The Angel VC
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Last week we announced the closing of our new fund, Point Nine Capital II. The most important information about the new fund is included in our official press release , but I wanted to write a brief blog post to give you some additional background and share some personal thoughts. When we set out to create the new fund last year, the goal was to raise €30 million.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Marketing is one of those words without meaning. Or at least a consistent meaning for most people. Recently, I met a very bright marketer who broke down a few of the different marketing disciplines and matched them to a freemium sales funnel. His framework is a stroke of genius. I’ve drawn it below. The Four Disciplines of Funnel Marketing. The triangle on the left is a standard freemium customer conversion process.
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CloseSaaS
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Close can automatically record all calls that occur within the application. Recording calls is great for monitoring, training, and reviewing call activity between your employees and customers.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
In HBR this month, two British researchers reported on their study of the impact of competition on startups. In a study of over 2M companies spanning 10 years, the researchers determined that if a startup faced competition in its first year, it was more likely to fail. But if the startup survived its first year, it’s survival rate jumped nearly 30%.
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CloseSaaS
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
In creating Close software for salespeople, we rely on a number of other startups and services to do what we do. While there are alternatives to using each of the following, we have chosen them for specific reasons because we think they’re the best.
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Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Last night I spoke at the Enterprise Tech VC Panel. We discussed five trends in the seed market and the outlook for 2013. These are the five most important trends for 2013, in my view. MicroVC Funds Have Doubled Their Assets. Call it micro-VC or mega-seed fund, there’s a new investor class which raises funds between $50 and $100M to invest in seed-stage companies.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
If asked to describe the characteristics of a successful freemium business, I might highlight three things: effective community marketing, command of new distribution platforms, and a paid product users love that is priced by usage. Look no further than ZenDesk, Evernote, Expensify, Dropbox. Each of them has built a vibrant user base using freemium products.
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