Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

. “ Shipwell’s full-service, digitized brokerage platform can streamline the way many of our Anchor LPs and portfolio companies approach large-scale freight shipping,” the firm’s principal — and newest Shipwell board member — Vik Chawla wrote in a blog post announcing its most recent deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering. Profile sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. This kind of spend happens all day long inside startup companies and 100% of the spend on attracting customers is a cost. Summary : YouTube as a customer acquisition tool to building great online businesses is unrivaled today.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Without the aid of venture capital , the small upstart says, it has grown to “tens of thousands” of customers in five metro areas: the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. Barr wrote in a blog post announcing the tie-up. But getting to this point has been a painstaking slog filled with logistical and political challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. That should be true even if your customer is really a distributor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2013 , or fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Open an account with PayPal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. You own the IP you create.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

In a 2013 panel discussion at Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club, the DFJ partner said “machine learning” was his pick as the most important tech trend to watch for the next three to five years. Earlier this year, Nervana began offering its AI technology in the cloud to business customers , using a software-as-a-service model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2013

Frequent discussions with peers and customers on open questions will keep you from being led astray by your own biases. If you’re producing just one page, one blog post, or one sketch a week, you expect it to be good and final, and you start to worry about quality. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur Inc on 08/15/2013.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones. His San Leandro, CA-based company, TerrAvion , relies on a network of contract pilots to capture weekly shots of his customers’ vineyards, corn fields, and strawberry rows.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 hours / day.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Founded in Del Mar, CA in 2012, PacketSled has developed cloud-based technology that continuously monitors its customers’ computer networks, and provides automated intrusion detection, response, and forensics capabilities. The company raised $3 million in a 2013 seed round. The company also has an office in Seattle.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

If online retailing is one of the most tumultuous and fast-changing corners of the Internet, the growth of marketing technologies that retailers use to serve their customers and to personalize their shopping experience has been an even wilder ride. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”.

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

Their customers are the agronomists (or the drone service providers hired by agronomists) responsible for analyzing and improving crop productivity. They set out in the fall of 2013 to test their system and collect data, and had planned to later seek venture funding in Silicon Valley. Then they became investors.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

However, the New York Department of Taxation recently said that an online healthcare service company must collect sales tax from its customers. A 2013 New Jersey tax notice says that several types of services that are delivered using a computing platform are subject to tax as an information service.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. Mike’s work in sales, marketing, distribution, and business development is essential to customer acquisition, growth, and scalability. TechZulu caught up with the founder Mike Tringe and this is what he told us. Who are its founders?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruck even has the issue of unloading solved as the drivers are contracted to help customers both load and unload their hauls. We began working on the project in November of 2013. We’re currently working on partnerships with some companies in the area to assist them with their delivery needs and customer pick-ups as well.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Under their watch, Celgene became known for its creative alliances, customizing deals with young biotechs to fit each specific situation, rather than following a standard template. For more, check out this chat with Golumbeski about Celgene’s dealmaking strategy back in 2013.). “We

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs.

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