Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The acquisition of Omniture by Adobe for $1.8B and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. software. (10).

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? A lot has changed. link] leehower.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Founding Date: 2004.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 9, 2012

Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – [link]. Google’s Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 14 Best Web Design Trends of 2012 – [link].

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. Ebay’s third largest acquisition in the last 3 years. Onwards to 2012!

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Most Memorable Quotes (I Could Capture) From Startup School 2012 | The Art of Ass-Kicking – [link]. The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions – Chris Dixon – [link]. The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself | Harvard Business Review – [link]. ” | Fast Code Design – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Before starting an online casino take time to study the online software providers that exist. Determined to give their customers the best software solutions, they have support structures that give the best experience to entrepreneurs. The first move involves identifying a software provider. Setup a white label!

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Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Due to very positive market resonance, we're looking to quickly ramp up a sales team of two to three people. Device Ident is a startup founded in 2012 and sells online fraud prevention software as well as services since January of this year. Please excuse this commercial break on BabblingVC. Contact Roberto or drop me a line. .

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Posted on May 31, 2012. For example, immediately after you confirm your email address, I’ll send you a link to watch a free 45 minute training video on improving the first run experience of your software.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

billion smartphone users in 2012. Although this gap is decreasing due to the rise of mobile website optimization , conversion rates for these websites are still poor when compared to their desktop counterparts. These users may be visiting to check inventory, look at reviews, read blog articles, or even compare pricing.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Hack stars making app development and learning to code easier are abundant. As Lauren Orsini pointed out in her review this year, “Today’s gaming landscape is shrinking, filled with increasing DRM limits that keep us from fully owning the games and consoles we thought we bought.” Humanized robots are making headlines.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

In the popular imagination, Silicon Valley is mythologized as a place where entrepreneurs who are barely old enough to vote conjure a few thousand lines of code into billion-dollar companies in a matter of months. It’s hard to imagine he could have a coherent long-term plan given that his due diligence doesn’t extend to surnames. (It’s

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. The dashboard is just a plain list of tests on a white background.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. It’s core business is cashflow positive, excluding marketing spend for new customer acquisition.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. Once they reviewed qualitative parent feedback, it became clear.

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. I’ll break down Chewy’s business based on their recent S-1 filing here.

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Venture Chronicles

MAY 16, 2012

Lars Dalgaard came to SAP through the Successfactors acquisition and in a very short period of time he has established himself as a disrupter as well as consolidator of power. users and only 29m reviews doesn’t suggest a high degree of interaction. over to fill the gap?). SAP knows databases.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Conference 2012. My delusions of coding grandeur quickly subsided and realized that I was not going to hack it. So, we chose a business concept, established the pain point, discussed the solution, identified monetization and customer acquisition strategies, and assessed market opportunity. Acquisition. female founders.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lincoln Murphy cites a 3% conversion rate for SaaS and B2B web apps; a 2012 article on several leading platforms suggested a range between 1 and 10%. Nonetheless, sharpening targeting for user acquisition or offering a trial only to some users (e.g. Slack, in 2014, converted at 30%. Free trial. Free-trial models. Hybrid models.

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conversionxl.com

APRIL 29, 2014

Website Reviews. Of all of those free ebooks, courses & discount codes, how many of those companies did you ever actually become a customer of? But it was never “free months” that kept me from using the software. For example , lets say you sell landing page software & I’m a registered lead, but not yet a paying customer.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

SiriusDecisions Rearchitected Demand Waterfall (2012). This is the model my customers referenced when I was selling them demand-gen software in 2014. I also liked the DemandGen Framework because it considered customer expansion revenue in addition to the acquisition side , which is covered by the SiriusDecisions models.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester. .

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

September 2012 A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Writing software is a great way to solve (b), but you can still end up constrained in (a). If you write software to teach Tibetan to Hungarian speakers, youll be able to reach most of the people who want it, but there wont be many of them.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

For a software company whose success hinges on whether customers actually use the product , not having those 6 words severs the personal connection with the experience, and makes it feel like you’re using just another piece of software. That being said…. hint: tweet this ). Good Microcopy Comes From Knowing Your User. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

For a software company whose success hinges on whether customers actually use the product , not having those 6 words severs the personal connection with the experience, and makes it feel like you’re using just another piece of software. That being said…. hint: tweet this ). Good Microcopy Comes From Knowing Your User. image source.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

2012 Events. Acquisition. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. Additionally, he’s looking for companies that have a long-term potential to be Microsoft partners or acquisitions. It was fiercely independent, and was, until its HP acquisition, one of the few PC makers still assembling computers in North America. what’s hot?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

For a software company whose success hinges on whether customers actually use the product , not having those 6 words severs the personal connection with the experience, and makes it feel like you’re using just another piece of software. That being said…. hint: tweet this ). Good Microcopy Comes From Knowing Your User. image source.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. With patience as one of my least prominent traits I didn’t want to spend 6 months coding, and 12 months launching/learning/trying to find product/market fit. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. ” moment.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. With patience as one of my least prominent traits I didn’t want to spend 6 months coding, and 12 months launching/learning/trying to find product/market fit. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. ” moment.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. With patience as one of my least prominent traits I didn’t want to spend 6 months coding, and 12 months launching/learning/trying to find product/market fit. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. Another Next Thing.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

For a software company whose success hinges on whether customers actually use the product , not having those 6 words severs the personal connection with the experience, and makes it feel like you’re using just another piece of software. That being said…. hint: tweet this ). Good Microcopy Comes From Knowing Your User. image source.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour. Beyond Verbal (2012) – understands people’s moods, attitudes and emotional characteristics (also known as personality) from their raw vocal intonations in real-time, as they speak. Raised $8M in series B in September 2016.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

Featuring product bundles can also be used as a traffic acquisition tactic or lead magnet , setting the stage for email marketing , retargeting campaigns & other customer on-boarding campaigns. Product bundles are often sold at a discount in order to raise the perceived value of buying multiple products at once.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy.

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