View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Building a great product. We want to talk to you!

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You could then distribute flyers asking potential customers to contact you about the service, and find out how many are interested. You’ll also want to look at their portfolios, get introduced to past customers, to see whether their work is the level of quality you’d like for your developing idea. and overseas developers.

Web 160

Web Silicon Valley Salary Demand 160

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 195

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

1 Media , a German broadcaster (and one of our investors at Remagine Ventures) is using Hour One , (also a Remagine Ventures portfolio company), to create short news stories from text. Combining these four elements and using generative AI technology is also what another portfolio company of ours does. For example, ProSiebenSat.1

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Software Review Audio Technical Review 78

David Teten

JULY 12, 2012

E.g., See ffVC’s blog post about the JOBS act, which discusses portfolio company Indiegogo. Distribute press releases on free sites like: PRWeb.com , Free Press Release , and PRLog.com. I’ve donated lunch with me to some charities via this channel. Reach out to websites that profile entrepreneurs.

PR 122

PR Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 122

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s hard to do, which is why most demand generation advice merely advocates adding another channel or tool to the heap. At a bare minimum, correct goal tracking in Google Analytics identifies the most valuable on-site user behaviors and attributes them to a marketing channel. Create and distribute content to those segments.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

Taiyo has one of the most comprehensive generic product portfolios in the Japanese market and has a strong presence in all major distribution channels in Japan. Sony Classics bought the rights to distribute the film internationally. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Israel 79

Israel Switzerland Japan Technical Review 79

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. I’ve donated lunch with me to some charities via this channel. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. With 100% commitment to the digital world – Craze is using the latest technologies and constantly developing new methods (some patent pending) for selling and distributing music and videos.

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels > Assisted Conversions. If email assists, can we understand its order in the conversion process and which channel it most assists?

Analytics 160

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 160

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua I've covered this topic in detail in this blog post: Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check. I explain three different models (Online to Store, Across Multiple Devices, Across Digital Channels) and for each I've highlighted: 1. What's possible to measure. Rinse and repeat.

Analytics 125

Analytics Channel Metrics Web 125

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company). Insight Squared – SMB Business Intelligence (NextView Portfolio Company).

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation. Reusable Rockets – Satellite connectivity revenues could exceed $130bn per year in 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.) And we can use Lean Metrics ( Investment Readiness Level and Technology Readiness Levels ) and Lean Portfolio management tools to provide rigor to go/no go funding decisions.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Create interesting recruitment content and distribute it through all relevant social media networks. To pique the interest of such passive prospects, distribute recruitment-related content. Convert your channel traction into an effective social recruiting platform by implementing social recruiting tips for businesses.

Hiring 84

Hiring Developer Social Media Mobile 84

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Large companies] win by locking competitors out of their sales channels. The questions that arise most with respect to any category of IP at the earliest stages include: How will this affect our chances of getting funded on favorable terms ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

Silicon Valley 128

Silicon Valley Distribution San Francisco Denver 128

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Gordonsville, Virginia-based PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter store-brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retailers in the mass, club, grocery and drug channels in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM. Net-Aye is a subsidiary of Bar-Tec Ltd.

Israel 68

Israel OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Occam's Razor

APRIL 2, 2012

Multi-Channel Attribution is a red hot topic in our industry, and yet it is so poorly understood. Roll up your sleeves, put a smile on your face, grab a pinch of common sense, a heavy dose of reality and let's go… Three Types of Multi-Channel Attribution Problems. Multi-Channel Attribution. In case you were curious.

Channel 154

Channel Analytics Framework Advertising 154

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Probably too many to count; beverage giant Coca Cola has a portfolio of more than 3,500 beverages: diet, regular, sparkling, still, fruit juice, fruit drinks, waters, sports and energy drinks, soy-based beverages, etc. Like most B2C product categories these days, your product may compete in a very crowded environment.

Offshore 89

Offshore Social Media B2C United States 89

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. In at least one case, one of my portfolio companies wasn’t able to source the parts they would have really wanted because Apple had locked up the entire supply chain for that part!

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. I’ve donated lunch with me to some charities via this channel. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We believe this way we can extrapolate insights for our particular business model (portfolio operator VC fund) previously missed out.”. We make heavy use of Slack both internally and with our portfolio company founders for messaging and task progression. How can accelerating portfolio company value be aided by use of software?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 70

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Marketing: Which channels are they active on? Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. YETI tells a consistent story across all channels. Messaging: What language do they use?

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

To illustrate this, in the space I had available on the slide I was projecting, I shared some sense of effort/skills/time that might be required to take one step up… You can see that the initial elements are pretty small, then things get complicated, but it is not an even distribution. It is hard to optimize for the entire portfolio.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

Some metrics apply across all channels, like Awareness, Consideration and Purchase Intent. Analyzing these metrics not only fundamentally changes marketing strategy (think tens of millions of dollars for large companies); their insights can change your company’s product portfolio, your customer engagement strategies and much more.

Analytics 95

Analytics Framework Metrics Green 95

Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As for the challenge, the firm already had the know-how for developing the drone, and estimated both the implementation obstacles and the time to revenues as ‘mid’, taking into account the distribution requirements and the length of a sale cycle. The overall challenge was therefore estimated as ‘low-mid’.

Agile 54

Agile Technical Review Sales Cycle Distribution 54

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2018

Entering new markets can be a great way for your business to expand its portfolio and diversify its product offering. Identify Distribution Channels. In terms of actually reaching your customers with your message, you need to identify the channels and media they engage with most. Referral marketing. Influencer marketing.

Jacksonville 189

Jacksonville Due Diligence Exit Strategy Marketing 189

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2011

A pro subscription version allows fashion professionals to control their own profiles and create a dynamic online professional portfolio, as well as connect with other industry professionals – The Wall Street Journal even called the site “a fashion industry LinkedIn”. Who says technology isn’t fashionable?

Database 157

Database Distribution .Net Analytics 157

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 3) Developer Driven Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

When it comes to identifying what has changed, Labay continues: I’d think the first stop is analytics—who dropped off, what channels, who remained, etc., Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Sarah Guo: “We’re all operating on new ground here, but we do have companies in our portfolio that think about the next nine months to two years as a special time period for execution. Every company is going to get more distributed, more flexible, more global, and more digital-first. And I’m not saying every company becomes GitLab.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When you boil it down, the innovations around the creator economy consist of new ways to create, distribute and monetise content as well as direct to consumer models for fan engagement, monetisation and commerce. I was recently asked by Sifted to recommend exciting Creator Economy startups to watch, that are not part of our portfolio.

Israel 193

Israel Audio Startup Portfolio 193