Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Scale Horizontally (or “scale out”): Add more nodes to a system, such as adding a new computer to a distributed software application. My entire world functions as a large and wide distributed network. Our reach, network, visibility, and impact has grown significantly since 2007.

South Africa 70

South Africa Vertical Los Angeles Minneapolis 70

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. RigUp was founded by Xuan Yong and Mike Witte in Austin, Texas in March of 2014.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Deepika Padukone, Best Bollywood actress of 2014. Mobile Data usage on the Network growing 14-15 % QoQ. Apple has a very limited market presence in India, due to high price and limited distribution. This will grow rapidly with the population of first time internet users, accessing Internet via handsets on mobile data networks.

India 74

India Indonesia Israel China 74

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. mahabis #slippers #packaging #shoes #footwear #design A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Jul 16, 2014 at 3:50am PDT. Image source ).

Product 110

Product Campaign Acquisition Social Media 110

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How to Honor Your Most Important Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing One of the things that technology has surely enabled is the ability to build a truly global network. photo credit: weeviraporn via photopin cc. Call your mom today!).

Social Media 78

Social Media Technical Review SEO Distribution 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Extend your networking into peer interest groups outside your school. Peers won’t be able to help you much in finding external investors, co-founders with prior experience and industry connections for distribution and marketing. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/07/2014. Get real experience early.

Chad 279

Chad Incubator Dilution LLC 279

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This is because these are very unique products compared to the other Focus and Fit models, due to electric vehicles having more limited distribution, and a highly unique list of selling points that deserve to be focused on separately. According to Google, a good CTR in the search network is one that is above 1%.

PPC 114

PPC Matching Technical Review Search 114

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app that mashes up existing technology derived from early social-networking applications. Mashup probably reminds senior leaders of a train wreck, and social networking is still seen by many business executives as a frivolous waste of time.

Technology 245

Technology Customer Elevator Pitch Social Network 245

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. A person receives an email about an endorsement, they visit the platform to view it, and then they’re nudged to endorse people in their own networks. The result? Revival messaging. Image source.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Though it may seem obvious, according to the CMO Survey , which collected responses from Fortune 1000, Forbes Top 200, and other high ranking Marketers, found that the state of analytics even now in 2014, is quite dismal. You may want to bring this data in by integrating with your Ad Server, social network, DMP, or D3P.

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Analytics Software Review Metadata Campaign 113

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Coming off a massive hacking incident of Sony Pictures where unauthorized security breaches led to highly sensitive information and unreleased films being distributed online, it seems rightfully so that many other corporations are now on their guard to prevent something similar happening to them.

Security 165

Security Seattle Distribution Networking 165

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Anyone who has ever spent time with Apoorva knows how smart he is, but we were too focused on how how operationally tough it would be to build up such a shopping delivery network. We loved the product, but weren’t convinced it would get much distribution quickly. Today, Instacart is the 6th most valuable company out of YC. Carta (prev.

Portfolio 201

Portfolio Cap Table Early Stage Valuation 201

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Because of the magical ordering system and the ability to efficiently organize a distributed set of drivers, Uber can operate effectively in markets where it simply didn’t make sense to have a dense supply of taxis. Increasing returns are particularly powerful when a network effect is present. New Use Cases. Use in less urban areas.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

It’s actually hard to find an investment thesis that was hot in 2014 that hasn’t had a corresponding disillusionment today. Normal distributions do not exist; standard deviations are meaningless. Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world.

Harvest 60

Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? How wide do you want to grow production and distribution, or do you want to focus on selling over your own bar?

Oregon 60

Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2013

They’re here: electronic wallets, mobile credit card payments, smartphone powered gift cards, combination transit/debit cards are available today and they will grow in importance and ubiquity in 2014. Health care and employees. Related posts: Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way.

Small Business 102

Small Business Social Media Startup Database 102

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2013

I started a couple of weeks ago with the first part of a post on small business trends for 2014; today I have 5 more trends that I’d like to share. And Ebay is building a network of couriers who, for a fee as little as $5, will acquire merchandise locally and deliver it directly to user’s doors, often within the hour.

Small Business 92

Small Business Securities and Exchange Commission Social Media Startup 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, distributions to LPs have been pushed out a few years but the value capture in privates by the best VC firms (and best LPs) has been enormous. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. trillion in value. As a result the best companies grow faster than any time in human history.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital IPO Mezzanine Early Stage 292

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

In 2014, when Satya Nadella succeeded Steve Ballmer and became CEO, Microsoft was worth $330B. The distributed workforce will continue to add impetus to the zero trust architecture imperative and infrastructure as code will lead to the convergence of code security, application security and cloud security.

Global 62

Global Israel Europe Software Review 62

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market. Also like high deductibles, coinsurance usage in on the rise.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2014

When Avi Networks founders Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah, and Ranga Rajagopalan first came to Lightspeed in 2012 with their vision of bringing the benefits of a hyperscale approach to application delivery and layer 4-7 services, it made perfect sense to us.

Architecture 121

Architecture Stealth Agile Distribution 121

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

From 2010 to 2014, the company launched their service nationwide and received over $50 million in funding. Vrse was founded to utilize VR as a storytelling medium by developing the technology required to create, play, and distribute “immersive VR films.” changed their name to Simply Measured. Product Pivot. .

Naming 48

Naming Startup Marketing Technical Review 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Hopefully we will see you there! FutureStack. Approach the future from different angles at the FutureStack Conference. GigaOM Structure.

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Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

She is a member of the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, a Fortune Most Powerful Women attendee, and has received numerous accolades, including being chosen as a Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur and American Express. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Their story is impressive: They went from crushing cranberries and almonds into a sticky paste on a kitchen counter without knowing anything about food production, regulations and retail, to launching a company with manufacturing facilities, an ever-growing national distribution network, thousands of buyers (including Whole Foods).

Seattle 158

Seattle United States Cofounder Demand 158

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In the US, eMarketer projects that online video ad spending will more than triple between 2010 and 2014, rising from $1.5 The graph below shows the top 10 countries in terms of time spent online: It doesn’t end there.

Internet 135

Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In the US, eMarketer projects that online video ad spending will more than triple between 2010 and 2014, rising from $1.5 The graph below shows the top 10 countries in terms of time spent online: It doesn’t end there.

Internet 135

Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In the US, eMarketer projects that online video ad spending will more than triple between 2010 and 2014, rising from $1.5 The graph below shows the top 10 countries in terms of time spent online: It doesn’t end there.

Internet 135

Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

What if the burden of distribution was removed by clever recommendation engines as we’ve seen with TikTok? For the first time, a few pieces of the puzzle are coming together to make high quality content easily created, distributed, consumed and monetised. What if anyone with an idea could produce high quality content at scale?

Artificial Inteligence 144

Artificial Inteligence Green Algorithm Engineer 144

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

In the US, eMarketer projects that online video ad spending will more than triple between 2010 and 2014, rising from $1.5 In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices. billion to $5.5

Internet 138

Internet Israel Canada Advertising 138

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

In 2008, famed digital trends and internet analyst Mary Meeker predicted that mobile web traffic would overtake desktop traffic by 2014. Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly. We blew past that point even quicker than she predicted. you may be presenting your users with a subpar experience.

Mobile 48

Mobile Design Technical Review RSS 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. Dinner Elf We founded Dinner Elf in 2014 because as two busy parents, we weren’t pulling off family dinners.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Hunter Walker

APRIL 20, 2014

As the number of Homebrew companies grow, some are preparing for a Series A in 2014 (we’ve backed more teams than are currently public on our website). A network effect? A distribution relationship? What have you done/learned thus far that puts you in an advantage position against competitors or incumbents?

Term Sheet 116

Term Sheet Lean Distribution Web 116

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2016

Meanwhile, e-commerce sites are getting larger and slower all the time – according to Web Performance Today , the median e-commerce page grew 67% between Summer 2013 and Summer 2014, and loaded more than a second lower across the same survey period. Content Delivery Networks. Load Distribution.

Caching 100

Caching Widget Cloud Open Source 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With the benefit of global networks and expertise, we have to help customers stay compliant with import and export regulations around the world. For instance, we are working with one customer on the faster distribution of clinical kits from Singapore to hospitals in China. 3] Frost & Sullivan, 2014. [4] 1] [link]. [2]

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Asia China Singapore Forecast 100