David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Thesis.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Thesis.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12). 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

NorthSide Metrics is a digital marketing agency based in the Chicagoland area. The colors + location were combined with my love of data to bring in the metrics. I had a few variations of the name and after asking 3-5 people which they liked or hated I ended up settling in on NorthSide Metrics. Thanks to Robyn Lanci, Owl PR ! #12-

Naming 90

Naming OTC Entrepreneur PPC 90

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. Laura Blue of LaunchLink PR corroborates Gerhardt’s message : It is during these times that brands need to be especially considerate about what and how they are communicating to customers, partners and stakeholders.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). Hell, there are still plenty of VCs who don’t even have a blog or use twitter, and many more who have no idea on how to use data services to analyze and collect metrics on their own portfolio. and no, we didn’t. Why should VCs be any different?

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. The ideal metrics for this desired outcome are Visitor Loyalty & Visitor Recency. You can compute two important metrics: Likelihood to Recommend / Brand Lift. There are a number of wonderful metrics you can use to measure online success of such marketing campaigns.

Campaign 130

Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 130

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 26, 2011

Fab.com (First Round portfolio company) just announced a new round of funding and that they reached 350,000 subscribers. Show that you know how to target, acquire, and profitably build up a subscription customer base, all while tracking the right metrics, and *boom* you're hired. In New York City, that just shouldn't happen.

New York City 113

New York City Marketing SEM Acquisition 113

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Every startup needs PR, but this is even more true of flips. A good way to get attention is to get catchy metrics. You have a limited fund, bandwidth for deals you can work on, and a portfolio of existing code and skills. Services such as Cabana or GameSalad let you easily create an app using drag and drop. Create Buzz.

Lean 144

Lean Startup Agile Coder 144

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

In addition to supporting their portfolio companies in coming to the event, they also have taken the additional step of underwriting a limited number of discounted tickets that are available to the general public. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs.

San Francisco 107

San Francisco Romania Cleveland South Africa 107

Brandanew

JULY 9, 2015

The easiest way to understand whether or not you have found the right experts is to check their portfolio of work. They may also engage with large PR houses to get the distribution going. There was no one God-sent metric box that solved all our queries in one go. What should our engagement and traffic benchmarks be?

Marketing 100

Marketing SEO Metrics Channel 100

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." They are generic mash-ups that tailor to almost no one's needs, and more often than not contain awful things like nine not-really-thought out metrics for one dimension in a report. " Kisses. Angels singing! Time on Site!

Analytics 142

Analytics Web Metrics DC 142

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

There are a lot of people that artificially group together performance metrics for venture, and try to extrapolate successful stratagies from it. I think I'm terrific at helping early stage teams by rolling up my sleeves and doing what's necessary--getting them hires, PR, product strategy help to find that market fit. It's that simple.

Later Stage 99

Later Stage Down Round Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 99

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

How To Connect Social Media Metrics to In-Store Foot Traffic crowdspring.co/1FalO0D. 4 Ways to Create a Memorable Online Design Portfolio crowdspring.co/1MyTMhM. The surprising secret about SMEs’ Churn crowdspring.co/1GzsBj9. 3 Simple Tips for a Stress-Free Tax Season crowdspring.co/1DgJK3y. 1Fj95cC What is EMV?

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Taiwan 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing. PR requires time and effort from your team that isn’t spent elsewhere and thus is a real cost. .” Competition.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

What I mean by that is startups nowadays that raise money have absolutely ludicrous metrics. So in other words, the bottom line is you’re not prepared right now in terms of the market, the product, the metrics anyway for VC, and it doesn’t sound like you’d be happy with VC. Does that make sense? Jason: Charge more.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

21 Creative online portfolio sites and applications – [link]. 10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio – [link]. Entrepreneurs: Beware of Vanity Metrics - [link]. Trust in Friends Declines, Trust in Experts Rises – Social Media and PR Still Win - [link].

Social Media 77

Social Media Small Business Design Media 77

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs – [link]. “Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior&# – [link]. Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy - [link]. 100 Years of Movie Title Stills - [link]. Everything You Need to Know About Image Compression – [link]. 10 Tips for Better Print Style Sheets - [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Tuesday, May 25, 2010. "10 10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6).

Software Review 74

Software Review Cloud IPO Jordan 74

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. 15 Beautiful and Awesome Examples of Portfolio Designs | Silky Designs – [link]. It’s difficult to fake corporate culture | Business Insider – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

For SaaS companies, we found that MRR is the best metric on which to base sales commissions. Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? anecdotes. (13). Cloud Computing. (1). Europe Consumer. (1). Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). software.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. Portfolio. (3). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Europe Cloud 59

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 63

Software Review Technical Review RSS Europe 63

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

However, as the second graphs shows, some companies such as Constant Contact, Vocus or Salesforce do start to show a stabilization or an improvement in their productivity metrics. Just some food for thought as you build your investment portfolio. Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital." Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital. Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 11:26 AM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 63

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Labels: internet , Portfolio. Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? on a scale of 1-4). The videos can be watched at Bessemer Online Marketing Portal (the other materials are not public). Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:53 PM. anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Portfolio. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? 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 Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48