Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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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. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

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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). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. conference happened at the end of 2004). link] leehower.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

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. Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth. ecommerce Internet retailing Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Ecommerce Retailing Stitch Fix'

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

Today, I went to an event in the city of Campbell to hear Matt Mickiewicz, Founder of SitePoint, Flippa, and 99Designs, talk about how he got started. You can get more sign-ups using viral techniques. It has matured to be a massive web community and tutorial/resource archive for web developers and designers now.

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EC2 Social Network Distribution Demand 53

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA). Our goal was to create a viral environment where personal networks and recommendations helped drive online store purchases. My co-founders and I started eVestment for two primary reasons.

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