Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. We were all at each other’s weddings, brit milah / baby namings and unfortunately a funeral. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP. The things you learn in tough environments.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In the afternoon we had a partner session with a separate facilitator in which we talked more broadly about bias, diversity & inclusion. Towards the end of the day my partner Greg Bettinelli said, in effect, “If we leave here today having just talked and not changed anything then shame on us.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. There were none in the firm, so I remember asking him if he knew of any general partners who were women in the Boston area. I've been in venture now twice.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. The name of this startup was Flipkart and they started it with $6,500. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Sachin Bansal.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Partner with industry publications to reach hundreds of decision-makers. Set up in 2003, the website has a strong network-effect moat that makes it harder for other blogs and publications to compete. Building brand recognition and social proof, exposing his name and business experience to audiences of potential prospects.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Our name came from very humble origins. Not knowing anyone’s name I naturally waved to everyone that walked or drove by.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”. → Learn More. Latest in Gadgets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

At what point did you feel like you outgrew your ability, you and your partners, I guess in this case, ability to actually run that company? Over that eight year, eight years of time, actually some of the partners come and went. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

In 2003, during his senior year in college, he founded Cilantro Fund Management with a starting fund of about $1 million raised from friends and family. He founded the Timothy Sykes Foundations which is partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation. Entrepreneurial experience. In 2017, be donated $1M to Pencils of Promise. Tim’s Alerts.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2014

At the time, Tom was a partner at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital in San Diego. At the time (around 2003), many venture capital firms were licking their wounds. He said that going forward, Enterprise Partners would wait at least six months before funding any new company they met. In other words.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

Moody established Stella & Chewy’s in 2003 in a tiny New York City apartment, but the impetus for the business came years earlier when Chewy, who had been rescued from an animal shelter, developed severe health problems. How did you come up with your business name? They were my inspiration and the loves of my life for many years.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Who should you partner with? John (11:25): Yeah, I actually, I started my blog in 2003 that I talk about being in the right place at the right time. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Should you raise funding?

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue. Top From Our Partners. Global Syndication Partners.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The studio’s design talent boasts some famous names among the list of partners, including Paula Scher, Michael Beirut, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Harry Pearce, and many more. Since then, it has taken on design work for clients large and small, including big names like The Economist and Apple. Headquarters: London.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. How did you come up with your business name? The name comes from a coaching client who had worked with my mother. That is a great question.

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Board Effect

MAY 19, 2021

One of the grant programs you may have overlooked comes from a grant maker whose name you probably see every day—Google. In fact, Google has awarded over $10 billion in free ads since 2003. You can’t place your ads on Search Partners or the Google Display Network, only on Google.com.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. Reid Hoffman.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. How did you come up with your business name? The name comes from a coaching client who had worked with my mother. That is a great question.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

The experience of unpacking a product is part of a customer’s experience with a brand, much like a company’s name and logo. Your brand story – as we’ve already mentioned – covers a lot more ground than just your company’s name, logo and tagline. Every brand has a personality that is integral to who they are.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

There are folks who dont like me, or who are annoyed by me, but if Id broken somebodys trust in regard to their work, I guarantee itd be just about the first thing youd find when you Google my name. I would love to be plagiarized and embroiled in a lawsuit--the curiosity factor alone would boost my sales and name recognition exponentially.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

their brands are less developed, so most people would struggle to name a show. Gimlet’s first podcast, documents the process Alex Bloomberg went through to found Gimlet Media with his partner, Matthew Lieber. Carlos Eduardo Espinal, a friend, and partner at Seedcamp. The second level?—?they’re they’re anonymous.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Who should you partner with? John Jantsch (13:37): Yeah, I actually, I started my blog in 2003 that I talk about being in the right place at the right time. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Should you raise funding?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

The experience of unpacking a product is part of a customer’s experience with a brand, much like a company’s name and logo. Your brand story – as we’ve already mentioned – covers a lot more ground than just your company’s name, logo and tagline. Every brand has a personality that is integral to who they are.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. We were once looking at a very hot market segment (which I can’t name or the people I’m speaking about will be obvious). If you’re way better than me, I’m probably not playing.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I have encountered numerous companies with bad customer service, or bad financial management, or unprofessional stuff, you name it. Thanks to Nancy D.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). For example, participants in one study were more likely to donate $5 to an African girl named Rokia instead of donating that money to millions of people who were suffering from severe hunger.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2011

They’ve been working on this for some time but pushed it live to all last week. (So, So, perhaps we have yet another verb to all – +1′d) The difference Google has to offer from the Like or InShare options is the tie to search and that’s where the +1 Button makes it’s obvious difference known.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Sheila Johnson at Prendismo Collection , Dec. Chuck Feeney at RTE Radio 1 , Jan. Blake Mycoskie at TreeHugger , Sept.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

I have no problem doing this, so I’ve started to set up a short code word for each event and I simply say text “event name” to the code and people get a message that allows them to download the slides on the spot while I’m standing up there in front of them. On top of convenience this still offers up a bit of wow factor for participants.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. Dinners were consumed with customers or in hotels and often past 10pm.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

Pork Bellies are one of my favorites commodities, mostly because I like the name so much. I’m not entirely sure what one does with a load of pork bellies, but I do know, like all commodities, they are bought and sold exclusively on price.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). In the end you have to invest time to build your name. Being a partner of a tool you customize was the best.

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