Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

Staples has developed a reputation in the marketing industry for being a creator of viral content. It’s often hard to tell stories about change—audiences grow wary or defensive—but Margolis helps leaders in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of innovation make that change feel exciting and achievable.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Mayfield recently hosted a Mobile Marketplaces dinner with leading entrepreneurs, which yielded several insights. It’s easy, especially in Silicon Valley, to get hung up on all the whizbang new technologies available to developers. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' Myth #4: It’s all about the technology, not the service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2016

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

Cycling IS the new golf for entrepreneurs! One Startup’s Struggle to Survive the Silicon Valley Gold Rush | WIRED – crowdspring.co/1fmuIOO. Interesting Facebook post on the viral potential of rumors … The strange truth about fiction – crowdspring.co/1rJBrCv. ” – crowdspring.co/1fmEnVQ.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. I met a lot of really bright people that were passionate about and experienced in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Stanford was also the right place because of nearby Silicon Valley. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. You are also less likely to be an entrepreneur when your personal obligations, like family and mortgage pile up. What is the reaction when you first tell people a concept?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neither would have achieved virality had customers not received something tangible for their efforts. 500 Startups founder and entrepreneur Dave McClure created this model as a way for growth hackers to optimize the speed of their sales and marketing efforts in generating results. Guy became Chief Evangelist of Canva.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. Include marketing, sales, and customer rollout plans.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term "Growth Hacking", invented by Sean Ellis, and made popular by Andrew Chen, a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines - marketing and coding. Learn the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. For VC’s and entrepreneurs the gold rush to liquidity was on. Carpe Diem. We’re now in the second Internet bubble. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. LetsGiftIt. SOCO Games.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Throughout its history, BVP has funded some of the worlds most talented entrepreneurs, helping them to build their businesses and dominate growing markets. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. Software 2.0:

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Image is the bedrock part of the “fake it till you make it” culture that animates most of Silicon Valley today. It seems clear that most entrepreneurs need help to navigate the ultra-dense tech industry PR environment. In the technology industry, almost more than anywhere else, image is everything.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. I innovate : a 20mn podcast on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The guest speaker was a well known and highly successful Silicon Valley veteran: Tony Zingale, President and CEO of Mercury Interactive. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Software 2.0:

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. Reid Hoffman delivers Silicon Valley gospel with an impressive roster of guests, but doesn’t take himself too seriously while sharing important information for founders. Serial by WBEZ on Apple Podcasts.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

I think one of the key takeaways is that the exponential growth of Internet connected devices along with the strong viral loops of Facebook and Twitter have served as accelerants for these high growth companies. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. . | Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’s even lonelier to be an entrepreneur. WHY IT’S SO LONELY TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR. People often conflate the loneliness of being a CEO with the loneliness of being an entrepreneur. While both are lonely journeys, the entrepreneur’s journey is even lonelier than that of the CEO. It’s lonely at the top.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. Masters of Scale— Reid Hoffman delivers Silicon Valley gospel with an impressive roster of guests, but doesn’t take himself too seriously while sharing important information for founders. itunes.apple.com.

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Hippoland

JUNE 26, 2017

Like everyone else in the startup world, I read this story about Justin Caldbeck with both curiosity and disgust when it went viral on Thursday. We have a real and undeniable problem here in Silicon Valley with sexual harassment. Since then, many VCs, startup founders, and reporters have called his behavior appalling.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The best entrepreneurs are often those who can articulate their vision and roadmap in a simple, elegant and purposeful manner. 6 Passion While everyone wants to make money, good VCs look for more in an entrepreneur than the desire to cash out. They invest in entrepreneurs who want to change the world.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. >50% of our revenue in now viral.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Women (Entrepreneurs) Who Go Their Own Way – [link]. Now what could go wrong with Silicon Valley – [link]. Hiring of Kevin Rose by Google sends all the wrong signals to Silicon Valley – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link]. Why I left Google – [link].

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www.jasonnazar.com

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day. I think that will cause new entrepreneurs to maybe second guess on where they want to be. Brian : Thanks for having me.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Part of the reason I encourage entrepreneurs to discuss their ideas with as many smart people as possible is because sometimes that clarity of thought can come from an entirely different field or industry. That’s why one of the factors that separates successful from unsuccessful entrepreneurs is their pivot “tool chest.”

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2014, a recruitment platform went viral by emailing a user’s Facebook friends after a sign-up. I just met with a young entrepreneur here in Austin this morning and we walked through her startup’s investor deck. Don’t focus on them internally. Tracking clarity metrics builds great businesses.” “In

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Money matters: why women founders struggle in Silicon Valley | The Verge – [link]. How to Be Happy: An Entrepreneur’s Perspective | Forbes – [link]. An Entrepreneur’s “Stop Doing” List | Inc – [link]. ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content – [link].

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Advisory Board. He's awesome.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 12, 2018

When I asked Dropbox founder Drew Houston to look back on his experience, he told me, “I think a lot of entrepreneurs start with a lot of insecurity about what they don’t know. For example, I was one of the first start-up leaders in Silicon Valley to borrow the “chief of staff” concept from the realm of politics and established corporations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Sam is one of the most prolific company builders in Silicon Valley. 6:56) A look at how many biotech companies and non-biotech entrepreneurs have pivoted to work exclusively on COVID-19. (7:35) There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one. 7:35) Sam gives advice for investors looking to help. (11:45)

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