Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Social Media based Discovery Traffic Breaks Out. The aggregation of such high-intent traffic is what makes Google a formidable force on the Internet. However, the emergence of social media in the past few years has created a new web where people are the nodes, connected through the social graph. Are you ready? *A

Internet 114

Internet Media Social Media Advertising 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They're going strong , and constantly adapting their platform to users' changing needs for information and social media aggregation. Vente-Privée is a retail site selling designer products at invitation-only online sales. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. It has infiltrated the U.K.,

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks.

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2018

It helps in improving productivity. This has a direct influence on the productivity of your company. You can the right candidates from places like job aggregators a place where recruiters post jobs and professional networks like LinkedIn. This will ensure the employees are happy and productive. SmashFly.

Management 100

Management Software Review Software Technical Review 100

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Simply put, IoT is a combination of sensor and data analytics systems, helping businesses aggregate metrics to make more accurate decisions. The benefits of IoT even expand into products and services. But there are plenty of cost-saving, productivity and even hiring benefits that make remote work an attractive option.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Measure retention rate over time in aggregate – or for optimal health, segment retention rate – and measure it for the various objectives you have set for your email marketing program. I am very fond of this metric because it stresses productivity. I’m using the term action generically.

Metrics 138

Metrics Campaign Email Marketing 138

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

eXpireTrack – Track and plan for the date that products are to expire. Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. GroupSwim – Social collaboration and community tools to bring your employees, customers, and partners together.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Product Hunt, an 18-month old startup, has evolved from a basic idea into a thriving online community. It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. Check out his post on how he launched Product Hunt, a story captured in tweets, emails, and photos.

Lean 60

Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It’s all about the product. The only thing that matters is how good your product is. At Fab, our virtual product is our website & apps, our physical products are the merchandise we sell, and our experience product is our operations and service. Getting all 3 parts of our product right is everything.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

Working with this dataset can be valuable in terms of understanding the underlying structure of Google Analytics data and experimenting with a number of advanced statistical and data mining techniques that can’t be applied when the data is in aggregate form (which is the norm with standard Google Analytics.). Conclusion.

Analytics 94

Analytics Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review 94

VC Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

Targeting ages 3-12, Vikido was visually designed to work using the most basic skills, so kids who can’t read yet can also enjoy the product features.

Social Network 99

Social Network Networking Web Audio 99

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

At a high level, user experience is the aggregate and subjective experience of using a product such as a website or app. Is your product or website useful in any way? User testing is basically testing a product or experience with real users. It contains more than just good visual design or proper usability. Image Source.

Conversion 103

Conversion Metrics Architecture Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2014

Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. Combining the features of several successful products will not assure success (“something for everyone”).

Entrepreneur 276

Entrepreneur Aggregator Engineer Social Network 276

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. The configuration of the team was: 1 CEO, 1 Product Lead and a tech team of 6 people. They already had a completed product and a distribution deal with the largest affiliate network company, Commission Junction. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset.

Advertising 284

Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

These include products, services or raw materials. 2) Using advanced web and mobile data networks to track goods, aggregate usage, customer and product information, and strengthen customer intelligence. These include products, services or raw materials. 5) Embrace social networks and go deep.

Social Network 178

Social Network Networking Aggregator Green 178

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2013

Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. Combining the features of several successful products will not assure success (“something for everyone”).

Startup 248

Startup Aggregator Engineer Social Network 248

YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2011

View an aggregation of customer reviews and online mentions. Respond, re-tweet, take actions or create a new conversation on major social sites. Highlight influencers in your Social Customer Relationship Management (CRM). The product is available for all small business owners and not limited to American Express Cardmembers.

Small Business 162

Small Business Management Aggregator Social Network 162

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

“Carriers are moving rapidly to IP-based mobile backhaul, and Wintegra’s product offering is uniquely positioned to enable this packet transition and breakthrough the bandwidth bottlenecks faced in mobile networks,&# said Greg Lang, president and chief executive officer of PMC-Sierra. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc.,

Israel 79

Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2011

Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. Combining the features of several successful products will not assure success (“something for everyone”).

Startup 226

Startup Aggregator Social Network Web 226

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Social Network Forecast 48

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But to use hashtags effectively, you must do more than just plug them into your tweets on Twitter or posts on Instagram, Facebook or another social network. When a person adds a hashtag to their post, that hashtag is indexed by social networks and the content becomes more easily searchable and discoverable by others.

Small Business 191

Small Business Marketing Social Media Social Network 191

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 9) Time, market, and exit investment.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Seems an obvious fit.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2010

For as long as I can remember, computer users have been complaining about the array of names and passwords required to get work done – a different unique user identification name and password are required to start the computer, email, social networks, banking, read online news, connect to the office, or check your phone bill.

Startup 199

Startup Non-Compete Aggregator Security 199

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

Likewise, if you see the massive amount of traffic coming from SEO you have to know how many of those people are buying your product. As an example, Bidsketch is a product launched by a Micropreneur Academy member. Without that knowledge you are flying blind and cannot properly allocate your efforts. 3 Dan on 01.12.10 at 9:32 pm [.]

Software Review 55

Software Review Marketing Startup PPC 55

Gust

JULY 27, 2014

Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. Combining the features of several successful products will not assure success (“something for everyone”).

Entrepreneur 182

Entrepreneur Aggregator Engineer Social Network 182

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2010

Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia lists about 300 sites by name, which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. CEOWorld Magazine prioritizes about 40 of the most famous business networking sites.

Startup 175

Startup Aggregator Social Network Engineer 175

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Broadtec ‘s MYTV integrated broadcast management system incorporates sophisticated planning, logistics, rights management, Commercials, media production & inventory. Broadtec’s offers Full end to end solution – advanced play list technology and production tools – Easy to use, Short implementation time – Very competitively priced.

Media 145

Media Israel Social Network Flash 145

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Again, this could be whether you’re an up and running business, trying to start something new, launch a new product, that kind of thing, or somebody who just wants to try something completely new. Literally, a great way of audience validating a product in a consumer setting is a little sliced pieces of cookies up at the counter.

Small Business 60

Small Business Email Startup Aggregator 60

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

One quick but important note - similar to managing any other type of brand - it's not a sustainable strategy to try and cover up terrible products with a good brand. Representation is a large part of any social network, but some more than others.". Aggregate and curate to reinforce. Turns out, they do online, as well.

Elevator Pitch 144

Elevator Pitch Management Aggregator Curation 144

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

The way in which our prospects, our customers, us as individuals, go about finding the things, the products, and the services, and the companies we want to do business with, has changed dramatically. Obviously there’s the elements of creating content and putting that content out there in social networks of your own assets.

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

One inbox, all of your social media accounts and social network messages at the same place. MultiMi aggregates messages from email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and file storage services. Perhaps AVG’s 110 million users worldwide will give the product the boost it needs to go viral.

Social Media 84

Social Media Israel Social Network Aggregator 84

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

In my presentation this morning, I emphasized three key areas: reducing the personal cost of failure for entrepreneurs, innovation-friendly legal reforms, and access to the digital means of production (slides from my White House presentation are available at the end of this post). When that concept didnt pan out, he decided to pivot.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2016

When customers engage better with your business, they become more comfortable using your product. This is a strategy that has been successfully used by social networks, ecommerce stores and even enterprise businesses to drive customer engagement and build revenues. What exactly is gamification? Leaderboards. Virtual Currencies.

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eCommerce Social Network Aggregator Lead Generation 100