2003 Advertising Customer Early Stage 
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
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. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2019
That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Design a product or service that you can sell.
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Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Podcasting is a powerful advertising platform , as well as a great content marketing tool. StartUp is a fantastic podcast for those in the early stages of their careers.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 13, 2013
That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Design a product or service that you can sell.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Design a product or service that you can sell.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. This is mostly a mistake slide because customer slides are more appropriate for enterprise pitches.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2011
He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. But ultimately great people drive the ideas and Highland Capital is proactive in reaching out to entrepreneurs even at early stages. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers.
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