TechEmpower
JULY 31, 2023
These two questions/answers can help define the early proof points for your company. A : Activation - What % have a "happy" initial experience? Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) How much money will your business generate from each converted customer? R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time?
SoCal CTO
APRIL 20, 2007
Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Really fun stuff these days. a truly developmental kind of experience.
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site.
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
Social networking is the fastest growing activity on Web 2.0. Learn how to incorporate this significant development in communications into your company. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 -- "Social Networking: How it Can Add Value to Your Organization" MIT of the Central Coast Enterprise Forum.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 8, 2009
This is a great presentation and one that I'm going to point out to startup / early stage company CEOs. This kind of a simple model also helps: Define the early proof points for the company. A : Activation - what % have a "happy" initial experience? A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Talk about the new firm and the new fund?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.
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