Version One Ventures

JUNE 10, 2014

Sometimes, you need to wait a long time for the chance to invest in an outstanding founder. He’s the co-founder of Urbanspoon , the popular restaurant review site and app. He also co-founded Cubeduel, a site that lets you rank your co-workers and Strangeberry, a digital media startup that was acquired by TiVo in 2004.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win. 5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses.

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Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 41

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Stephanie is the founder of Grow Disrupt , a company that designs & produces educational, application-focused events that re-invigorate & inspire entrepreneurs. As the founder of On Line Support , Eric has a wealth of technology, service and business expertise garnered from more than 30 years in the technology/telecom industry.

Paraguay 84

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. He is the co-author of Get Content Get Customers.

Small Business 54

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 27, 2007

Congratulations to Fotolog for their pending sale to French company Hi-Media for $90mm. It was John who also first introduced me to the company in July of 2004 when I decided to participate in their angel round. The post Congrats to Fotolog on $90mm sale to Hi-Media appeared first on BeyondVC.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2012

in 2012, previously holding positions as president and co-chairman. Today, he is the CSO of The Convex Group, founder of Media Eagles, and founder and CEO of Fanista. Andrew Taylor : Andrew Taylor may have been the son of Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder Jack C. John Borghetti : A consummate workaholic (he works 6.5

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Jason Falls Jason Falls is a social media strategist, thinker, speaker and educator. SocialMediaExplorer.com is owned, co-authored and edited by Jason. Shama is a bestselling author with her book - The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue.

Small Business 53

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You’re kind of amused when the Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris drives on stage in his best “Back to the Future” Doc costume and uses the shtick to announce the new Salesforce1 mobile platform. Founders should never forget where they came from, and how to contribute back when they make it big. And then you’re into it.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Our business is based on content marketing and digital media, which has allowed for our success to flourish. A few months later, I went on a five-day social media detox, which I had (ironically) discovered online. 4- I was put in a position to fail.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Be sure to share links to your content in social media.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Keith Ferrazzi Keith Ferrazzi is the author of Never Eat Alone and the founder of the Relationship Masters Academy, an online training program for networking that offers the structure and support to put Keith’s bestselling books into action in your life for unparalleled career success and satisfaction. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of Twoodo Mail , helping your team collaborate effectively with email through #hashtags. Google’s email service is now 10 years old – yes, released in 2004 when everybody thought that it was silly to compete with Yahoo! and Hotmail. We all know the state of affairs now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

He is a New York Times bestselling co-author of Trust Agents , and a featured monthly columnist at Entrepreneur Magazine. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Trends , an award-winning online publication. Chris’s blog, [chrisbrogan.com] , is in the Top 5 of the Advertising Age Power150.

Small Business 39

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win.

Web 52

Web Small Business Social Media Matching 52

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Sprout Social research shows that when a CEO has an active presence on social media, 70% of consumers feel more connected to that brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Tim Berry Tim Berry is the president and founder of Palo Alto Software, founder of bplans.com, and a co-founder of Borland International, author of books and software on business planning, Stanford MBA, father of five, married 41 years. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan.

Marketing 41

Marketing Matching Social Media Cofounder 41

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. After taking another year to build a second email marketing startup (with Anvil running in the background), I finally decided it was time for me to commit to building my own team and Anvil grew in earnest in 2004. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

He is the co-author of Get Content Get Customers. Joe Speaks to large and small groups on marketing, publishing, social media, new journalism, personal branding and why he always wears orange. He is also the founder of Junta42 , the Content Marketing Institute , SocialTract and a few others in the works. Find your chief editor.

Social Media 41

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Sonia Simone Sonia Simone is the senior editor of Copyblogger and a co-founder of Copyblogger Media , a company with a suite of valued marketing and training products and more than 55,000 customers. It will build trust and rapport, so that down the line you can fully explain all the benefits of what you do.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. This is what companies like media monks for example are doing. Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas. It's 10 grand, every two weeks.

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Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 76

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2013

MaryAnn Bekkedahl is Co-Founder & President of theSwizzle and an expert in email organization. She was named Adweek Media’s “Publishing Executive of the Year” in 2009. She has earned spots for her brands on the prestigious and highly coveted trade lists including AdWeek’s Hot List, and Advertising Age’s A-List.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. Once I knew I definitely wanted to start a fashion boutique, I started talking about it to people and on social media platforms like Facebook, so people could hold me accountable. Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I liked the flattering Venture Hacks commentary so much Ill just quote it: Many founders believe that early stage startups are endeavors of execution. It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. The customer is known, the product is known, and all we have to do is act.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# Mike passed up an offer from Ross Levinsohn of Fox Interactive Media ( around $175 Million ).

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder. TripAdvisor And Expedia: From $4 million invested to $4 billion in value .

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Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

World Featured in US & World Featured: Facebook iPhone 4S Media Summit. Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Jobs Awards Welcome to Mashable!

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. Management.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Professional Photographer, Founder of Sue Bryce Education. Campbell signed on to the Data Sync Technologies team in 2004 and has helped it achieve meaningful partnerships, including U.S. Founder and CEO of Chelette Enterprises Inc. Founder of American Red Cross. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Founder Technology 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They’ve worked with a few small companies like Zynga, Playdom, GroupOn and TopSpin Media. Working with a family member (Evan, the co-founder is his brother)? as well as what drove the success of the campaigns. If you have this sort of need – check ‘em out. </end of plug> 4. It changed everything.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies. Company : BricaBox.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Social Media. After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. But what of those eight members of the first Summer Founders Program; Y Combinator’s “First Batch”? Previous story. Daily Dose.

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Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster. Investment Rounds. Soho OS raised $1 million from The T.i.m.e (as services developer Xconnect.

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Media Stealth Venture Capital 109

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Thanks to David Wachs, Handwrytten ! #5) 5) Market Downturn. 6) Abolish a Phenomena.

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