1999 Cost Sales Social Network 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration.
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Sophia Perl of Wisdom
AUGUST 27, 2011
During lunch at school, he would have sales calls with customers and say that he had a hard stop at 1pm. Unfortunately his customers didn’t know that his hard stop was really his social studies class. A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2011
In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. Rightly or wrongly, public ownership often lends prestige and credibility to the company in its sales efforts, general public relations, and the execution of its future strategies. These can add millions to the cost of doing business.
crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 18, 2013
Customers not only talk about their delight on social networks, but also love the experience so much that when they next purchase shoes, they will again buy from Zappos. Adopting a ‘surprise’ strategy thus requires a careful analysis of the costs and benefits (e.g., Surprise can be small and inexpensive. A few words of caution.
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
That was in 1999 – we were in fact one of the first food companies to offer e-commerce to consumers. The sandwich shop and e-commerce are a very small part of our business now however – most of our sales come of grocery stores, supermarkets, and specialty and natural food stores. localbiz'
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Bottom of the sales funnel. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!
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