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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

A solid marketing strategy shows more than just a long term commitment to effective advertising and self-promotion; it shows investors that the company is determined to gain traction amongst its target demographic or the community it’s meeting the demands of, while on a mission to retain consumers, leading to maximum ROI in the long run.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Engage with the business community. Beyond information sharing, podcasts are all about community. Being a part of these communities has major benefits.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. After realizing the “traditional” approach wasn’t getting them anywhere, they turned to their network. “We After all, what have you got to lose? But they didn’t let this stop them.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. Shortly after launching my consulting practice, I took on a leadership position with several professional women’s organizations, Women’s Global Network and Ladies Who Launch, San Diego.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Network. Social media tools like Linkedin and FullContact increases the value of network currency (reputation and access), because people with currency can spend their currency getting to a wider array of influencers. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.