Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. 4) Unique Reporting of Accounting: Much has been made in the press that Groupon has chosen to report alternative non-GAAP metrics in addition to GAAP accounting.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

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. ” Historically, investing was a manual, artisan process.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. In today’s world of social marketing, it takes someone knowledgeable if not expert in understanding how to use available resources in promotion and marketing. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must.

Viral 71

Viral Matching Syndicate Syndication 71

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Social technologies that are widely available today enable, for the first time, customer experience innovation at large scale. 5) Analytics: Traditional analytics have focused on benchmarks and operational metrics, which are still important but reflecting a rearward facing view of the business.

Customer 47

Customer Technical Review Software Review Analytics 47

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. But it’s not the same thing as a social graph, and furthermore it’s not a platform in the same way Facebook is. Hootsuite, CoTweet, etc). It’s probably not a huge market though.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78