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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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[Interview] Waseem Malleye, International Investment and Asset Management Executive

YoungUpstarts

In 2003, four months out of college and still without a satisfactory job, Waseem Malleye took a step anyone who has ever been frustrated in attempts to get their career started can appreciate. When the model is designed right, you change inputs to determine the changes to related outputs. He took control of his destiny.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

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Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution. These new super angels are really signals in that marketplace that are causing others to invest or not invest based on their due diligence and research.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a classic example.) There’s a world of difference between experienced UX designers and people who read a blog post about it,” explained DePalma Studios’ Zach Watson. Are they doing due diligence?”. – Daniel Kahneman. He cites the U.S. What makes opinions stand out in a meeting? “You

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Moneyball Design: Why the Research and Data Analysis is Critical to Getting Your Prospects to Convert

ConversionXL

We had two prospective clients this past week where their overall site design was good enough that they didn’t need a full redesign. You may have a great product or service and great design on your existing site, but you know you could be doing better. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.”. –

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What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

Chapter 4: Brand Identity Design: the Building Blocks of Your Brand Identity. Chapter 5: Designing Your Brand Identity. Put another way: a designer’s job isn’t to design a brand. Designers design the brand identity (explained in Chapter 5 ). Chapter 2: Creating Your Brand Strategy. style guide.

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