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Scooping the Big Pot - Venture Capital Since 2007
When Facebook goes public, the Russian venture capital firm DST, will be one of the largest investors in the most significant technology...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Scale Venture Partners Promotes Stacey Curry Bishop To Managing Director As Firm Shifts Full Focus To Technology Investing
Scale Venture Partners (ScaleVP) today announced the promotion of Stacey Curry Bishop to Managing Director...
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Kate Mitchell
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A good day and a bad day…
I am thrilled that we announced Stacey Bishop's promotion to Managing Director today.
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Kate Mitchell
Go To Market
What's a Subscriber Worth?
When we looked at BeachMint, we wanted to compare it's customer economics to other subscription service...
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Sharon Wienbar
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The Economics of the Consumer Cloud
Facebook isn't often cited as a cloud computing company since the Social moniker has proven to be stickier.
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Sharon Wienbar
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Market Trends Driving the Need for In-The-Wild Testing
Complexity is increasing rapidly in the online services.
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Sharon Wienbar
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Crowdsourcing: Metrics for Success
ScaleVP likes to do primary research in areas we're considering for investment. When we did this Crowdsourcing work…
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Sharon Wienbar
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The Myriad Uses of the Crowdsourcing Business Model
In 2008, ScaleVP wanted to learn more about the crowdsourcing business model and investment opportunities it might provide.
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Sharon Wienbar
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The Evolution and Ascendance of Social Media Marketing
Just a few years ago, major brands treated social media marketing as an experiment.
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Stacey Bishop
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SaaS and the Cloud Ten Years In
I recently had to give a talk on trends in SaaS and the cloud. Attached is the full Powerpoint.
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Rory O'Driscoll
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The Next Ten Years in SaaS
The SaaS business has now hit early middle age and the best way to think about it is to compare it to the client server revolution...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Facebook is Worth More Because It's Growing More
The Old Gray Lady is worried about a bubble in tech, and did a nice graphic comparing the valuations of Facebook...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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