Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
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. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). All the other stuff Yahoo! I didn’t use every Yahoo! Mail, Sports, etc. Author howerl.
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Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing. They were very much a luxury item. It was a different day and age.
OnlyOnce
MAY 1, 2019
As you may know, the title of this blog, OnlyOnce, comes from a blog post written by my friend and board member Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures entitled You Are Only a First-Time CEO Once , which he wrote back in 2003 or 2004. That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders. But the company is unusual in many respects.
OnlyOnce
MAY 1, 2019
As you may know, the title of this blog, OnlyOnce, comes from a blog post written by my friend and board member Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures entitled You Are Only a First-Time CEO Once , which he wrote back in 2003 or 2004. That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders. But the company is unusual in many respects.
SVPG
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
They’ve been around for nearly 100 years, but they embraced technology and the Internet relatively early. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use. I have to admit to a soft spot for the BBC.
Agile VC
APRIL 13, 2012
And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? This is true well before the internet era of Facebook, Yahoo!
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