article thumbnail

What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. If you wanted a website, you had to pay someone a lot of money to set it up for you.

PHP 143
article thumbnail

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

I’ve been promoting tools like Google Alerts and Google Reader for years now and today Google added something called “ Me on the Web &# as an attempt to make it easier to monitor your identity on the web.

article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. It’s what makes you stand out from the rest.

China 333
article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. It’s what makes you stand out from the rest.

China 328
article thumbnail

Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

Emmanuel de Watteville, General Partner and Co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, has been part of the startup ecosystem since 2003. He has acquired extensive experience in coaching, creating, managing, developing and financing more than 200 high-tech startups across several sectors, including the medical and information technologies.

article thumbnail

WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

From sales pages to your products, or even your About page, the content management system you choose can make a big difference in growing your business and driving sales. If you’re a large organization, switching your content management system comes with a high cost. A brief history of WordPress.