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Bet on The Jockey and Not the Horse | Ah-ha 2.0
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High Peaks MBA Associates Program – Now accepting applicants! October 20, 2014 · 3:43 pm. Bet on The Jockey and Not the Horse. When people ask me how I invest in startups, I share the most important part of my strategy:. Bet on the jockey, and not the horse. I first heard this analogy about 5 years ago from Michael Loeb. It captures how distinct the two entities can be, yet how powerful in the right combination. Brad and I love what we do because of this opportunity to work with great people. We valu...
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product management | Ah-ha 2.0
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Tag Archives: product management. March 25, 2009 · 5:40 am. Should You Listen to Your Users? There is a lot of chatter going on about the new Facebook interface. Michael Arrington posted on TechCrunch the following piece:. Never Surrender To Your Users, Facebook. Model of customer satisfaction. The Kano model defines 3 type of quality attributes that determine customer satisfaction. Performance Factors – these are factors that depending on the degree (more or less) that will influence the amount of...
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High Peaks MBA Associates Program – Now accepting applicants! | Ah-ha 2.0
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8220;We are all smart, Jeremy.”. Bet on The Jockey and Not the Horse →. September 8, 2014 · 1:16 pm. High Peaks MBA Associates Program – Now accepting applicants! High Peaks Venture Partners. In the expansion of our Operating Partner Network or our Technical Advisor Network:. Identify leaders in the startup and tech community. Discuss opportunities to join High Peaks’ Operating Partner Network. Enter information in our CRM system. In the industry research project you will:. You love networking and have a...
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Maple raises $22 million in Series A round, pre-launch! | Ah-ha 2.0
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Primary Venture Partners is looking for an Investment Associate to Join our Team. Primary Venture Partners is looking for a Portfolio Support and Network Director to join our team! March 23, 2015 · 9:26 pm. Maple raises $22 million in Series A round, pre-launch! Last week, Maple. Which we seed-funded last year, announced a $22 million Series A. In our eyes, there’s plenty of good reason. This Series A round was led by Greenoaks Capital Management. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Tag Archives: social networking. May 1, 2009 · 5:08 am. The Social Networking Advertising Play…….Data! Getting display advertising to perform on social networking sites has always been challenging. There are inherent hurdles of the media including:. 1 User-to-User Communication Experience lends itself for users to zone out ads. 2 Not Aggregated around a Purchase Intent. Sites like TheKnot.com. Aggregate users around a purchase intent. TheKnot.com. Aggregates travelers who are in the market for flights, h...
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Tag Archives: online advertising. May 1, 2009 · 5:08 am. The Social Networking Advertising Play…….Data! Getting display advertising to perform on social networking sites has always been challenging. There are inherent hurdles of the media including:. 1 User-to-User Communication Experience lends itself for users to zone out ads. 2 Not Aggregated around a Purchase Intent. Sites like TheKnot.com. Aggregate users around a purchase intent. TheKnot.com. Aggregates travelers who are in the market for flights, ...
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Introducing Primary Venture Partners! | Ah-ha 2.0
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Great Opportunity – Venture Fellow – Community Manager at Primary Venture Partners →. February 25, 2015 · 10:00 am. Introducing Primary Venture Partners! For a fuller explanation of the thinking and process behind this transformation, please read the blog post. On Brad’s blog, and let us know what you think of the new brand and identity. You can find us going forward at www.primary.vc. Great Opportunity – Venture Fellow – Community Manager at Primary Venture Partners →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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venture capital | Ah-ha 2.0
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Tag Archives: venture capital. April 21, 2009 · 10:25 pm. The Start Up – Venture Capital Disconnect. Great blog posting on PEHub today. Venture Capital Right Sizing. The post discusses how Venture Capital Funding is down about 70% and that is because of the lack of exit prospects. So here are my two cents at least on how it applies to Digital Media:. Tagged as venture capital. High Peaks Venture Partners. Middot; Just another WordPress.com weblog. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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My Bio | Ah-ha 2.0
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Ben Sun is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Primary Venture Partners. Ben leads the ecommerce investments for the the firm which include companies such as Jet.com. Prior to Primary Venture Partner, Ben was a Co-Founder and General Partner of LaunchTime LLC. Which helps start and invests in early stage ecommerce and digital media companies including Coupang. 2 responses to “. Pingback: TAP in New York Hosts Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Follow ...
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Tag Archives: virtual currency. April 21, 2009 · 12:13 pm. Monetizing Social Networking Sites. I was invited to be a guest lecturer for NYU’s Masters in Publishing program. The topic I was asked to talk about is monetizing Social Networking Sites. Here is the quick summary:. 1 SNS sites are inherently harder to monetize via advertising than other content sites. 2 SNS growth will be driven by Performance advertising and using the extensive profile information to target and optimize. Who provide apps on Fa...