Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution.

Silicon Valley 69

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. ", they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software. " Listen. Another important web 2.0

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Even in New York the number of startups percapita is probably a 20th of what it is in Silicon Valley. Our startup made software for making online stores. Slowness in Launching Companies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At the end of this post, we’ll discuss the valuation at each step (how much the investors value your company and therefore how much of it you need to give up to get this money) and how much revenue you should generate at each step.). On the other hand, in a SaaS business $1 in recurring annual revenue equals ~10x in valuation.).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Huffington Post thinks the Midwest may be the next Silicon Valley – [link]. Remarkable valuation for Zynga – but their profits might actually justify it – [link]. Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t let Silicon Valley fool you—millenials are the least entrepreneurial generation | Quartz – [link]. Downfalls of Distributed Startups – [link]. Q1 Venture Capital Spending & Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet – [link]. ” – [link].

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It reminds me of living in Silicon Valley 10 years ago when so many foundational SaaS companies were started. UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. trillion of market value. Europe has also joined the race with its first Cloud giants.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Valuation: $1M – $3M. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g.,

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. Remote-Distributed (a.k.a. These are highly-skilled people that make up critical parts of your software development teams. Boundaryless) Teams.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Meanwhile, we recently talked with him about his thoughts on 35 years in Silicon Valley, why the skill sets of venture capitalists and CEOs are so different, and why telling a good story about your product is so crucial. You’ve been in Silicon Valley since the early days. We'll invest at a $50 million valuation.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For this discussion, we were joined by CEOs Jared Hecht of Fundera, Joshua Reeves of ZenPayroll, Matt Rissell of TSheets, and our own Sabrina Parsons of LivePlan and Palo Alto Software. Then now into TSheets which is a subscription based software with a much different model so again thank you for having us, having me on the panel.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

“Over the Top&# video distribution – Apple TV comes out in November and is priced at $99. That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. The device itself will have no storage.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” By Sarah Lacy. Brag, Israel!

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

To form a digital development fund to coordinate the R&D and the distribution pathways with our like-minded partners. It wasn’t that they wanted to go to GSB and then make a bunch of money doing venture capital in Silicon Valley. Hardware vs software. In part it wasn’t a pay thing.

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