Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Ben Lamson and Sulaiman Sanni, WeDidIt cofounders. Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. million in grants to emerging businesses since 1999.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Andrew Ellis, one of the co-founders of SignNow.com, was so enthusiastic about his company, I’m going to let him do most the talking on this one: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure.

Small Business 105

Small Business New Jersey Internet Bootstrapping 105

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. That excitement took a sharp downhill turn when one of the top partners said to me, in front of my co-founders, “When are you going to get a real CEO?”. Marc and I discussed this often.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Partner 78

Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

Presenting in the Entertainment and Content Technology category at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, Sceenic will talk about its Watch Together SaaS solution, which enables media companies to create interactive co-viewing experiences for dispersed viewers. Sceenic is the result of the learnings to do with co-viewing of SayYeah back in 2013-15.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We’re a crossover fund.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Brown was one of the four co-founders of Techstars (with Cohen, me, and Jared Polis). A little over a year ago, he joined Techstars full time as one of the three managing partners – the other two being David Cohen and Mark Solon. It’s a delight to get to work with both of these guys.

Boston 137

Boston Cofounder Partner Leadership 137

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. Managers can defy old mind-sets and creatively search for superior solutions. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances. Why brand matters more than ever.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Susan Balloch, Managing Director, Golden Seeds; formerly Executive Director and Principal, The Blackstone Group. Susan Balloch, Managing Director of Golden Seeds. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Click here to make a reservation.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. From then on I was forced to do detailed sales calls, get intimately involved with product management decisions and even make minute technical operation decisions. We had 6 developers, 1 head of product management, 1 QA in India and me.

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I need to confess, it wasn’t as easy as it looks to bystander, but we manage.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights.

Startup 120

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? And you can tell that the founders have thought greatly about creating the right kind of space for startup companies.

San Francisco 285

San Francisco Incubator Silicon Valley Startup 285

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C.,

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. So did I when I finally found myself building an app with real scalability, a few years later, but a combination of our just-in-time scalability technique and great open source scaling tools, made it manageable. Were in a new wave of platform evolution.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions. Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. The Indians have a term for this: jugaad.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

When I started Coremetrics in 1999, Accel Partners wanted to invest in our Series A alongside Highland Capital Partners. But I learned later that I wasn’t as thorough as Scott Cook, the co-founder and initial CEO (now Chairman) of Intuit. and dangerous. We had already chosen Highland as our lead. We all have them?—?no

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Cofounder Hiring Partner 48

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

I started out my career at the management consulting firm McKinsey which was a truly wonderful learning ground. We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA). My co-founders and I started eVestment for two primary reasons.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Non-Compete LLC Social Media 48

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Ensure that you have a chef/kitchen manager whom you can trust, who can run a team which can prepare food in a timely manner, with consistent quality and presentation. The Profit First Cash Management system is the best at absolutely ensuring profitability from the very first deposit. They’ll manage. Invest in a Lead Host.

Boston 120

Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Why Register? Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions. Todays Paper.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

I managed to find a job at the Miami International Airport loading racehorses onto cargo planes. Eighteen months after arriving in Thailand, I was managing a group of 15 electronics technicians. As time went on, I was a co-founder or member of the starting team for six high-tech startups…. You get to make your own luck.

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Philadelphia Miami Thailand Silicon Valley 335

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I was a founder/CEO during the period when cash seemed more like a serf than a king in 1999 and 2000. Still, when Marc Andreessen, my co-founder and chairman of the board, said we should start generating cash, something told me that he was right. It was the era of “go big or go home.” I grew my company and I grew it fast.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Finance Internet Founder 78

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I was a founder/CEO during the period when cash seemed more like a serf than a king in 1999 and 2000. Still, when Marc Andreessen, my co-founder and chairman of the board, said we should start generating cash, something told me that he was right. It was the era of “go big or go home.” I grew my company and I grew it fast.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Internet Finance Founder 78

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Thanks to Mike Samson, crowdSPRING. #3 3 – I was Fired Twice.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

Ben's Blog

JULY 24, 2011

They were joined by a third co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk, who brought programming expertise. I joined eBay in 1999, early in its life, and had the privilege of witnessing and contributing to the development of one of the most iconic e-commerce businesses. For me, it was a true déjà vu experience.

Rhode Island 78

Rhode Island Portfolio Liechtenstein San Francisco 78

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Interestingly, the company’s founding vision was not a lean idea, but rather a big idea: to accelerate and manage Internet traffic on a global, highly scalable, highly distributed scale. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. . . Founding Akamai. Scaling Akamai – Part 1: A Little Fat.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2018

As a result that led me to start my own business and co-write the bestseller, “ Unboss ”, because I felt like there was a need for organizations that were more independent and “free-spirited”. I am the founder of Tradeconductor.com – World peace through trade and CEO of GetCapitalAid.

Global 53

Global India Networking Cofounder 53

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I followed her writing and bought her AOL book back in 1999. Just as importantly, she was an incredibly loyal and supportive friend and co-worker during really difficult times. Later this month on the 28th, my co-hosts will be Marissa Campise and Sarah Tavel. Both of these women had a significant impact on my career.

Silicon Valley 112

Silicon Valley Cofounder Venture Capital Valuation 112

Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2012

I was at the University of Chicago when a bunch distinguished professors created UNext.com during the late 1990s — BIG BUST just like the startup I joined in 1999). And Coursekit, a nascent challenger to Blackboard in the market for learning-management software. There’s the Coursebook, a young online-learning start-up.

Indiana 54

Indiana Cofounder Chicago Venture Capital 54

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. An eponymous book (e.g. More than just ‘Content Marketing.’”.

Naming 119

Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. It was December 1999. Let me start with a story. I was resolute. I was resolute.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301