2000 Advertising Cofounder Hiring 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. He just hired Meg Whitman. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. And it may work.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
APRIL 15, 2014
My daily life consists of (a) setting the strategy and rationale of the Engineering & Innovation department, based on a mixture of vision, data, and the needs of the rest of the company, (b) participate in doing the same for the whole company, (c) hire, (d) manage the managers whose teams execute the real work. Some of it is algorithmic.
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Agile VC
JULY 11, 2012
Some disgruntled younger partners left in the mid-90s… two co-founded Benchmark Capital (Bruce Dunlevie & Andy Rachleff). But eventually some disgruntled younger partners left and two started August Capital (Dave Marquardt & John Johnson) and one co-founded Benchmark (Bob Kagle). But it’s not quite that simple.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 28, 2015
As we talk to marketers about how they generate leads and fill the top of their sales funnel, most say they rely on quite number of different tactics: Trade shows, seminars, email blasts to purchased lists, internal cold calls, outsourced telemarketing, and advertising. According to the report, traditional paid ads are highly overrated.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
How do I find good technical co-founders? Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. Phenomenal Reddit AMA … I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – [link]. The Ultimate Photoshop Patterns Collection: 2000+ Patterns – [link].
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 16, 2012
Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Kaufer originally hired writers to product professional reviews and allowed user reviews on a whim.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JULY 7, 2016
When investors interrogate founders, these interrogatives arise, but with a twist: Adding the word “why” in front of each. But also you de-risk by aligning the solution to the founder’s existing abilities, for example in using whatever language/framework the founders are already adept in. When → Why now?
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