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. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2017

When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. The lifetime value of each customer is much higher than in a production model business, and subscriptions can even out cash flow , reduce volatility, and make forecasting more accurate.

Software Review 103

Software Review Artificial Inteligence Retention Technical Review 103

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We’ve had over 20,000 people download that free tool that we built, and the key metric there is if somebody has used that free tool, their conversion rate on our paid product is three times higher than those who have not. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing.

Kansas City 39

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 39

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

Likely signs of a Value investment: the company has challenges in filling out the round; the investors have more negotiating leverage than the founders during the closing process; the company has significantly better metrics (e.g. LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) than comparable companies in the same sector that raised at a higher valuation.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60