freemium 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2015
My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 10, 2010
Ask me something very narrow that I can answer without typing a whole blog post length response. I met this person at the Open Angel Forum last week but I’m worried that he may have invested in a competitor – should I be concerned?&# Send me a second email that I can forward. But you hate email!?!
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
As a serious entrepreneur, you have more invested than any outsider, so you should be looking for the same evidence and not believing your own hype. Especially for free or freemium products, the rate of new signups is critical. It’s never too early to build relationships with industry analysts, influential blogs and the media.
InfoChachkie
MAY 22, 2012
Subscribe to their blog. Send them a private message via Twitter or Quora that contains a compelling link relevant to their investment focus. Based on your research from Step 1, you should be able to communicate meaningful and insightful comments regarding the partners’ tweets, blog content, etc. The keyword here is authentic.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Thus, you may starve working on your labor of love. in Computer Science.
socalTECH
JUNE 1, 2012
From the companies around us and others we've seen, the one thing I'd always tell them, is that it's easy to not focus on the product, and just focus on earning an investment, but you have to do both. Other than that, I don't really see a downside for a company that is trying to raise money, if they are close to product.
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