Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. Free product.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 7, 2016

PayPal failed in 2000 at its stated mission to invent a new form of currency (though it pivoted to something else), but Bitcoin seems to be succeeding in 2016. WebVan failed at grocery delivery in 2000, but InstaCart might succeed in 2016. Where → Why here? Why should you build this startup in your current location?

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Image source ).

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. TECHNOLOGY. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Technology. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It eliminates my cost of distribution. This is a great business model. ” And that turned into, at its culmination, the $2000 course kind of paradigm. But if you slice the math, if you kind of do the real cost analysis, it’s really hard to provide a meaningful level of support at $2000. All really good.”

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). Now I just need a business model.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 28, 2005

Luckily, I have 2 portfolio companies that I respectively invested in during 1999 and 2000 which survived the nuclear winter and are having an opportunity to contribute to this innovation by helping make search better and easier for users. There is obviously lots of innovation happening in the search space.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). Most of the technology we now have in the digital space wasn’t here 15 years ago. Nor does most of the technology of the future already exist).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Semiconductors.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

For a technology startup company to launch an initial product and survive long enough to gauge its success, requires two-orders-of-magnitude less money today than at the start of the previous decade. They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Free roaming technology – unique roaming solution which eliminates roaming costs in more than 150 countries. Ceedo Technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. It is a channel disguised in business clothing. I would argue that if Apple’s app model continues to succeed it is bad for your health. You – being members of the technology community. It’s a channel.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 31, 2011

His discussion to change his business model has been based on trends and statistics, and perhaps a need to change to keep his business thriving. Look at any business throughout history and we will see the ones that kept their air of superiority without adapting to change, always seem to meet a similar fate.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There are actually a lot of tools and technologies available now to really streamline your day and as I said earlier it’s amazing. Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. I may iterate 3 times in one day.

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