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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. we had no revenue. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. To show potential revenue streams, we listed three products: ads, listings, and subscriptions.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

When I began practicing law I was hired by a firm where billable hours and collected fees were the only considerations for advancement. Soon, I had more work than I could handle, and had to hire another attorney and staff member. Eitan Lev, was born in 2003 with a rare and serious heart defect known as TAPVR.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. I don’t know any developers.