On January 12, at 7:30 at Dinah's in Palo Alto, I will be moderating a conversation with Cary Rosenzweig, CEO of IMVU, and an extremely engaging speaker. It is the first of a series of Strategy Breakfasts to be sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of...
Many start-ups piggyback on another company to market their product or services early on.Microsoft, eBay, Oracle, Facebook and Apple are just a few technology companies around whom entire ecosystems have grown. There are hundreds of successful, profitable...
I'm thrilled to see the continued success of Micky Malka, Wences Casares and the Bling Nation gang as they successfully close a $20M B round . They've come a long way since I first met Micky at Borrone 2 years ago, and saw the original Blinger.What...
Congratulations to our client Egnyte on raising $6M in this down economy. I have mentioned these guys before in my blog, because they are a great example of a company building a recurring revenue business (SAAS type model), and doing a lot of...
Subscription-based businesses (sometimes called "premium services") generally have opt-out relationships with their customers–that is, a subscriber remains your customer and continues making regular, time-based payments until the customer decides to...
