Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. How do founders think about whether it’s time to move on or not?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

For more page-turning corporate drama, including the feud between Intermix co-founders and UCLA college buddies Brett Brewer and Brad Greenspan, Nasdaq delisting, proxy contest and lawsuits by Greenspan after he was fired as CEO, see Stealing MySpace by WSJ reporter Julia Angwin. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. I [Reid] remember when Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky told me about the offer.). They’ll probably kill you,” he said.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Keith Ferrazzi Keith Ferrazzi is the author of Never Eat Alone and the founder of the Relationship Masters Academy, an online training program for networking that offers the structure and support to put Keith’s bestselling books into action in your life for unparalleled career success and satisfaction.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. Founders, sales directors, and sales reps love our content so much that they’re counting down the days to purchase our product.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. John Jantsch (22:27): The, my longest running client, uh, has been a client since 2004. Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas.

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