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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

It’s up from 40 minutes in July 2014. Even by July 2014, Facebook’s core application had effectively saturated the US market, with more than 80% of US adults on Facebook. Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat.

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Cloud Europe 2017: The Factory is Cranking

Cracking the Code

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Our investments in the space have followed suit.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

Consider this quote from a NY Times article from 2014: Dr. Abbott collaborates with scientists at Columbia and elsewhere, trying to build computer models of how the brain might work. Single neurons, he said, are fairly well understood, as are small circuits of neurons.

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Tesla Is Not A Car Company

Austin Startup

Rather, Tesla will be a full stack, vertically integrated clean energy company. This may increase transportation use in aggregate, but it will accelerate the percentage of trips made using electric rather than internal combustion engines. In 2014, Tesla promised that it wouldn’t sue anyone who violated its patents.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

Consider this quote from a NY Times article from 2014: Dr. Abbott collaborates with scientists at Columbia and elsewhere, trying to build computer models of how the brain might work. Single neurons, he said, are fairly well understood, as are small circuits of neurons.

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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

… You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis. In my case I'm looking at Social Media (boss LOVES social!), Direct Traffic (I get a lot of it!)

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

You can see a specific shift in strategy starting May 2014 for Shutterstock, while we have continued to plod along at the same pace. but then ignore them as they are quite useless aggregated at this level. The GA team pulls together analysis from your industry vertical, country and like-sized websites. They should, right?

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