Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to convert users to paying customers. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

Revenue 287

Revenue Startup Business Model Retention 287

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Fred describes the general 100/10/1 rule as applied to social platforms, where 1% of users will create content, 10% will engage with it, and 100% will consume it once they are logged in. For example, if we were to take a social network like Facebook or Twitter, we might end up with something that looks like the diagram below (n.b.

Social Network 167

Social Network Metrics Framework Networking 167

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. might have been a lot less differentiated. might have been a lot less differentiated. “And importantly Web 2.0

Term Sheet 303

Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to convert users to paying customers. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

Revenue 184

Revenue Startup Retention Internet 184

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2013

Exploit Technologies has been working with A*STAR Research Institutes and partner organizations to develop portfolios of enabling technologies to help strengthen the sector’s competitiveness. It also picks up disparate forms of information from online media including blogs, social networks, restaurant web sites and more.

Singapore 140

Singapore Asia Networking Technology 140

View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

And if you’re easily able to get an introduction to a particular partner through a close tie in your own network, that’s often just the right approach. But the fashion of VC titles changes over time, as there is a constant tug between conveying influence to the outside world for every team member while differentiating among rank.

Partner 120

Partner Term Sheet Reputation Deal Flow 120

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the case of social software all the evidence suggests that the investment theme is strong and there will be more winners in this space, but the next generation will work hard to differentiate themselves from their forbears by specialising in different process areas or distinct verticals.

Acquisition 94

Acquisition Vertical eCommerce Flash 94

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. Many prominent LPs have also recognized the “prorata opportunity” and have set up “direct investment vehicles” themselves to take prorata stakes in their managers portfolio companies.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Unless you have a differentiated angle / approach to the problem AND/OR significant traction, an investor won’t be able to understand why you stand out and why to back your horse instead of someone else’s. Especially at the early stages.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Unless you have a differentiated angle / approach to the problem AND/OR significant traction, an investor won’t be able to understand why you stand out and why to back your horse instead of someone else’s. Especially at the early stages.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Most search portfolios (Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization) have a unhealthy obsessions with our brand terms. One sweet feature that differentiates segment creation in Google Analytics from that of other vendors is the ability to do real time QA (quality control) and test the segment you have created. Branding baby!

Analytics 105

Analytics Web Search Non-Compete 105

Transformify

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Either they can't acquire new clients or collect payment from the existing customers or they fail to develop their skills and differentiate themselves from the competition. It is common for a freelancer to be asked to provide references, links to their portfolio and previously completed projects, etc.

Software Review 67

Software Review Bankruptcy Portfolio Advertising 67

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. What’s your differential business strategy? Your differential growth strategy?

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

10 – Unique Social Network. For the free social media portion, think LinkedIn or (even Facebook) meets Soundcloud, meets Instagram or EyeEm, meets YouTube, meets Patreon, with a focus on collaboration and an environment that fosters cooperative creativity and encourages mutual support among artists. Photo Credit: Dr.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 102

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

This version has some additional details on a portfolio company I’ve invested in, which are disclosed below. While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. It will be differentiated.

SMS 325

SMS Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 325

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Sequoia’s “Adapting to Endure” Sequoia presented this deck to a group of portfolio founders and it quickly spread online to founders worldwide. We may see many VC funds increase their reserves strategies to triage their portfolio through this high-bar Series A environment. Notable tech layoffs (source: Protocol ).

Venture Capital 183

Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 183

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. But the short answer is that the best intro is from a portfolio company of that VC or by other entrepreneurs whom that VC respects.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Flash Networks’ Harmony My-i is a phone-top toolbar that provides a user-friendly interface to access personalized and targeted content while browsing the open Internet. IPgallery’s deployed converged communication solutions include core network centric solutions and Value Added Services for residential and business subscribers.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. I see online video, mobile location, specialized social networking, and other craps. And they get a few million.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210