Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

VC 286

VC finance financing capital 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Read more: PaidContent.

VC 225

VC social gaming venture capital networking 225

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. Even Sequoia.

startup 285

startup VC entrepreneurs investing 285

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The September 2009 storm was the most devastating typhoon to hit Manila since 1970. Then you’ll fit right into EO’s network of global entrepreneurs. The post How EO Philippines Members are Helping an Entire Community Displaced by Typhoon Ondoy appeared first on THE BLOG. million people.

communities 130

communities entrepreneurship real estate sustainability 130

Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

She previously founded Dress for Success, a network that empowers women to thrive both professionally and personally, and Crisis Textline, a non-profit that provides crisis intervention support via text. Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? Favorite business book, blog, podcast?

VC 111

VC entrepreneurship pitching strategy 111

EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

This effort kicked off in 2009, and, since then, a wide and deep statewide network has been pushing goals of supporting sustainable economic development, improving soil and environmental quality, and ensuring that every Vermont resident has access to healthy local food. EntreWorks Blog.

economic development 44

economic development creativity sustainability support 44

StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In “The Social Network,” it’s when this coding, viral platform genius that we’ve been introduced to, gets presented with the Harvard Connect idea by the Winklevii and decides to steal it. We do videos on this process all the time, there are a lot of free resources on our blog. Email deck.

pitching 122

pitching SaaS mix-use media 122

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market.

health 59

health hospitality networking mix-use 59

OurCrowd

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founded in 2009 by top scientists in the fields of aging, genetics and biology from Harvard, MIT and Tufts, InsideTracker is a truly personalized nutrition and performance system, aiming to help people optimize their bodies from the inside out. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Introductions.

investing 36

investing investment health VC 36

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!? Let me start with the power of blogging. Mostly, I love writing.

investing 310

investing investment VC board 310

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. As the mobile ecosystem has grown the industrialized world is now carrying a mini computer in their pocket that is connected to a cellular network. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

SaaS 339

SaaS VC real estate board 339

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

People had been steadily blogging for 2-3 years and this crowd seemed to bifurcate. On the one hand were the blogs that “blew up&# and became real businesses like TechCrunch, GigaOm or TalkingPointsMemo. So Twitter was initially billed at a “micro-blogging&# platform. started blogging again outlined here.

VC 219

VC creativity networking media 219

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. 40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years.

VC 417

VC strategy investing investment 417

Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 23, 2024

I started my business during an economic downturn in 2009, shortly after emigrating to New Zealand from the UK with Emily, my wife. Being British and arriving in New Zealand with no network or friends, I had to rely on hard work and original marketing strategies to help us stand out. and more articles from the EO blog.

strategy 207

strategy investing investment data analysis 207

Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Business networking is a fun time — mingling, eating, chatting about business. Many business owners attend networking events but don’t utilize the time or crowd as well as they can. This networking community provides members with different benefits and advantages, all with one goal in mind: increased business profits and relationships.

networking 75

networking peer-to-peer consulting communities 75

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

. “The combination of Wandera and Jamf will provide our customers a single source platform that handles deployment, application lifecycle management, policies, filtering and security capabilities across all Apple devices while delivering zero trust network access for all mobile workers,” Hager said in a statement.

startup 87

startup networking ventures opportunity 87

TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2009, Foursquare was better known for its location-based social network. I used to say that my goal was to make the name ‘Foursquare’ synonymous with ‘innovation in contextual aware computing’… And, here in 2021, we’ve built the tools and frameworks that can make that so,” Crowley writes in a blog post.

founder 83

founder frameworks board enablement 83

Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. Today, my best advice is to be prepared, and when things get tough, for founders, boards and comms teams to take a deep breath and not overreact (I could write a whole blog post on this).

VC 102

VC advice energy capital 102

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? I’m surprised at the number of people who aren’t good at tracking down relationships in social networks. Most people don’t love networking.

advice 292

advice VC pitching angel investing 292

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 24, 2020

In the last US economic downturn in 2008-2009, my Forum and EO taught me that the keys to surviving are being the first to respond, taking quick decisive action and being agile. I also used my EO network to broadcast the fact that we were now in the plexiglass business. They were extremely supportive. Learn more. .

leadership 237

leadership networking entrepreneurs opportunity 237

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

Dave leverages his entrepreneurial skills to build connections, network, and make progress toward his ultimate goal: A world where every country celebrates zero waitlists for organ transplants. Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009. and more articles from the EO blog.

entrepreneurs 290

entrepreneurs education sustainability pitching 290

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

We now know that the medium has changed the news industry leading to blogs, real-time reporting, integration of text and video, two-way discussions, stories surfaced based on what your friends are reading, etc. 2) Harris Interactive IMShopping Poll (August 2009). (3) It’s just a couple of minutes and done in a humorous way.

media 329

media disruption VC construction 329

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. In fact, they were recently bought by a publicly traded company called Ditech Networks).

advice 280

advice entrepreneurs networking innovation 280

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. … 2009: Know what you stand for and surround yourself with people who are aligned with that mission. We grew our customer count 30% in 2009. The post Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business appeared first on THE BLOG.

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer culture entrepreneurs strategy 130

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2009

If you search for her (as of July 10, 2009 at 5:45pm) you will get no result and the text, “did you mean Amanda Choong?&#. While you’re at it put in a link (if you don’t blog or want to link to your company at least link to your LinkedIn or Facebook profile). Tags: Social Media social networking Twitter.

media 216

media networking VC 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Even tech blogs know this.

VC 332

VC advice finance financing 332

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 1, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg, for example, has been making his goals public since 2009. While he generally has focused on personal resolutions like learning languages or networking, this year he vowed to resolve problems with people abusing Facebook. And he’s not the only executive to use new year’s as a catalyst to improve his business.

real estate 130

real estate transportation strategy opportunity 130

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” Increasing returns are particularly powerful when a network effect is present. There are three drivers of a network effect in the Uber model: Pick-up times.

transportation 112

transportation opportunity networking venture capital 112

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

That’s like you saying you don’t want to go to cocktail parties and network anymore while every 25-35 year-old VC steals your customers. It will be a follow on from my “App is Crap” or “Web Second, Mobile First” blog posts but in short, video, updated, digestible formats. Be careful.

peer-to-peer 279

peer-to-peer media VC networking 279