Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. Now it’s time for the Finance, Portfolio and Expansion teams to take over.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

And as long as people put things right and show contrition, situations like this eventually become a “ tempest in a teapot. &# Today’s Internet titans are filled with such momentary lapses. Find other media outlets to tell your story. With portfolio companies I’m always involved in the planning phase.

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PR Management Startup Vietnam 329

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. The solution: build a brand.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

Simply leave a comment below or get in touch on any of our social media accounts – Twitter , Google+ and Facebook. A simple online search should reveal your investors interests as well as the portfolio of companies that he/she has invested in. In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. You and Your Team. “It

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Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

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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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

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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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68