David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

There is a dark cloud over the internet sector due to the weak performance of the Facebook IPO. But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies).

Technical Review 61

Technical Review SMS Internet B2C 61

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

When you are on a mobile device using cloud-based services there is something transformational in play, which is that not only are you bypassing many of the controls that dictate how you use apps but you are also using a network that is not under the control of your company. 1) Mobile creates clash of user experiences.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Cloud B2C Mobile 62

Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

What gets less attention, but is equally (if not more) valuable, is the business-use side of GenAI content creation: marketing. Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development.

Software 84

Software Sales Marketing Vertical 84

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

That’s also how Anand Singh and Harveen Narulla felt, and that is why they founded GreenBills Pte Ltd, the technology start-up behind e-bill aggregation solution GreenPost. Singh and Narulla believe they have found the answer, and that is: aggregated e-billing. Not to mention, it’s a massive waste of paper.

Green 248

Green Singapore B2C Aggregator 248

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

At ZQI U, a vast number of students enroll into online-only courses (just like our analytics, PPC, mobile, and SEO Master Certification students at my awesome Market Motive ). Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. The answer is simple: Aggregators. They do everything.

Analytics 140

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 140

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. But in this context, how do you calibrate your sales and marketing investment and how do you know if these tradeoffs make sense and are ultimately “profitable”?

Software Review 48

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