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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) How did the site come about?

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.) My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

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Today, crowdSPRING is the world’s #1 online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. I was a professional dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and studio co-owner when I became disabled due to disastrous back surgery followed by a car accident making the situation worse.