Jillian Mirandi
Market Research and Competitive Intelligence
Startup News
Is Google Too Late with its New Location Based Latitude API?
Foursquare, Gowalla and a number of other startups have really taken location based technology to the next level, providing check-ins,...
by Jillian Mirandi
Startup Strategy
Top 10 Ways to Promote Your Website - For Free!
Content, content, content! As an expansion stage venture capital firm, we have learned from our portfolio and prospects that there...
by Jillian Mirandi
Portfolio
OpenView Makes It's First Investment of 2010!
OpenView Venture Partners just announced our investment in expansion stage online panel company, uSamp (United Sample). The $10 million Series...
by Jillian Mirandi
Finance & Operations
Alice.com, P&G's eStore, and the Upcoming SOAP.com - Let the e-Race Begin!
E-commerce Stores for Everyday Items Start the Battle for Market Share First, there was Alice.com, the go to site when...
by Jillian Mirandi
Startup News
Soundcloud: audio online collaboration for music industry
At this point, there are many online collaboration platforms. In fact, OpenView has invested growth capital in two companies in...
by Jillian Mirandi
Startup Strategy
Who will IPO in 2010?
As the below chart indicates, IPOS have dramatically decreased since 2007, but for 2010 there is some hope! So, which...
by Jillian Mirandi
Finance & Operations
Local Angels for Expansion Capital
When trying to find the perfect expansion stage company, many of the companies I speak with that are raising venture...
by Jillian Mirandi
Marketing
Power of WOM Marketing
Last week, Dan Killeen, our new associate who recently moved to Boston from a LA business venture capital firm, showed me this...
by Jillian Mirandi
Startup News
PeerIndex - making sense of unstructured data
Greetings from OpenView Venture Partners, a Boston venture capital firm (actively searching for expansion stage software and technology companies!! If...
by Jillian Mirandi