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). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. Ben Schippers is the co-founder of HappyFunCorp , a Web development company that has built sites for TeePublic , Of A Kind , Postography and Yeah TV! “If

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2020

Micro Case Study: One of the greatest examples of a successful guerrilla marketing tactic I have ever heard was from Pinterest founder, Ben Silbermann. Another really great example of this tactic was in 2002 when Sony hired actors to walk around cities and ask strangers to take selfies with them.

Marketing 156

Marketing Startup Guerilla Canada 156

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. Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

Banks invested because they wanted access to our large and growing consumer base or to try to catch the lightning in the bottle of our virally growing payments business. . The round was heavily oversubscribed so the founders could choose their investment partners, but the founders decided to include NVIDIA a strategic investor.

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. He is currently Co-Founder of CapitalMarkets.com and Editor Of SaaSInsights. Next page: The transition from a founder who does all the sales to a scalable sales team is really, really hard.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. Bonus: European founders should spend a week in San Francisco. They invest in entrepreneurs who want to change the world. You get the idea.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48