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Anyone over the age of 30 tends to think in terms of the real world vs. the online world; young people make no distinction between the two. Social networks, where youth connect with their friends, research information, hang out, shop, listen to music, and discuss news and events, are the real world to most young [ READ MORE ]
When you’re running a fast-growing startup, it’s sometimes difficult to step back and think about a “softer” side of your business plan: the engagement of your employees. But if you ignore the emotional well-being of your staff, you’re making a big mistake, says Tom Davin, former CEO of Panda Restaurant Group, which employs over 18,000 [ READ MORE ]
At our recent CEO Forum, we had the pleasure of welcoming WIRED Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson as a keynote speaker. As always, Chris presented some thought-provoking, future-forward ideas. Anderson talked about how the Internet forever shifted a centuries-old content model, with the Web enabling everyone to become a creator, author, and collaborator and turning the communications, [ READ MORE ]
What could be more fun than spending a few days in a place called Carefree, Arizona? Maveron hosted its 2010 CEO Forum in Carefree, where we were joined by the CEOs of our portfolio companies and several visionary business leaders for stimulating discussions about growth and innovation. The CEOs enjoyed the opportunity to engage with Tom [ READ MORE ]
With education spending on the rise, education has become one of the hot investment sectors of the recession. Jason Stoffer, Principal at Maveron, shares his views on this sector. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player3").style.display = ""; var s3 = new [ READ MORE ]
Maveron today announced our investment in Zulily, a new online private-sale shopping site for busy moms. Co-founded by Blue Nile founder Mark Vadon and former Blue Nile technology and marketing head Darrell Cavens (who is CEO), Zulily aims to build a strong children’s retail ecommerce business offering high quality products for babies, kids and moms [ READ MORE ]
Allconnect, the leading comparison shopping and connections marketplace for essential home services recently reported another record quarter of earnings, customer, and revenue growth. In the third quarter of 2009, Allconnect reported a 42% increase revenue year-over-year and a 34% increase in customer traffic. Allconnect is the type of consumer-driven company that Maveron is excited to back: [ READ MORE ]
At Maveron, we always closely monitor how consumer behavior is shifting, and what impact these changes will have on consumer businesses today and in the future. Recently, we’ve noticed something critical; people are not just making more purchases online, they are changing the way they make those purchase. Preliminary sales figures for Holiday 2009 show what [ READ MORE ]
By Dan Ginsberg, Maveron Sector Advisor, former CEO Red Bull The seismic shift that has occurred throughout the business world has been felt as strongly in the leading edge of the fast moving consumer product categories as anywhere else – maybe stronger. After all, it is not difficult to understand that, when put under buying pressure, [ READ MORE ]
