reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

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.

Entrepreneur 111

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

By the time I co-founded what became Mobius Venture Capital, Softbank (our sponsor – at the time we were called Softbank Venture Capital) was the key investor in Yahoo, E*trade, and a number of other large US-based Internet companies. And very, very little got done.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Still, it is the highest amount increase since Fenwick began compiling the numbers in 2004. CCIE - Senior Sales Support Engineering.

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Valuation Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review 45

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing. Mark’s view: too much money can eliminate discipline. He told them it was now or never. o Put a timeframe/money – competition in the picture.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After rejuvenating from the exhausting sale of Quigo, Mike started a ‘boring site’ called Tracked.com that he thought would be a better version of Yahoo! They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. The secret to the software sales process. He actually believed in them more than they believed in themselves.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. -Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers.

San Francisco 248

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I was making plenty of money consulting and, while I was investing much of the money I made from the sale into new companies as an angel investor, the idea of living in Homer was attractive. When Amy and I talked about “what’s next” when I was 29.5

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Amos Shapira, Cellcom’s CEO in the official press release : “ The mobile phone is the world’s most common computerized retail point of sale. The round will include participation from existing investors including Benchmark Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and Cisco Systems.

Media 109

Media Stealth Venture Capital 109

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Companies founded by immigrants.

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United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Companies founded by immigrants.

United States 60

United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash, a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. With these adjustments, TripAdvisor grew rapidly and successfully. and EBITDA margins are 47%. Think about that.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

The proceeds of this round will be be dedicated to expand the product line and increase marketing and sales. VideoSurf was started by Lior Delgo, the formrer founder of FareChase (sold to Yahoo in 2004 in subsequently closed in 2008) accompanied by a very strong suit of Phd co-founders.

Metadata 92

Metadata Cofounder IPO 92

thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. E-commerce has grown from $71 billion in sales 10 years ago to $4.5 We talk to Amazon’s home robot Alexa to ask for the day’s weather, and many of us are more likely to ask Google Home for information than do a Google search on our phone.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 84

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Israel’s Koor Industries, an investment company with holdings in Israeli telecom, defense electronics, agro-chemicals and venture capital markets, will retain 40% of the maker of fungicides, pesticides and herbicides. Perrigo, which recorded net sales of $2.7 Food and Drug Administration.

Architecture 92

Architecture Dividend Minneapolis 92

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms.

Netherlands 48

Netherlands France Salary Spain 48

thebarefootvc

JULY 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. E-commerce has grown from $71 billion in sales 10 years ago to $4.5 We talk to Amazon’s home robot Alexa to ask for the day’s weather, and many of us are more likely to ask Google Home for information than do a Google search on our phone.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 40

BeyondVC

JANUARY 29, 2009

GoToMarket Strategy – how will you grow quickly and in a capital efficient manner?    How will you sell your product – online, direct, or indirect sales?    Take a look at this post from April 2004 titled What Aisle, What Shelf.   (1 slide).

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Advisory Board Startup Early Stage Social Network 125

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Sales reps are also likely to be familiar with Salesforce because it’s the most widely used CRM, reducing onboarding costs for companies that use it. Until 2004, when the U.S. It’s one that many venture capital–funded startups deploy. Pick a random job description for a sales position. Dig a deep moat.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 29, 2015

In addition to my venture capital and teaching activities, I co-chair the board of trustees at Facing History and Ourselves , an educational non-profit that trains educators how to teach pivotal moments in history (e.g., Tim Cook and Aron Ain run large companies with billions in sales, thousands of employees and high profiles.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

But its stock is trading at twenty-odd times the company’s annual sales.” Another group, launched just before or after 2000, were stable enough to succeed while newer companies like Salesforce (1999), Google (1998), Twitter (2006), and Yelp (2004) have taken off like jackrabbits. There is no E in the P/E.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You use marketing and sales language, when attempting to make technical points. Get a clue, author: 1) Building a McDonalds idea with people it takes you too long to find with primitive tools increasing your time to market while burning your venture capital renting in SF financial district just shows your an idiot.

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