Aggregator Startup Vertical 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 5, 2010
Then let’s hope both startups can build national practices. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Watch this space. Team Pip.io had a very ambitious project.
VC Cafe
MARCH 1, 2024
Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
And for the record, that’s per month not total in aggregate! The media world now has its own leader running the largest YouTube multi-channel network startup. This has been a very welcome addition. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 4, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. But startups rarely have either luxury. Key-based partitioning.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2010
In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also. So I agree with Fred Wilson’s post that startup applications shouldn’t simply be plugging in minor feature gaps in Twitter’s offering. 2) I also clarified that the strategy of Ad.ly
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 17, 2011
This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. Were they vertically integrated ? So no whinging about what a long post this is!
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