Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2010

Staring at us in the board meeting were three term-sheets from brand name VC’s and an unexpected buy-out offer from Google. In fact, Google’s offer for $15 Million was equal to the highest valuation from the venture firms. They hired a world-class team with co-founders and early employees who shared their vision. In the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2022

So I look for a partner early on now, and his name is Justin Wise. We tested theirs and it failed the three key elements that identifying the book, differentiate to get attention, attract, to get engagement direct, to compel, to tell you when to do something and what this, this marketing was different. That's the differentiator.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. What’s your differential business strategy? Your differential growth strategy? Your differential product? Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

06:12] Today we don’t have any way to stand out in the market or way to differentiate ourselves from our customers. CMO is just kind of a name, names stake. And then they realized, you know, we don't have any way to stand out, you know, in the market or way to differentiate ourselves with our customers.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2011

Namely, a venture fund (Osage Ventures) has entered the scene to help universities increase returns. huge pay and social impact differentials between the tw0 types of jobs). Damon Darlin of the New York Times discusses some efforts to help universities extract greater value from their intellectual property.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There used to be two sharply differentiated typesof investors: angels and venture capitalists. Angels are individualrich people who invest small amounts of their own money, while VCsare employees of funds that invest large amounts of other peoples. And those who do raiseVC rounds will be able to get higher valuations when they do.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Well, iTV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK and "eyeTV" is also an application from Elgato (it is a TV/DVR product for Mac) - so the name was already crowded. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content. My Investments.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

The “extremization” of the message or user experience has become sin qua non for achieving differentiation in the cacophony of publicity messages. Despite strong headwind from his employees he insisted on launching a revolutionary music player – the iPod – that features just one button.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

I think a lot of companies that do things, not household named company, I mean any company that you look at from the outside, and it just you use magic, or whatever term you use. Brad Sugars: Oh look, I think that the greatest of anything, any greats in anything, sport, acting, music, business, you name it, the greats make it look easy.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

The more structured the effort of the 'distribution' people will be, the clearer the communication with design and technical people and the higher mutual respect/valuation. 3 votes by Vincent van Wylick , Saul Klein and Donald Tang As someone who specializes in employee analysis and team development I love this question.

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