article thumbnail

I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this. Enter Burstly.

Mobile 282
article thumbnail

Why recurring revenues increase your company’s value

Berkonomics

Application developers once considered their products as licensed in what would closely be allied to a single sale. Have you noticed how many web apps and content have turned into subscription services during the last several years? Call it the Netflix effect. An investor’s early question. Call it “predictable revenue”.

article thumbnail

It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.