Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Veterans of the networking industry, Craig formerly served as the CEO of Packeteer, a high-flying networking appliance vendor that he took public in 1999 with Scott as his director of engineering. Given their core expertise in networking, we believed that they were one of the few teams in the world that could deliver on this promise.

Networking 152

Networking Technical Review Cloud Software Review 152

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” From there, more years passed until: HubSpot’s founders translated an idea into a book. An eponymous book (e.g. More than just ‘Content Marketing.’”.

Naming 119

Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model. Free product. Page 3: Competition. Page 5: Financials.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! My parents were also small business owners. First, we built relationships with 10+ colleges, getting distribution rights to their students.

Entrepreneur 61

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 61

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Progressive. Image source ).

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. The title is not important; the work they do is.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49