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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth. Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser. It's brilliant.].

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Playing with Glass – Changing (and Saving) Lives (Part 2)

Up and Running

Catch up on Part 1 of his “Playing with Glass” series, this is Part 2… It was 2003, 10 years ago, but I remember meeting Larry Page like it was yesterday. Tim did a 50 minute presentation about Glass (including demo) while at SXSW which you absolutely must see. He said this. It is seriously amazing.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. This is a demo + a high-level deck. So make sure you have a solid PR strategy. Understanding PR & Crisis Management.

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BizMe2 is Looking to Disrupt Conferences with Turnkey Solution (Interview)

VC Cafe

Yair Margolin: I was a member of the core team at Peerapp in 2003, a supplier of caching solutions for ISPs. It’s usually hard to figure out who to meet and there’s a range of events within the events, entertainment cocktails, Pr events in restaurants nearby, but there’s no easy way to find out about them.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Thus had to spend hard cash building a half way completed demo outsourced to India. also, just to clarify, the first idea we worked on that we called “meebo&# back in 2003 was my idea. Now, I know that I need to build all the demo of my product A.L.O.N.E. As Seth said, the first meebo idea he came up with was in 2003.