2003 Differentiation Revenue Venture Capital 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2011
Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. As an example, Joel says that there is a chief revenue officer who is solely responsible for bringing in revenue to StackExchange.
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. Neither is a particularly good backdrop for trying to raise capital, because. we had no revenue. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction.
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MARCH 1, 2011
Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. We can do better.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 18, 2010
These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. By definition, the capital investment needs to be relatively low such that the investors and the entrepreneurs all make a healthy return on investment.
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 18, 2010
These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. By definition, the capital investment needs to be relatively low such that the investors and the entrepreneurs all make a healthy return on investment.
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