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.

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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.

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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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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. The market is moving back up, but slowly. Do you have the horses?

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IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Borderless world. Their numbers are impressive. Case study #4 - Dodge.

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Campaign Estonia Social Media Viral 95

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. Dig a deep moat.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Then identify the goals and distribute them to the various departments in your company. The quota should accommodate the sales targets, and ensure that there are enough items in stock to cover unforeseen demand and any potential lag in production for the following month.

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