This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. YETI also partners with influencers and other brands, borrowing their audience to boost their brand awareness. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. Image source.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

That blog post – which turned into one of my most read posts ever – grew out of a study done by Correlation Ventures showing the distribution of outcomes across over 21,000 financings during the years 2004-2013 as well as some of my own observations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

However, a paper published a while back by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – the group devoted to fostering entrepreneurship around the world – suggests that the age distribution among company founders is much broader than we might have imagined. First of all, we all know that the age distribution in the U.S. is inching higher.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 2004, you’d raise $500k with just an idea. In fact, it’s been famously written by Chris Dixon, now a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, that 10 million users is the new 1 million users. You had to do crazy stuff like put machines into a datacenter, at this point. Then you’d raise a Series B to scale the marketing.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included).

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Joining me in from the studio at Stanford University were.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. As a VC who has built a fund focused on distributed connectivity and data analytics as a thesis, I am realistic about the current status of investment opportunities in the sector. We’ve been using simplistic robots for years, often without knowing it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2011

Very cool service from HP that allows you to upload PDFs or publications and print them for distribution. (HP Good stuff I found this week: HP MagCloud – publish, print and ship anywhere in the world. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

Coupon distribution Creating membership type levels where people can get special treatment or special announcements is a great way to build community. Bonus: Group Text Don’t forget about the wave of group text services that are cropping up as a great way to communicate with your staff, customers, partners and suppliers.

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SMS Marketing Mobile Social Media 72

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. Podcast distribution. To support distribution, the show title should be unique, memorable, relevant, and, of course, keyword optimized. Provide pre-made promos to guests and partners to maximize reach.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Joining me in from the studio at Stanford University were.

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Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 29, 2011

This could be a great way for a business group to highlight, distribute and discuss important industry news, research or competitive analysis. Sparks This is the Google+ sharing function that let’s users identify and share stuff related to topics they care about.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 1, 2011

Godin and Amazon are attempting to change the way books are published much like CDBaby changed the way music was published and distributed. Anything You Want is another The Domino Project publication and a fitting one I think.

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Small Business RSS Marketing Social Media 57

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

After Amazon acquired that site, called Joyo, in 2004, Wang went on to build a new e-commerce site, DHGate. million buyers and distributes goods to 224 countries, with North America and Europe among its largest markets. It boasts 5.5 Lean On Outsiders To Fill Your Gaps. Stay outwardly focused as well.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

People Distribute Content If you’re creating online content, you’ve got to get the word out about it for people to share it far and wide with others. Beyond the creation of content itself, online content distribution begins with key relationships with others in your subject matter arena. It’s not called social media for nothing.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Trading Partners : The SIP Proposal would need three major participants in the import deal. A report published by the US Department of Health & Human Services in 2004 noted that the drug supply chain in the country is a closed and protected system. A Brief Summary of the Proposed Rules.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!

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thebarefootvc

JULY 5, 2017

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. As a VC who has built a fund focused on distributed connectivity and data analytics as a thesis, I am realistic about the current status of investment opportunities in the sector. We’ve been using simplistic robots for years, often without knowing it.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Valuation Aggregator 40

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Personal Technology. What They Know. All Things Digital.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011. 4) Used to Reconnect. Thanks to Mary Lynn Schroeder, In Blue Handmade !

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. Enter Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

And I’m sure everyone remembers the video that put them on the map – the one I first saw – which was the Bush/Kerry video This Land is Your Land (“you have more waffles than a house of pancakes), which was part of the 2004 elections and both candidates were asked about while they were campaigning.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

I waited for the ‘casino-like’ world of startup investing until I was 28 years old, putting $10,000 into a friend’s software distribution company – a tidy sum for me at that age. Who does this investor know in the customer, partner and executive space they can introduce you to? Seven years later, I exited for $220,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.” I asked Jonah about this. “I

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