A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It is tempting to search for the one magic move that will make everything better. During this period of instability, Twitter purchased a search engine called Summize. ” Instead of searching for a magic solution, they instrumented the entire system and just started rebuilding every part that was about to break.

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JULY 30, 2021

She recommends searching for existing content on the same topic. Pro tip: use YouTube as a search engine. YouTube is the number one platform for people to search how to do something, and it’s a growing platform. Colmena66 in San Juan, Puerto Rico has built a dynamic YouTube channel with thousands of views. How have they done it?

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Every January, the number of people who Google “how to start a business” jumps to hundreds of searches a day. This year in particular, many of these searches are coming from the millions of Americans who quit their jobs in 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

After all, you probably have the power to edit your business’s website, so you can stuff pages with keyword phrases, sprinkle links galore and alter other factors that could improve your performance on the search engine results pages (SERPs). Websites and pages don’t automatically join Google’s search. SEO is simple until it isn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

So I look forward to reading this to opposing counsel at the next deposition where I can tell them that I’m not afraid of appearing in court and I’m not intimidated into frivolous claims in search of shake-down money. I often speak about co-founder fighting and how this ends in lawsuits but this has become much more prevalent.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 22, 2021

They have done some of the board searches for diverse candidates in our portfolio and they are going to do a lot more. I have participated in many of the board searches in our portfolio in the last year and I am blown away by the diverse talent that is out there waiting to help you grow your company. 3/ Prioritize this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

I appointed a search committee to recommend a candidate. The search committee recommended two finalists for this critical role. What’s one leadership mistake you’ve made in your career—and what did you learn from it? During my tenure as CEO, our company had an opening to fill a critical and influential position in the organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

If you started every project assuming you really didn’t know the answers and if you were in search of experts who probably had more experience than you, the chances are you would expand your consideration set when you chose how to tackle each problem. That’s part of the value we provide.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 3, 2019

We could do the same thing with search. Our portfolio company DuckDuckGo has built a nice search business by building a different user interface on top of one of the two leading search indexes.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The idea that it’s nearly fruitless to blindly search for a single small object when it’s located in a vast container. Ok, back to the VC content marketing. A few years back I helped start Screendoor , a fund that backs new venture firms by hopefully being one of their earliest and largest supporters.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Users type a search query into their search bar and Google knows the “purchase intent” of the customer. When you think about what makes Google so valuable?—?it’s

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Hone your bio to appear on search results. To get noticed, you need to understand what your audience is searching for. Slip a keyword in your bio to pop up in the list of search results. How it’s done: Tap the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your screen, then search the keyword. Find top hashtags for your posts.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

I am hedging on Google because I believe the massive advances in AI/ML that we are seeing right now may be a threat to their core search franchise. We are also seeing a noticeable movement of tech and startup talent into the climate sector in search of new problems to solve, more meaning in their work, and many more job openings too.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A decade ago, Google dominated search, Apple had a mega hit on their hand with the iPhone, Amazon was way ahead of everyone in e-commerce, and Facebook was emerging as the dominant social media platform. 1/ The emergence of the big four web/mobile monopolies; Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 8, 2020

If you go to Etsy and search for face mask (or mask or fabric mask or something along those lines), you will see this: You can drill down and find the right kind of mask for you, your kids, your parents, or whomever you want to buy one for.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

We went from searching millions of recipes to subscribing to meals that someone else picks for us. On top of that, unlike almost everything else in the travel space, they're not offering yet another search based route to a commodity product. In a world of unlimited choices, curation, transparancy and simplicity became more valuable.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

SourceLink Ne braska is now a statewide platform that anyone can use to search for nonprofit, education, and government resources related to entrepreneurship, economic and community development. Worth the wait.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When Antonio Lennert left Brazil at 20 years old, he was in search of a community. Aside from amassing a cascade of collective interest in the sport, Lennert’s journey pulled at the heartstrings of athletes, entrepreneurs, parents, children, and anyone who found themselves in search of their own inclusive community built on passion. “I

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Source Link

APRIL 1, 2022

Exciting features and new enhancements to our SourceLink technologies. The agenda included an overview of exciting new enhancements to The Resource Navigator®, SourceLink?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2024

I was initially inspired to produce thought leadership content because I wanted to increase my company’s visibility on search engines and get more links to our website. Develop a branded blog or website to park your material so it is always available through Google search and links to your site in all subsequent articles.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

SEO optimization Use relevant keywords to help your site rank higher on search engines. Leverage Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEO helps potential customers find your business when they search for related products or services. Local SEO If you serve a specific area, optimize for location-based searches (e.g.,

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2020

So I went to my google drive and searched and found the cap table that I had built for that post back in 2011, made a copy, made it public on the web but view only, and fixed the link. I went to that blog post and clicked on the link and sure enough someone had swapped out my cap table template from 2011 with their own cap table.

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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

It is crucial that you update these regularly because we do searches and diligence on companies using these databases on a daily basis. We find companies in a number of different ways, but for now, we’ll focus on our three main sources: startup databases, industry news, and referrals.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 9, 2020

In it , he wrote: The super heroes of this crisis are clearly the medical professionals at the front lines saving people’s lives and the scientists searching for a cure. I linked to a post by Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince the other day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 23, 2024

Contributed to EO by Richard Conway , an EO New Zealand member, author of How to Get To The Top of Google Search , and the founder and CEO of PureSEO , a data-driven digital marketing agency that specializes in search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and conversion rate optimization (CRO) to help companies increase visibility, (..)

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In my defense, I passed when it was Classtivity, a completely different model focused searching for classes. Classpass is nothing short of phenomenon--and it's particularly noticeable to me because I passed on its seed round. Obviously, the pivot worked out for them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

If you started to bring in some ad revenue or some data revenue we could lower our burn and have longer to search for options. Our engagement figures look good but they’re not as strong as some companies, which might make it hard to raise money. If that narrows to $1.5 million between 3 of us it’s a no brainer.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

And searching to see whether we’ve hit product / market fit and refining, refining, refining until we do. We feel very happy with the results of this experiment. And now for the hard work. Looking at week 1 and week 2 cohorts. Testing what feature sets are resonating. Tuning product. Building for Android.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

In a recent Forum Confidential session, EO Accelerator member “Dan” (not his real name) presented his business challenge to a group of experienced entrepreneurs in search of helpful, real-world tips and best practices. Business challenge: Scaling a SaaS business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Searching for a flavor enhancement, she added sliced fruit to her water. When you’re trying to disrupt an established category: Go outside of your business to search for inspiration and ideas. Two and half weeks later, she was a different person: “My acne cleared up, I had lost 24 pounds and my energy levels were back. Just do it.

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