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Praying to the God of Valuation

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I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I would see Marc Benioff in the line for Starbucks at One Market in San Francisco and probably few could pick him out of a line up then.

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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

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Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). So we decided to sponsor Ryan to work out of the US in San Francisco. We told him we’d file all the legal papers, pay for his move and normalize his salary with San Francisco. This is part of my Startup Advice series.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

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He currently has a 1999 strategy. MyTab Next, Heddi Cundle from San Francisco, California, discussed MyTab , an online gift-registry of sorts to raise money for travel. In it, I have mapped out a similar project, but with a clear delineation of the segmentation and positioning as well as a go-to-market strategy.

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. ► 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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. Farb is the founder & CEO of Grockit.com. Current round: $3.35mm in Series A by TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s personal investment vehicle), Saban Ventures, Founder Collective, SK Telecom Ventures. LibreDigital.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

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. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Is it a long drive into the City (San Francisco) for you?” I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. I broke the silence, “so, where do you guys live?