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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings. He typed lowermybills.com was not registered and available so he bought it.

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

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What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.