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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

March 13, 2012. In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

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By Richard MacManus / May 10, 2012 05:30 AM / View Comments. But in 2012, more often than not it can be done on the Web. social media. social networks. social networking. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. Subscribe to ReadWriteWeb. Best of RWW. POPULAR TAGS. advertising. developers.

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Getting Better At Email

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To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. Getting better means getting to the point of the message you’re sending, and only reading and reacting to those emails that you really care about.

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Getting Better at Getting Email

Duct Tape Marketing

To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. Getting better means getting to the point of the message you’re sending, and only reading and reacting to those emails that you really care about.

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Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

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By Tim Devaney and Tom Stein / April 23, 2012 09:30 AM / View Comments. social media. social networks. social networking. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. The channel is sponsored by TriNet. Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution. LinkedIn employees get a 24-hour gym. POPULAR TAGS. advertising.

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ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

Professor VC

Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Hans Hvide at the University of Aberdeen Business School just published a paper, "The Horse or the Jockey? No comments: Post a Comment.