Finance Portfolio Viral 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 18, 2012
Category leaders do very well, while the #2, 3, 4… players struggle to attract customers and financing. Let’s take my own portfolio as an example. To my knowledge, only 4 out of my 35 portfolio companies have filed for patents. The same logic holds true for most acquiring companies.
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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. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Steer into your investors’ objections.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 28, 2010
VC Financings: 1. Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico).
Cracking the Code
MARCH 23, 2007
Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Yahoo Finance. anecdotes. (13).
mashable.com
OCTOBER 27, 2010
You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer. Familiarize yourself with the agency’s portfolio and get recommendations from colleagues whenever possible.
Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Portfolio. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Yahoo Finance. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Raj Kapoor.
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