VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The time spent on reviewing decks went down compared to 2021. Going back to the Docsend research, which includes a survey of 300 founders and VCs in addition to their anonymous data collection on thousands of decks shared and reviewed, they found the top components/slides on successful pre-seed decks.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With so many startups facing a tough journey right from their inception, the pressing question becomes: How does one successfully navigate the tech industry? The key lies in having a groundbreaking idea and understanding the broader tech landscape and the forces shaping it. Focus on Customer Satisfaction Word of mouth travels fast.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

To not have it as an active part of your marketing portfolio is sub-optimal. You must use metrics that are unique to the medium. Ready for the best email marketing campaign metrics? So for our email campaign analysis let’s look at metrics using that framework. Optimal Acquisition Email Metrics. Outcomes.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Defense (DoD) no longer owns all the technologies, products and services to deter or win a war – e.g. AI, autonomy, drones, biotech, access to space, cyber, semiconductors, new materials, etc. the Joint Strike Fighter) or for an entire portfolio of similar programs (e.g.,

Programming 249

Programming Customer Portfolio Government 249

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. So, is this good or bad?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Kevin Wu, co-founder and CEO of job search optimization program Pathrise , says “Digital marketer roles are some of the most in-demand positions in the tech industry.” Not only do SEO and CMS skills stand out on a resume, but they can also be demonstrated in a portfolio to further impress recruiters. And he’s right.

Technical Review 148

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. ICAS® can then be scaled up across the customer’s portfolio bringing enterprise-wide benefits.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. The authorities and regulators charged with overseeing the implementation of sustainable plans of actions often evaluate progress on the said metrics by reviewing company’s environmental disclosures and other statements.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Here we discuss how you need to handle data efficiently to enhance the organizational functions and boost business growth: Enhance Customer Experience: Reviewing the data produced by your sales department regarding the customers can give you great insights. You can better understand what drives your customers and their repeat purchases.

Analytics 174

Analytics Portfolio Advertising Technical Review 174

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

This presents a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses and capitalize on the latest technology. You should give some thought to working in app development if you are proficient in coding, knowledgeable about technology, and able to learn new things quickly. There are two methods to tackle this situation.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company. Technical design quality. At Shippo, we also consider tech debt in our definition of code quality. The question that we ask is: “In adding or changing a piece of code, did we create any intentional tech debt?”.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With earlier stage companies investors generally don’t have the luxury of being able to rely on hard metrics and instead have to rely on gut feel – i.e. ‘direct’ evaluation. This is most common when the product is deeply technical and there isn’t much to be learnt from direct observation. Sometimes they use third party consultants.

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Technical Review Product Venture Capital Valuation 123

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. In particular, highlight the metrics by which you measured your past activities: size of exit, number of people you managed, $ budget you were responsible for, etc. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”).

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That those founders had personally experienced challenges in what the “executing well” bar meant for them in the eyes of future funders, not to mention that getting funded to start with, and then executing well, was usually already from a disadvantaged position due to the structural issues in tech. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

According to Pitchbook, “The median return of emerging fund portfolios narrowly exceeded that of their established counterparts, while the top-quartile figure delivered by emerging managers significantly outperformed.” The focus on entertainment tech meant that we always cared about content creation, distribution and monetisation.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

These include making deposits, transferring funds, paying bills and managing stock portfolios. Online calculators provide instant loan estimates, loan applications can be completed and submitted in a matter of minutes, and sophisticated web-based technology helps accelerate the credit decision process. Small Business Loan Overview.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 1, 2018

You’ve taken it to the market and have seen strong sales and rave reviews by customers. Understand which one is right for you by learning about their reputation, taking a look at their website and examining their portfolio. This is where metrics are particularly useful in quantifying the magnitude of the opportunity.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

You can find this in a number of places, but in a nutshell, I prefer to invest in highly-scalable, technology-based ventures, with a particular focus on platforms, at a very, very early stage (but, oxymoronically, where there is already some type of traction). But the good thing is that this is where you can call in some reinforcements.

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Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. While TBR expects margin growth to be uneven through 2015, revenue and gross profit will continue to increase, due to the ability of its advertising business to monetize the proliferation of mobile devices and maintain its dominance in desktop search.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Kevin Wu, co-founder and CEO of job search optimization program Pathrise , says “Digital marketer roles are some of the most in-demand positions in the tech industry.” Not only do SEO and CMS skills stand out on a resume, but they can also be demonstrated in a portfolio to further impress recruiters. And he’s right.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review PPC SEM Marketing 78

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We've also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. 1- Seamless integration of digital technology. Construction companies are increasingly employing this technology to sell as many units as possible before the structure is completed. 9- Increased use of voice recognition technology. 14- Workcation.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. The business has changed in the sense that my employees and myself communicate differently than we used to, and have become familiar with the technology we previously used only sometimes, if at all. 11- Paying attention to metrics. 9- Remote management.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. WHAT METRICS SHOULD A FOUNDER SHOW TO RAISE A SERIES A FROM A VC FIRM LIKE GREYLOCK?

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

Other issues may also prompt a large-scale redesign, like a site that relies on old technology (e.g. Is it higher usability metrics, like task completion and conversions, or something beyond analytics, like revenue? What technology will be used to build it? Important usability metrics include: Completion Rate.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

Or there are people who will get their tech support question answered and as a result not call you on the phone (saving you $50 it costs you to answer the phone). If you are willing to create a small portfolio of initiatives then you can get a pretty decent understanding of the hidden impact (offline) of your web presence.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Tech Start-Ups: Take the Money and Build | by @tullman – crowdspring.co/1jvoIEu. 29 Tips for Entrepreneurs & Women in Tech | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1oj9QIU. 3 Key PPC Metrics Are Lying To You. 21 free tools for perfecting your portfolio | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1lDrOSB.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. You can even get great first-step guidance about how to rebalance your portfolio from that last column. And they did not have the technical horsepower to do Visitor-centric analysis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Playing with new technologies. Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. Growth - when you have existing customers, the pressure is on to grow your key metrics day-in day-out. Seeing whats possible. Building and testing prototypes.

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