ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? CXL’s founder, Peep Laja, has a specific “reason why” his company Wynter exists.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2019

It is my belief that without a doubt blockchain and in particular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are going to play a massive role in the day to day working lives of entrepreneurs and founders of various tech & non-tech related startups and businesses. 9- Internet of Things. It’s almost happening already.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Technology Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 50

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. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore. https://stitchfix.com/gifts.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Michael is a very accomplished corporate executive in his own right having run Sega Gameworks and helped IPO EuroDisney as well as having been on the founding team of DreamWorks SKG (where he helped them raise their first $900 million in equity). million from Trinity Ventures, Founder Collective, Highline Ventures, NextNew Ventures.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2016

Between 1996 and 2002 I was co-chairman of Interliant, a company I co-founded with three other people. I was visiting the company post acquisition and wandering down the main hallway with the founder of the company we had just acquired. Founder: “You told me the wall needed to be painted.” ” Brad: “I did?”

Cofounder 70

Cofounder Founder Equity Acquisition 70

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. Don’t go into VC.”.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. Don’t go into VC.”.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2015

While Lynda began offering online classes in 2002, my first taste of online education came from seeing Skillshare grow from it’s founding in 2010 from within the Carbonmade office (shoutout to the Skillshare founder, Mike Karnjanaprakorn). The following Monday, Eli gave us his terms and we agreed to them on the same day.

New York City 28

New York City Video Internet Cofounder 28