Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Carpe Diem.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

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. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Folksonomy.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns.

Email 60

Email Small Business Marketing Campaign 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. ” This was around 2001. Everybody doesn’t have hi-speed Internet. We found a core distribution model that worked in terms of long-tail search. … I was like, “… It’s going to be big. It’s all of these.).

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Silicon Valley North Carolina Cofounder Entrepreneur 120

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The firm used to be called Fotouhi Alonso and were one of LA's top mid-sized agencies for 20 years, working with clients like Honda, Epson, the LA DWP, and the FX Network. We downsized from 35 people in 2001 and are now a size that allows us to work directly with clients. Is social media having much of an impact on what you do?

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Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

I just knew that subscription-based dial-up services like CompuServe and America Online, and the one I’d been working on at Apple, eWorld , could potentially distribute information in far more powerful ways than what you could do with books, TV, and other traditional forms of media. Follow your network.”. Trust your allies too.

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Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. They know that in a Power Law distributed business, if they create value, it is going to be an exceptionally large quantum of value. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. Why is that?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88