Search 107

Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107